マタイによる福音書 24:2-28 JC

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:20

But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter ,.... When days are short, and unfit for long journeys, and roads are bad, and sometimes not passable, through large snows, or floods of water; and when to dwell in desert places, and lodge in mountains, must be very uncomfortable: wherefore Christ directs to pray to God, who has the disposal of all events, and of the timing of them, that he would so order things in the course of his providence, that their flight might not be in such a season... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:21

For then shall be great tribulation ,.... This is urged as a reason for their speedy flight; since the calamity that would come upon those who should remain in the city, what through the sword, famine, pestilence, murders, robberies, &c.; would be such as was not since the beginning of the world, to this time, no, nor ever shall be . The burning of Sodom and Gomorrha, the bondage of the children of Israel in Egypt, their captivity in Babylon, and all their distresses and afflictions... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:22

And except those days should be shortened ,.... That is, those days of tribulation which commenced at the siege of Jerusalem; and therefore cannot refer to the times before it, and the shortening of them by it, which were very dreadful and deplorable through the murders and robberies of the cut-throats and zealots; but to those after the siege began, which were very distressing to those that were within; and which, if they had not been shortened, or if the siege had been lengthened out... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:23

Then if any man shall say unto you ,.... Either at the time when the siege shall be begun, and the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place; or during the days of tribulation, whilst the siege lasted; or after those days were shortened, and the city destroyed, and the Roman army was gone with their captives: when some, that were scattered up and down in the country, would insinuate to their countrymen, that the Messiah was in such a place: saying, lo! here is Christ, or there,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:24

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets ,.... Such as the above mentioned: these false Christs had their false prophets, who endeavoured to persuade the people to believe them to be the Messiah, as Barcochab had Akiba, who applied many prophecies to him. This man was called Barcochab, which signifies the son of a star, in allusion to Numbers 24:17 he was crowned by the Jews, and proclaimed the Messiah by Akiba; upon which a Roman army was sent against him, and a place... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:25

Behold, I have told you before. Meaning not before in this discourse, though he had in Matthew 24:5 signified also, that false Christs, and false prophets should arise, but before these things came to pass; so that they had sufficient notice and warning of them, and would be inexcusable if they were not upon their guard against them; and which, when they came to pass, would furnish out a considerable argument in proof of him, as the true Messiah, against all these false ones, showing him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:26

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 Messiah is in such a wilderness, in the wilderness of Judea, or in any other desert place, do not go out of the places where you are to see, or hear, and know the truth of things; lest you should, in any respect, be stumbled, ensnared, and brought into danger. It was usual for these impostors to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:27

For as the lightning cometh out of the east ,.... The eastern part of the horizon, and shineth even unto the west ; to the western part of it, with great clearness; in a moment; in the twinkling of an eye, filling the whole intermediate space; so shall also the coming of the son of man be ; which must be understood not of his last coming to judgment, though that will be sudden, visible, and universal; he will at once come to, and be seen by all, in the clouds of heaven, and not in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:28

For wheresoever the carcass is ,.... Not Christ, as he is held forth in the Gospel, crucified and slain, through whose death is the savour of life, and by whom salvation is, and to whom sensible sinners flock, encouraged by the ministry of the word; and much less Christ considered as risen, exalted, and coming in great glory to judgment, to whom the word "carcass" will by no means agree, and but very poorly under the former consideration: but the people of the Jews are designed by it, in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:2

See ye not all these things? - The common text, and many manuscripts, have ου βλεπετε , Do ye not see, or consider? But the negative particle is omitted by several excellent manuscripts, by the Coptic, Sahidic, Armenian, Ethiopic, Slavonic, Vulgate, and Itala versions, and by some of the primitive fathers, who all read it thus, see, or consider all these things. There shall not be left here one stone - These seem to have been the last words he spoke as he left the temple, into which he... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:2

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