In the wilderness
(εν τη ερημω). Like Simon son of Gioras (Josephus, War, IV,9,5,&7).In the inner chambers
(εν τοις ταμειοις). Like John of Giscala (Josephus, War, V,6,1). False Messiahs act the role of the Great Unseen and Unknown.
Verse Matthew 24:26. _IF THEY SHALL SAY UNTO YOU, BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE_ _DESERT_] Is it not worthy of remark that our Lord not only foretold the appearance of these impostors, but also the _manner_ a...
BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE DESERT - The Jews had formed the expectation that the Messiah would appear suddenly from some unexpected quarter; hence, many would be looking to desert places, expecting that he...
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...
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...
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...
SECRET CHAMBERS. See note on Matthew 6:6. Greek. _tameion._ Occurs only there, here, and Luke 12:3; Luke 12:24....
_in the desert … in the secret chambers_ i. e. whether the false Christ shall go forth into the desert and draw men to him by an ascetic life, or shall influence by teaching in the "schools" of the sy...
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...
ἘΝ ΤΗ͂Ι ἘΡΉΜΩΙ. Cp. Joseph. _B. J._ II. 13. 4. ἘΝ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΤΑΜΕΊΟΙΣ. Here probably ‘the lecture rooms’ of the synagogue, so that the meaning of the verse would be, ‘whether the false Christ come like Jo...
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST Mark 13:21-27; Luke 21:24-28...
Ver 23. "Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch...
_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...
ΕΊΠΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004). _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) в _conj._ 3 типа, _см._ Matthew 24:23. ΈΞΈΛΘΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΈΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831) выходить, ΤΑΜΕΊΟΝΣ _dat. pl. от_ ΤΑΜΙΕΙΟΝ ...
BEHOLD, &C.— "Behold, I have given you sufficient warning." It is remarkable, that our Saviour should not only foretel the appearance of these impostors, but also the manner and circumstances of their...
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 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...
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...
(Luke 17:23.) IF THEY] i.e. they who are deluded by false Messiahs. BEHOLD, HE] viz. the Messiah. IN THE DESERT] Some of the false prophets did actually lead out their dupes to the desert. IN THE SECR...
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...
IN THE SECRET CHAMBERS. — The word is the same as that translated “closet” in Matthew 6:6. What is meant is that the pretenders will in some way or other shun the publicity which would test their clai...
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...
ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, a likely place for a Christ to be (Moses, Israel's first deliverer). μὴ ἐξέλθητε, go not out (_cf._ Matthew 11:7-9). ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις (_vide_ Matthew 6:6), in the secret chambers, the plu...
_False Christs again_ (Mark 13:21-23; Luke 17:23-24; Luke 17:37)....
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...
_Behold he is in the desert. This prediction of false Christs, may be understood before the destruction of Jerusalem, but chiefly before the end of the world. (Witham) --- As we have mentioned above,...
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
"Behold, I have told you before. (26) Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. (27) For as the lightning c...
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...
26._Lo, he is in the desert. _Luke connects this discourse with another reply of Christ; for, having been interrogated by the Pharisees _about the coming of the kingdom of God, _he replied, that_it wo...
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...
WHEREFORE IF THEY SHALL SAY UNTO YOU,.... Any of the false prophets, or the deluded followers of false Christs: BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE DESERT, GO NOT FORTH: that is, should they affirm, that the Messia...
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, _he is_ in the secret chambers; believe _it_ not. Ver. 26. _Behold, he is in the desert_] In such a hermitage,...
_If any man say, Lo, here is Christ, or there_ During the terrible calamities here foretold, the expectations of the nation were all turned toward their Messiah; for they thought if ever he was to app...
HE IS IN THE DESERT; that is, the Messiah is there....
The attack upon the faith:...
WHEREFORE, IF THEY SHALL SAY UNTO YOU, BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE DESERT, GO NOT FORTH; BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE SECRET CHAMBERS, BELIEVE IT NOT....
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...
Ver. 23-26. Mark hath much the same, MATTHEW 13:21. There is no doubt but that our Saviour here hath a special respect to those persons who, about the time of the destruction of Jerusalem, taking adva...
Matthew 24:26 Therefore G3767 if G1437 say G2036 (G5632) you G5213 Look G2400 (G5628) is G2076 ...
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...
“If therefore they shall say to you, ‘Behold, he is in the wilderness', do not go forth, ‘Behold, he is in the inner chambers,' do not believe it.” So it does not matter in what direction they are po...
THE SECOND COMING OF THE MESSIAH IS NOT TO BE THOUGHT OF IN TERMS OF AN EARTHLY COMING OF AN INDIVIDUAL (24:22-28). Following the destruction of the Temple and the continuation of the Jewish people in...
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:...
Matthew 24:26. BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE WILDERNESS, whither the impostors led their followers (Acts 21:38). BEHOLD, HE IS IN THE INNER CHAMBERS, teaching in private, proposing some scheme of deliverance....
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...
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...
THEN IF ANYONE SAYS TO YOU. This refers to the time of the siege of Jerusalem. Even while it was happening, false Messiahs and false prophets told lies to the people in the city. [This is also symboli...
_Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ._ I. Let us settle what we really want in life, and we may safely shut our ears to many counsellors. II. Let us learn more and more of the tru...
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...
Acts 21:38; Isaiah 40:3; Luke 3:2; Luke 3:3; Matthew 3:1...
In the desert - Secret chambers. Rev., wilderness - inner chambers. Both retired places, indicating that the false Messiahs will avoid public scrutiny....