WENT OUT, &C. Thus marking this (see Mark 13:1) as the second of the two prophecies: the former (Luke 21) being spoken "in the Temple". See App-155. FROM. away from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. THE TEMPLE. the Temple courts, the sacred enclosure. See note on Matthew 23:35. THE BUILDINGS, &C. These con... [ Continue Reading ]
SEE. Behold, look on. App-133. Not the same word as in verses: Matthew 24:6; Matthew 24:15; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 6:33. VERILY. See note on Matthew 5:18. SHALL NOT. shall by no means. Very emphatic, because certain. Greek. _ou me._ App-105. UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. SHALL NOT. All the texts... [ Continue Reading ]
PRIVATELY. apart. Luke 21 was spoken publicly. COMING. presence. Greek. _parousia._ This is the first of twenty-four occurrences of this important word (Matthew 24:3; Matthew 24:27; Matthew 24:37; Matthew 24:39; 1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Corinthians 16:17. 2Co 7:6,... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE HEED. Greek. _blepo._ App-133. NO MAN. not (_me._ App-105.) any one. DECEIVE. lead astray.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. upon: trading upon. Greek. _epi._ CHRIST. the Messiah. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL HEAR. will be about to hear. SEE. Greek. _horao._ App-133. Not the same word as in verses: Matthew 24:2; Matthew 24:15; Matthew 24:30. MUST. it is necessary [for them to]. COME TO PASS. arise (as in Matthew 24:34). THE END. Greek. _telos._ Not the same as in Matthew 24:3. This marks the be... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR NATION, &C. See App-117. Quoted from Isaiah 19:2. FAMINES, AND PESTILENCES. Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. Greek. _limoi kai loimoi._ Eng. dearths and deaths, in divers. Greek. _kata_. in [different] places.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE. a. SORROWS. birth-pangs.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO BE AFFLICTED. unto tribulation. TO. unto. Greek. _eis._ OF. by. FOR. on account of. Greek. _dia._... [ Continue Reading ]
BE OFFENDED. stumble. See App-117. Quoted from Isaiah 8:15. SHALL BETRAY. will deliver up, as in Matthew 24:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE. on account of. Greek. _dia,_ as in Matthew 24:9. INIQUITY. lawlessness. ABOUND. be multiplied. Compare Acts 6:1; Acts 6:7; Acts 7:17; Acts 9:31. MANY. the many. WAX. grow. Anglo-Saxon _weaxen,_ to grow. WAX COLD. Greek. _psuchomai._... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL ENDURE. shall have endured. THE END. Greek. _telos_, the actual end. Not the _sunteleia_ (Matthew 24:3), but the same as in Matthew 24:6 and Matthew 24:14. SAVED. delivered (1 Thessalonians 1:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM. See App-140. OF. concerning. Genitive of Relation. App-17. PREACHED. proclaimed. App-121. WORLD. the (then) habitable world. Greek. _oikoumene._ See App-129. The civilized as distinct from barbarian. Not the same word as in either Matthew 24:3 and Matthew 24:21. FOR. to, o... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ABOMINATION, &C. Reference to Daniel 12:11. See App-117., and notes on Daniel 9:27; Daniel 9:11, Dan 9:31. Daniel 12:11. Used as the equivalent for. special idol. Deuteronomy 7:26; 1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 23:13. Compare 2 Thessalonians 2:4. OF. Genitive of Cause, that w [ Continue Reading ]
INTO. upon. Greek. _epi._ LTr. WH read " _e_. _s_ ". App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANYTHING. All the texts read "the things".... [ Continue Reading ]
BE. happen. ON. Greek. _en_. App-103.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL BE, &C. See App-117. Quoted from Daniel 12:1. WAS NOT. has not arisen, or happened; same as "fulfilled", Matthew 24:34. SINCE. from, as in Matthew 24:1. THE BEGINNING. See note on John 8:44. WORLD. Greek. _kosmos_ App-129. NOR EVER _= ou me._ App-105. i.e. shall _by no means_ happen.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHORTENED. curtailed. See App-90.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF... &C. The condition is hypothetical. App-118. CHRIST. the Messiah. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEW. give. INSOMUCH THAT. so as to, &c. IF IT WERE POSSIBLE. The condition involves no doubt as to its being _impossible._ See App-118.... [ Continue Reading ]
