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Matthew 24:29-31
The signs of the Last Day:
The signs of the Last Day:
Verse 29. _IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION_, c.] Commentators generally understand this, and what follows, of the end of the world and Christ's coming to judgment: but the word _immediately_ shows...
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS - That is, immediately after these tribulations, events will occur that “may be properly represented” by the darkening of the sun and moon, and by the s...
12. THE OLIVET DISCOURSE; THE KING REVEALS THE FUTURE OF THE KINGDOM. Chapter s 24-25. CHAPTER 24 1. The Destruction of the Temple Foretold. (Matthew 24:1 .) 2. The Questions of the Disciples. (Mat...
MATTHEW 24 F. THE ESCHATOLOGICAL DISCOURSE, AND THE PARABLES OF PAROUSIA (Mark 13*, Luke 21:5 *, Luke 17:23). Mt. follows Mk. fairly closely, but appends other eschatological sayings and illustrative...
1: When Jesus had left the precincts of the Temple, he was going away; and his disciples came to him to point out to him the 2: buildings of the Temple area. He said to them, "Do you not see all these...
THE VISION OF THINGS TO COME (Matthew 24:1-31) We have already seen that it is one of the great characteristics of Matthew that he gathers together in large blocks the teaching of Jesus about differe...
IMMEDIATELY AFTER. No room therefore for. Millennium before His coming. It must follow it. AFTER. Greek. _meta._ App-104. SHALL THE SUN, &C. App-117. Quoted from Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 34:4. HEAVEN. t...
_Immediately after the tribulation of those days_ i. e. the tribulation which shall precede the second advent of Christ. _shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light_ Such figurat...
The Second Coming of Christ Mark 13:21-27; Luke 21:24-28 The following scheme, intended to shew a parallelism between the two Predictions, is borrowed from an interesting monograph by the Rev. W. Sh...
Ὁ ἭΛΙΟΣ ΣΚΟΤΙΣΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ Κ.Τ.Λ. Such figurative language is frequent with the Hebrew prophets; it implies (1) the perplexity and confusion of a sudden revolution, a great change; the very sources of ligh...
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST Mark 13:21-27; Luke 21:24-28...
VER 29. "IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS SHALL THE SUN BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON SHALL NOT GIVE HER LIGHT, AND THE STARS SHALL FALL FROM HEAVEN, AND THE POWERS OF THE HEAVENS SHALL BE...
_SIGN CONCERNING THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM MATTHEW 24:15-33:_ Jesus gave a real sign for the Jews to look for as the destruction of Jerusalem approached. The real sign Jesus gave was the fulfillmen...
ΕΎΘΈΩΣ (G2112) _adv._ немедленно, ΣΚΟΤΙΣΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΣΚΟΤΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G4654) темнеть, быть темным, ΣΕΛΉΝΗ (G4582) луна, ΦΈΓΓΟΣ (G5338) свет, свечение, ΆΣΤΈΡΕΣ _pl. от_ ΆΣΤΉΡ (G792) звез...
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION, &C.— Commentators generally understand this and what follows, of the end of the world, and of Christ's coming to judgment; but the words evidently shew that he is no...
C. THE THEOLOGICAL RESULTS OF JERUSALEM'S FALL (24:29-31) TEXT: 24:29-31 (Parallels: Mark 13:24-27; Luke 21:25-28) 29 But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, a...
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. For the exposition of this wonderful Prophecy, which will be best appreh...
29-31 Compare Mar_13:24-26; Luk_21:26-27. 29 See Rev_6:12-17; Isa_13:10; Joe_2:30-31; Joe_3:15; Amo_5:20. 29 Israel goes through the great affliction, and watches for the Son of Mankind, Who will sta...
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND THE END OF THE WORLD FORETOLD 1. Jesus went out] RV 'Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way, and his disciples,' etc. THE BUILDINGS] The magnificent...
GREAT PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND THE END OF THE WORLD (Mark 13:8; Luke 21:7). Many of the most serious difficulties of this great discourse disappear when it is realised that our Lo...
IMMEDIATELY] RV 'But immediately.' This discourse, in the form in which it has come down to us, seems to place the Second Advent immediately after the fall of Jerusalem. Solutions of the difficulty: ...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 24 JESUS TELLS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE *TEMPLE 24:1-2 V1 Then Jesus left the *Temple. He was walking away when his *disciples came u...
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS. — From this point onwards the prophecy takes a wider range, and passes beyond the narrow limits of the destruction of Jerusalem to the final coming of...
CHAPTER 18 The Prophecy on the Mount - Matthew 24:1 & Matthew 25:1 WE have seen that though the Saviour's public ministry is now closed, He still has a private ministry to discharge-a ministry of cou...
_The coming of the Son of Man_ (Mark 13:24-27; Luke 21:25-28). Thus far the eschatological discourse has been found to bear on the predicted tragic end of Jerusalem. At this point the παρουσία, which,...
εὐθέως. Each evangelist expresses himself here in his own way, Lk. most obviously adapting his words to suit the fact of a _delayed parusia_. Mt.'s word naturally means: immediately, following close o...
WORDS THAT MUST BE FULFILLED Matthew 24:29-39 The preceding portion of this prophecy is by all interpreters applied to the destruction of Jerusalem. But on the portion that follows there is a consid...
