马太福音 24:9-13 RCUVSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:9

The mission of religious persecution. Religious persecution is an evil, and a serious evil, but it cannot be called an unmitigated evil. Persecutors come under Divine judgments; but persecutors, in the Divine overruling, are made to do the Lord's work. The Lord Jesus was persecuted, and we fully sympathize with him in those persecutions. And yet we only know him through them. His perfect obedience as a Son only comes to view on the background of the sufferings he endured. What is true of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:10

Shall many be offended. The persecutions directed against the disciples in general shall in many cases result in overcoming their steadfastness and sapping their faith. Shall betray one another. To curry favour with enemies and to secure their own safety in troublous times, Christians were found to inform against friends, and to deliver them up to the civil authorities. Tacitus notes instances of this degrading cowardice. "First those were seized who confessed that they were Christians;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:11

False prophets ( Matthew 24:24 ). These were not necessarily predictors or soothsayers, but teachers having, as they said, a message from God. Such pretenders have arisen in every great crisis; but the Jews a few years later were deceived continually by fanatics or impostors, who professed to be inspired, and premised the infatuated people deliverance, urging them to resist the Romans, in expectation of the coming of Messiah to lead them to immediate victory (comp. Josephus, 'Bell. Jud.,'... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:12

Because iniquity shall abound ( πληθυνθῆναι , is multiplied ) . The word rendered "iniquity" is ἀνομι ì α , "lawlessness," general immorality and licence. Impatience of rule and discipline, connivance at and imitation of heathen practices, reacted upon the faith of believers, undermined steadfast adherence to principle. Then was the power of "that wicked one" ( ὁἀ ì νομος , 2 Thessalonians 2:8 ) exercised and seen in the lapse of the unstable. The love of many ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:12-13

The difficulty of keeping on. "Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." These verses are connected with Christ's prophecy of the history of his Church. There may be difficulty in fixing the precise references of his language, but he describes general features which are seen in every passing age. There is always a disposition to exaggerate or overestimate the evils of the age in which we happen to live, because they are specially prominent to us. But we may certainly... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:13

He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved ( Matthew 10:22 ). Here is a note of consolation amid the refrain of woe. Patience and perseverance shall be crowned at the last. "The end" means primarily the destruction of Jerusalem, and the salvation promised is safety in that day of peril. It is believed that no Christians perished in the siege or after it (see Matthew 24:16 ). But τε ì λος , being here used without the article (differently from Matthew 24:6 and,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:13

Final perseverance. It is evident that our Lord was speaking with especial reference to the series of calamities that was to accompany the death throes of the Jewish state. In them are typified and illustrated the trials which test the fidelity of the Christian in many walks of life. I. WE ARE WARNED TO EXPECT HEAVY TRIALS . No woes can]lave been greater than the troubles of that tragedy of history, the fall of Jerusalem. But Job justly tells us that "man is born unto... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:9

To be afflicted - By persecution, imprisonment, scourging, etc.“They shall deliver you up to councils” (Mark). To the great council, or Sanhedrin - for this is the word in the original. See the notes at Matthew 5:22. This was fulfilled when Peter and John were brought before the council, Acts 4:5-7. Mark further adds Mark 13:9 that they should be delivered to synagogues and to prisons to be beaten, and should be brought before rulers and kings for his name’s sake. All this was remarkably... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:10

Many shall be offended - See the notes at Matthew 5:29. Many shall stumble, fall, apostatize from a profession of religion. Many who “professed” to love me will then show that they had no “real” attachment to me; and in those trying times it will be seen that they knew nothing of genuine Christian love. See 1 John 2:19.Shall betray one another - Those who thus apostatize from professed attachment to me will betray others who really love me. This they would do to secure their own safety, by... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:11

And many false prophets - Many men pretending to be prophets or foretellers of future events. This refers not to the false “Messiahs” of which he had spoken Matthew 24:5, but to prophets who should appear during the siege of the city. Of them Josephus says: “The tyrannical zealots who ruled the city suborned “many false prophets” to declare that aid would be given to the people from heaven. This was done to prevent them from attempting to desert, and to inspire confidence in God.” - “Jewish... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:11

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