SECRET CHAMBERS. See note on Matthew 6:6. Greek. _tameion._ Occurs only there, here, and Luke 12:3; Luke 12:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. just as. OUT OF. frorn. Greek. _apo_. ALSO. All the texts omit "also". THE COMING. the _parousia,_ or presence. See note on Matthew 24:3. THE SON OF MAN. See App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
CARCASE. Greek. _ptoma._ EAGLES. vultures. GATHERED TOGETHER. See Job 39:30, which shows the true interpretation.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMMEDIATELY AFTER. No room therefore for. Millennium before His coming. It must follow it. AFTER. Greek. _meta._ App-104. SHALL THE SUN, &C. App-117. Quoted from Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 34:4. HEAVEN. the heaven (Singular.) See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. THE POWERS, &C. See Isaiah 13:10; Isai... [ Continue Reading ]
APPEAR. shine forth. Greek. _phaino._ App-106. THE SIGN. As asked in Matthew 24:3. THEN SHALL, &C. Quoted from Zechariah 12:12. EARTH. land. Greek. _ge._ App-129. THEY SHALL SEE. Greek. _opsomai._ App-133. IN. [seated] upon. Greek. _epi._ WITH. Greek. _meta._ Quoted from Daniel 7:13. WITH POW... [ Continue Reading ]
A GREAT SOUND OF. TRUMPET. Greek "a trumpet and. great sound". a trumpet, yea,. great sounding trumpet. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6); not two things, but one. THEY SHALL GATHER, &C. Quoted from Deuteronomy 30:4. See 1 Thessalonians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:17. HIS ELECT. Who "received the W... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKEWISE YE. ye also. IT IS NEAR. He is near... [ Continue Reading ]
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 repentance of the nation. Note the four "tills" (Matthew 10:23; Matthew 16:28; Matthew 23:39; Matth... [ Continue Reading ]
WORDS. Plural of _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. concerning. Greek. _p_ eri. App-104. knoweth. has any intuitive knowledge. Greek. _oida._ The same word as in verses: Matthew 24:42; Matthew 24:43 ("known"); not the same as in verses: Matthew 24:32; Matthew 24:33; Matthew 24:39; Matthew 24:43 ("known"). FATHER. App-98. ONLY. alone. Not the Lo... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL. will. ALSO THE COMING. the _parousia_ (or presence) also. THE COMING. the _parousia._ See note on Matthew 24:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOE. Noah. INTO. Greek. _eis_. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTIL. Reference to Pentateuch (Gen 7-11).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, &C. 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:16 refers to this, for it is the same _parousia._ SHALL. is. So in Matthew 24:41. TAKEN. taken to one's side, in peace and for blessing, as in Matthew 1:20; Matthew 1:24; Matthew 17:1.Luke 9:10;... [ Continue Reading ]
WOMEN. Grinding was and is woman's work in the East, and is done in the morning. AT. in. Greek. _en_. App-104. THE MILL. Greek. _mulon._ Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
WATCH. As in 1 Thessalonians 5:6 and 1 Thessalonians 5:10 ("wake").... [ Continue Reading ]
GOODMAN OF THE HOUSE. master of the house. WOULD COME. is coming.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE. on this account. Greek. _dia touto._ App-104.Matthew 24:2. BE. become.... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER. at the head of Greek. _epi_. MEAT. their food. "Meat" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for all kinds of food (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. Happy. As in Matthew 5:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
OVER. in charge of. Greek. _epi_. GOODS. substance, or property.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT AND IF. But if. As in Matthew 24:23. EVIL. Greek. _kakos._ App-128. HIS COMING. to come.... [ Continue Reading ]
AWARE OF. knoweth, as in Matthew 24:32; Matthew 24:33; Matthew 24:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
WEEPING AND GNASHING. See note on Matthew 8:12.... [ Continue Reading ]