Passing from the city, the disciples drew their Master's attention to the stones of the Temple, and He told them that this glorious building would be demolished so that no single stone would be left u...
(6) Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shake...
_The sun shall be darkened, &c. These seem to be the dreadful signs that shall forerun the day of judgment. --- The stars shall fall, not literally, but shall give no light. (Witham) --- According to...
CHAPTER 20 COMING OF THE LORD Matthew 24; Matthew 25; Mark 13; Luke 21. It is now in the afternoon, on Wednesday, preceding the arrest of our Savior about midnight the ensuin
"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
Matthew 24:29._And immediately after the tribulation of those days. _Christ comes now to speak of the full manifestation of his kingdom, about which he was at first interrogated by the disciples, and...
We have already seen that the rejection of the testimony to the kingdom in grace, is the cause of the judgment that falls upon Jerusalem and its inhabitants. Now in chapter 24 we have the position of...
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TRIBULATION OF THOSE DAYS,.... That is, immediately after the distress the Jews would be in through the siege of Jerusalem, and the calamities attending it; just upon the destruc...
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:...
_Immediately after_, &c. We are now come to the last act of this dismal tragedy, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the final dissolution of the Jewish polity in church and state, which our Lord, for s...
SHALL THE SUN BE DARKENED; on the twofold reference of these words, see the introductory note to the chapter. From this point onward the form of the prophecy has more immediate reference to Christ's f...
He leaves the temple, and in Matthew is not seen there again. What can it be now without its proper Inhabitant? But the disciples draw His attention to the ornate buildings that were really only the w...
29-41 Christ foretells his second coming. It is usual for prophets to speak of things as near and just at hand, to express the greatness and certainty of them. Concerning Christ's second coming, it i...
Mark saith, MARK 13:24,25. _In those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heav...
Tertullian Against Hermogenes the belief that everything was made from nothing will be impressed upon us by that ultimate dispensation of God which will bring back all things to nothing. For "the ver...
Matthew 24:29 Immediately G1161 G2112 after G3326 tribulation G2347 those G1565 days G2250 sun G2246 darkened G4654
WORDS AFTER LEAVING THE TEMPLE ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND ABOUT HIS SECOND COMING (24:1-51). a Introduction in which Jesus declares that the Temple will be utterly destroyed (Matthew 24:...
“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken,”...
THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN (24:29-31). In a remarkable contrast Jesus now brings out the glory of His coming which will make all creation pale into insignificance. It will occur when God calls time...
Matthew 24:29. BUT IMMEDIATELY, suddenly after a slow development, rather than immediately following, or unexpectedly. Matthew 24:36 shows that our Lord did not intend to define the length of the inte...
IMMEDIATELY (ευθεως). This word, common in Mark's Gospel as ευθυς, gives trouble if one stresses the time element. The problem is how much time intervenes between "the tribulation of those days" and...
CONTENTS: Destruction of the temple foretold. The course of the present age outlined; its culmination in the great tribulation and followed by the return of Christ in power and glory. Parable of the f...
Matthew 24:1. _The buildings of the temple._ Herod had gradually rebuilt the temple, taking down one part, and raising it anew, so that the worship was not interrupted. Hence it was still the second t...
SOON AFTER THE TROUBLE OF THOSE DAYS This difficult passage must be understood according to Matthew 24:34 which puts it at the time of the siege. Then it must speak of a "spiritual coming" of Jesus, r...
_Immediately after the tribulation of these days shall the sun be darkened._ THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST IN JUDGMENT I. There will be a manifestation of Christ in truth and unmistakable reality. Til...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 24:29 SUN... MOON... STARS... POWERS. Some consider this to be entirely literal language (as in Exodus 10:21 and...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 24:1 The Delay, Return, and Judgment of the Messiah. These two chapters are often called the “Olivet Discourse” because Jesus “sat on the Mount of Olives” when he spoke these w...
JESUS TELLS ABOUT HIS RETURN MATTHEW 24:29-35; MARK 13:24-31; LUKE 21:25-33; MATTHEW 24:29 Immediately after the tribulatio
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 24:29. IMMEDIATELY.—_But immediately_ (R.V.). A prophecy resembles a landscape painting, which marks distinctly the houses, paths, and bridges in the foreground, but brings to...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 24:1 PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND OF THE TIMES OF THE END. ...
Now Jesus went out (Matthew 24:1), Left the house desolate. He is rejected now. They've rejected Him, now He has rejected them. Leave the house desolate; you're not going to see me again until you ar...
2 Peter 3:10; Acts 2:19; Acts 2:20; Amos 5:20; Amos 8:9;...
Immediately after the tribulation of those days — Here our Lord begins to speak of his last coming. But he speaks not so much in the language of man as of God, with whom a thousand years are as one da...
Did Christ come to earth immediately following the Tribulation or sometime later? PROBLEM: In Matthew, Jesus represents His coming as “immediately after” (Matthew 24:29) the Great Tribulation. But Luk...
Our Saviour goes on in figurative expressions to set forth the calamities that should befall the Jewish nation, immediately after the destruction of Jerusalem: THE SUN SHALL BE DARKENED: that is, all...