Matthew 24:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 24:20-21

Matthew 24:20-21. But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter For the inclemency of the season, the badness of the roads, the shortness of the days, will all be great impediments to your flight: neither on the sabbath day That you may not raise the indignation of the Jews by travelling on that day, and so meet with that death out of the city which you had endeavoured to escape by removing from it. Besides, many of them would have scrupled to travel far on that day; the Jews thinking... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:1-31

131. The coming crisis (Matthew 24:1-31; Mark 13:1-27; Luke 21:5-28)Through his parables and other teachings, Jesus had spoken a number of times of his going away and his return in glory, which would bring in the climax of the age, the triumph of his kingdom and final judgment. His disciples apparently connected these events with the predicted destruction of Jerusalem. Therefore, when Jesus spoke of the destruction of the temple, his disciples immediately connected this with the return of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 24:21

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. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 24:21

For then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.That such a calamity did befall Jerusalem is a matter of historical record. Josephus gave the tally lists of the thousands slain in various cities and villages and places the number slaughtered at the fantastic total of ELEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND! This was more than four times the loss of life when the nuclear device destroyed Hiroshima! True, some scholars question Josephus'... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 24:21

Matthew 24:21. Then shall be great tribulation— In the preceding verses our Saviour warned his disciples to fly as soon as ever they saw Jerusalem besieged by the Romans, and now he assigns a reason for his giving them this caution. The words used in this verse seem to be a proverbial form of expression, as in Exodus 10:14. Joel 2 :1Ma 9:27. Our Lord, therefore, might fitly apply the same manner of speaking upon the present occasion: but he does not make use of proverbial expressions without a... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 24:15-22

4. The abomination of desolation 24:15-22 (cf. Mark 13:14-20)Having given a general description of conditions preceding His return and the end of the present age, Jesus next described one particular event that would be the greatest sign of all. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 24:21

Jesus explained the reason for such hasty retreat. A tribulation much greater than any the world has ever seen or ever will see would be about to break on the Jews. This description fits the Old Testament pictures of the Great Tribulation, the last three and a half years of the Tribulation (Revelation 11:2; Revelation 13:5).Again, the term "Tribulation" refers to the future seven-year period of distress, Daniel’s seventieth week (Jeremiah 30:7; Daniel 9:26). The term "Great Tribulation" refers... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:1-51

The Destruction of Jerusalem and the End of the World Foretold1. Jesus went out] RV ’Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way, and his disciples,’ etc.The buildings] The magnificent buildings, a mass of marble and gold, were not yet finished (see John 2:20). The rabbis said, ’He who has not seen the temple of Herod, has never seen a beautiful building. The sanctuary was made of green and white marble... Herod intended to have the building covered with gold, but the rabbis... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Matthew 24:21

(21) Such as was not since the beginning . . .—The words come from Daniel 12:1. One who reads the narrative of Josephus will hardly hesitate to adopt his language, “that all miseries that had been known from the beginning of the world fell short” of those of the siege of the Holy City (Wars, v. 13, §§ 4, 5). Other sieges may have witnessed, before and since, scenes of physical wretchedness equally appalling, but nothing that history records offers anything parallel to the alternations of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Matthew 24:1-51

The Intrusion of the World Matthew 24:12 No doubt this referred originally to the great crash of the fall of Jerusalem. But one cannot help seeing that the whole prophecy describes rather the constantly recurring features of all epochs of great change affecting the kingdom of heaven than the details of special circumstances attaching to some one event. I. Observe that it is more inside the Church that iniquity is said to abound. There may be a fair amount of morality and obedience in the... read more

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