Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Matthew 24:18
ἆραι τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ. τὸ ἱμάτιον, the outer garment, which the field labourer would throw off while at work, wearing the tunic only. Cp. ‘Nudus ara, sere nudus.’ Georg. I. 299.
ἆραι τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ. τὸ ἱμάτιον, the outer garment, which the field labourer would throw off while at work, wearing the tunic only. Cp. ‘Nudus ara, sere nudus.’ Georg. I. 299.
Verse Matthew 24:18. _NEITHER LET HIM WHICH IS IN THE FIELD RETURN BACK_] Because when once the army of the Romans sits down before the city, there shall be no more any possibility of escape, as they...
RETURN BACK TO TAKE HIS CLOTHES - His clothes which, in “working,” He had laid aside, or which, in fleeing, he should throw off as an encumbrance. “Clothes” here means the “outer” garment, commonly la...
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...
"When you see the desolating abomination, which was spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place (let him who reads understand), then let him who is in Judaea flee to the mountains. Let...
_return back to take his clothes_ The Greek word signifies the outer garment, which the field labourer would throw off while at work, wearing the tunic only. Cp. "Nudus ara, sere nudus." _Georg._i. 29...
Ver 15. "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16. Then let them which be in Judaea...
_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...
ΈΠΙΣΤΡΕΨΆΤΩ _aor. imper. med. 3 pers. sing. от_ ΈΠΙΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G1994) поворачиваться, возвращаться, ΟΠΊΣΩ (G3694) назад, обратно. _Aor. imper._ указывают на специфическое действие....
NEITHER LET HIM WHICH IS IN THE FIELD RETURN— Our Saviour makes use of these expressions to intimate, that their flight must be as sudden and hasty as Lot's was out of Sodom; and the Christians escapi...
B. SPECIFIC, TRUE INFORMATION ABOUT JERUSALEM'S DESTRUCTION (24:14-28) TEXT: 24:14-28 (Parallels: Mark 13:14-20; Luke 21:20-24) 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world...
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...
1-14 Compare Mar_13:1-13; Luk_21:5-19. 1 The sanctuary was doomed, for it was no longer even a nominal shrine after He had left its courts. It was almost unbelievable that such buildings, with such en...
The flight of the Christians before the fall of Jerusalem. 15. The abomination of desolation] i.e. the abomination which makes the Temple desolate, by causing God to forsake it (Daniel 9:27). Some def...
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...
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...
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...
TO TAKE HIS CLOTHES. — Better, in the singular, _his cloak._ The man would be working in the field with the short tunic of the labouring peasant, leaving the flowing outer garment at home in the city....
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...
ividly express the urgency of the flight. ὁ ἐπὶ τ. δ., etc., the man on the house top must fly without stopping to get articles of value in the house down the outside stair and off. τὰ ἐκ τ. οἰκ., ell...
_The end at last_ (Mark 13:14-20; Luke 21:20-24). ὅταν οὖν, when _therefore_, referring partly to the preceding mention of the end, partly to the effect of the whole preceding statement: “This I have...
BEWARE OF FALSE CHRISTS Matthew 24:15-28 The abomination of desolation is explained in Luke 21:20, and probably refers to the Roman ensigns as the symbols of pagan and therefore unclean power. So urg...
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...
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his (g) clothes. (g) This is a sign of how great the fear will be....
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
"When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) (16) Then let them which be in Judaea flee in...
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...
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...
NEITHER LET HIM WHICH IS IN THE FIELD,.... Ploughing, or sowing, or employed in any other parts of husbandry, or rural business, RETURN BACK TO TAKE CLOTHES; for it was usual to work in the fields wi...
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. Ver. 18. _Return back to take his clothes_] The body is better than raiment; and although there is great use of clothes, in flig...
_Let him who is on the house-top not come down_ It is well known that the houses of the Jews, as well as those of the ancient Greeks and Romans, were flat on the top, for them to walk upon, and had us...
The abomination of desolation:...
NEITHER LET HIM WHICH IS IN THE FIELD RETURN BACK TO TAKE HIS CLOTHES. This is true above all of the time of Jerusalem's fall. The disciples are to bear everything in mind that the Lord said, remember...
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...
4-28 The disciples had asked concerning the times, When these things should be? Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, What shall be the sign? This question he answers fully. Th...
Mark hath this, MARK 13:14. Luke saith, LUKE 21:21, _Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the coun...
Matthew 24:18 And G2532 G3361 in G1722 field G68 go G1994 (G5657) back G3694 get G142 ...
“Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house, and let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.” The necessity of acting with speed in the situ...
JESUS' ANSWER TO THE QUESTION AS TO WHEN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE THAT THEY HAD BEEN SURVEYING WOULD TAKE PLACE (24:15-21). We should note first that what is described here refers to the Jews on...
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:...
JESUS' WORDS AFTER LEAVING THE TEMPLE ABOUT THE FUTURE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND ABOUT HIS SECOND COMING (24:1-26). After having prepared His disciples and would be...
Matthew 24:15-22. These verses certainly refer to the destruction of Jerusalem. Another fulfilment is probable, in accordance with the parallel lines of prophecy we have traced in the preceding sectio...
IN THE FIELD (εν τω αγρω). The peasant worked in his time and left his mantle at home then as now....
Matthew 24:1. _And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciple came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily...
Matthew 24:1. _And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple._ Ah, me! the rejected king took but slight interest in the...
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...
YOU WILL SEE THE AWFUL HORROR.' Luke says: _"When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies._ (Luke 21:20). This identifies The Awful Horror' as the Roman army. Cestius Gallus, first in 66 A.D.; Vespasia...
_When ye therefore shall the abomination of desolation._ THE GREAT JUDGMENT The prophecy was by no means exhausted by what happened to Jerusalem. Though it begins there, it does not stop there. Hist...
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 THE FUTURE MATTHEW 24:1-28; MARK 13:1-23; LUKE 21:5-24; MATTHEW 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple
1-51 CHAPTER 24 _And Jesus went out_, &c., according to His custom at eventide, to the Mount of Olives, to pass the night, and partake of food at Bethany, in the house of Martha and Mary, after He h...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 24:15. THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION.—_I.e_. “the abomination that maketh desolate,” “the act of sacrilege, which is a sign and a cause of desolation.” What special act of sa...
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...
Matthew 24:18...