This generation
(η γενεα αυτη). The problem is whether Jesus is here referring to the destruction of Jerusalem or to the second coming and end of the world. If to the destruction of Jerusalem, there was a literal fulfilment. In the Old Testament a generation was reckoned as forty years. This is the natural way to take verse Matthew 24:34 as of Matthew 24:33 (Bruce), "all things" meaning the same in both verses.
Verse 34. _THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS_] Η γενεα αυτη, _this_ _race_; i.e. the Jews shall not cease from being a _distinct people_, till all the counsels of God relative to _them_ and the _Gentile...
THIS GENERATION ... - This age; this race of people. A generation is about 30 or 40 years. The destruction of Jerusalem took place about forty years after this was spoken. See the notes at Matthew 16:...
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...
"Learn the lesson which comes from the fig tree. Whenever the branch has become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you too see these things, know that he is...
THIS GENERATION. See note on Matthew 11:16. NOT. by no means. Greek. _ou me._ App-105. TILL. Here with Greek " _an_ ", and the Subjunctive Mood, marking the uncertainty, which was conditional on the...
_This generation_ See note, ch. Matthew 16:28....
Ἡ ΓΕΝΕᾺ ΑὝΤΗ. See note, ch. Matthew 16:28. 36—End of CHAP. 25. PARABLES AND TEACHINGS CONCERNING THE SECOND ADVENT...
THE PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE Mark 13:28-31; Luke 21:29-33...
VER 32. "NOW LEARN A PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE; WHEN HIS BRANCH IS YET TENDER, AND PUTTETH FORTH LEAVES, YE KNOW THAT SUMMER IS NIGH: 33. SO LIKEWISE YE, WHEN YE SHALL SEE ALL THESE THINGS, KNOW THAT IT...
_THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS MATTHEW 24:34-44_ : Jesus said you can use leaves coming on a fig tree to know that summer is near. He used that illustration to let the people know that the desolation...
ΠΑΡΈΛΘΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΠΑΡΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G3928) проходить, уходить, ΓΕΝΕΆ (G1074) раса, поколение....
THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS, &C.— Our Lord proceeds to declare, that the time of his coming was at no very great distance; and to shew that he has been speaking all the while of the destruction of...
D. ENCOURAGEMENT TO BELIEVE JESUS (24:32-35) (Parallels: Mark 13:28-31; Luke 21:29-33) 32 Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves,...
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...
24:34 not (h-9) A strengthened negative, 'in no wise,' 'not at all,' as in ver. 35....
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...
THIS GENERATION] i.e. Jerusalem will be destroyed within the lifetime of men now living. This literal meaning is not to be evaded, as, for example, by regarding 'this generation 'as the human race, or...
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...
THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS... — The natural meaning of the words is, beyond question. that which takes “generation” in the ordinary sense (as in Matthew 1:17; Acts 13:36, and elsewhere) for those...
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...
_Parabolic close_ (Mark 13:28-32; Luke 21:29-33)....
Solemn assurance that the predicted will come to pass. πάντα ταῦτα is most naturally taken to mean the same things as in Matthew 24:33, he main subject of the discourse, the impending destruction of t...
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...
Verily I say unto you, This (t) generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. (t) This age: the word "generation" or "age" is here being used for the men of this age....
This generation; i.e. the nation of the Jews shall not cease to exist, until all these things shall be accomplished: thus we see the nation of the Jews still continue, and will certainly continue to t...
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...
_ABIDING WORDS_ ‘Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.’ Matthew 24:34 We kno...
34._This generation shall not pass away. _Though Christ employs a general expression, yet he does not extend the discourses to all the miseries which would befall the Church, but merely informs them,...
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...
VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS,.... Not the generation of men in general; as if the sense was, that mankind should not cease, until the accomplishment of these things; nor the g...
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Ver. 34. _This generation shall not pass_] viz. That generation that immediately precedes the end of the wor...
_Now learn a parable of the fig-tree_ Our Lord proceeds to declare that the signs which he had given would be as certain an indication of the time of his coming, as the fig-tree's putting forth its le...
THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS-BE FULFILLED; that is, in the nearer event foretold. See the introductory note to the chapter....
VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THIS GENERATION SHALL NOT PASS TILL ALL THESE THINGS BE FULFILLED....
The lesson of the fig-tree:...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 24:35"....
Matthew 24:34 Assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 this G3778 generation G1074 means G3364 away G3928 ...
“Truly I say to you, This generation will not pass away, until all these things be accomplished.” But so that they will not begin to think that this means that they do not need to consider what He has...
THEY MUST TAKE NOTE OF THE SIGNS BUT THE DATE OF HIS COMING IS UNKNOWN (24:32-36). Jesus now makes clear to them the purpose of what He has been saying. The coming events that He has been describing w...
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 24:34. THIS GENERATION. Explanations. (1.) ‘Generation' in the literal sense, the reference being to the destruction of Jerusalem. This is opposed by Matthew 24:36, nor is it allowable to acce...
THIS GENERATION (Greek, "genea", the primary definition of which is, "race, kind, family, stock, breed"). (So all lexicons.) That the word is used in this sense because none of "these things," that i...
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...
BEFORE THE PEOPLE NOW LIVING HAVE ALL DIED. In the actual lifetime of people who were then living when Jesus spoke these words. Compare Matthew 16:28. [Some think this means the Jewish people will sti...
_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 24:1 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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 24:34 THIS GENERATION WILL NOT PASS AWAY UNTIL ALL THESE THINGS TAKE PLACE. Several interpretations have been offered as to what “this generation” refers to: (1) the disciples...
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 24:34. BE FULFILLED.—The words do not necessarily imply more than the commencement of a process, the first unrolling of the scroll of the coming ages (_Plumptre_). _MAIN HOM...
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...
Luke 11:50; Luke 21:32; Luke 21:33; Mark 13:30; Mark 13:31;...
This generation of men now living shall not pass till all these things be done — The expression implies, that great part of that generation would be passed away, but not the whole. Just so it was. For...
Did Jesus err by affirming that the signs of the end time would be fulfilled in His era? PROBLEM: Jesus spoke of signs and wonders regarding His second coming. But Jesus said “this generation” would...