_CHRIST FORETELLETH THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE: THE PERSECUTIONS FOR THE GOSPEL: THAT THE GOSPEL MUST BE PREACHED TO ALL NATIONS: THAT GREAT CALAMITIES SHALL HAPPEN TO THE JEWS: AND THE MANNER OF HIS COMING TO JUDGMENT. THE HOUR WHEREOF BEING KNOWN TO NONE, EVERY MAN IS TO WATCH AND PRAY, THAT WE... [ Continue Reading ]
SUCH THINGS MUST NEEDS BE;— "That is, not by any necessity imposed of God, but from the wickedness of the world.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE SYNAGOGUES YE SHALL BE BEATEN:— It is certain that _whipping_ and _beating_ were punishments inflicted in the synagogues. Thus Paul punished the Christians, Acts 22:19; Acts 26:11. And that it was customary to whip both their wise men and their disciples, when guilty of any perverseness, may... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOW THAT IT IS NIGH,— _Know that_ He _is nigh;—_the Son of man. See Mark 13:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOUR— Though we have given an explanation of this verse, as well as the whole chapter, in the notes on the parallel passage of St. Matthew; yet an ingenious commentator having offered a different solution from that which we have given, we here subjoin it: The word οιδεν, says he, here seems to have... [ Continue Reading ]
AT EVEN,— 'Οψε, evening, answers to the first watch of the night, which began at sunset: at nine Μεσονυκτιον, or midnight, answers to the second watch, which ended at twelve; αλεκτοροφωνια, or the _cock-crowing,_ answers to the third watch, which ended at three in the morning: πρωι, or the _morning,... [ Continue Reading ]