24 Two kinds of coins were in circulation, the Roman and the Jewish. The temple taxes had to be paid in the Jewish shekel, the Roman in the foreign currency. The fact that they had accepted the conqueror's money shows that they regarded themselves as his subjects. Indeed, not long after this they in... [ Continue Reading ]
8-7 Compare Mat_24:1-3; Mar_13:1-4; Mic_3:12. 6 The present interval being an absolute secret, we must banish it from our view entirely when considering the prophetic forecast here given. It is contained in the "eras of the nations" (24) but the vision of the future is as though we were looking at... [ Continue Reading ]
32 It is evident that all these things did not take place in that generation. Nor did the Lord say that they would. He simply said that they _ should_. He could not at that time reveal to them the failure of the Pentecostal economy. The present grace was an absolute secret. These must be left out of... [ Continue Reading ]