Matthew 24:27-31 NIV

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 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 different subjects. In Matthew 24:1-51 he gathers together things that Jesus said about the future and gives us the vision of things to come. In so doing Matthew weaves together sayings of Jesus about different aspects of the future; and it will make this difficult chapter very much easier to understand if we can disentangle the various strands and... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:29

Immediately after the tribulation of those days ,.... That is, immediately after the distress the Jews would be in through the siege of Jerusalem, and the calamities attending it; just upon the destruction of that city, and the temple in it, with the whole nation of the Jews, shall the following things come to pass; and therefore cannot be referred to the last judgment, or what should befall the church, or world, a little before that time, or should be accomplished in the whole intermediate... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:30

Not the sound of the great trumpet, mentioned in the following verse; nor the clouds of heaven in this; nor the sign of the cross appearing in the air, as it is said to do in the times of Constantine: not the former; for though to blow a trumpet is sometimes to give a sign, and is an alarm; and the feast which the Jews call the day of blowing the trumpets, Numbers 29:1 is, by the Septuagint, rendered ημερα σημασιας , "the day of signification"; yet this sign is not said to be sounded, but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:31

And he shall send his angels ,.... Not the angels, i.e. ministering spirits, so called, not from their nature, but their office, as being sent forth by God and Christ; but men angels, or messengers, the ministers and preachers of the Gospel, whom Christ would call, qualify, and send forth into all the world of the Gentiles, to preach his Gospel, and plant churches there still more, when that at Jerusalem was broken up and dissolved. These are called "angels", because of their mission, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:27

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west - It is worthy of remark that our Lord, in the most particular manner, points out the very march of the Roman army: they entered into Judea on the East, and carried on their conquest Westward, as if not only the extensiveness of the ruin, but the very route which the army would take, were intended in the comparison of the lightning issuing from the east, and shining to the west. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:28

For wheresoever the carcass is - Πτωμα , the dead carcass. The Jewish nation, which was morally and judicially dead. There will the eagles - The Roman armies, called so partly from their strength and fierceness, and partly from the figure of these animals which was always wrought on their ensigns, or even in brass, placed on the tops of their ensign-staves. It is remarkable that the Roman fury pursued these wretched men wheresoever they were found. They were a dead carcass doomed to be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:29

Immediately after the tribulation, etc. - Commentators generally understand this, and what follows, of the end of the world and Christ's coming to judgment: but the word immediately shows that our Lord is not speaking of any distant event, but of something immediately consequent on calamities already predicted: and that must be the destruction of Jerusalem. "The Jewish heaven shall perish, and the sun and moon of its glory and happiness shall be darkened - brought to nothing. The sun is the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:30

Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man - The plain meaning of this is, that the destruction of Jerusalem will be such a remarkable instance of Divine vengeance, such a signal manifestation of Christ's power and glory, that all the Jewish tribes shall mourn, and many will, in consequence of this manifestation of God, be led to acknowledge Christ and his religion. By της γης , of the land, in the text, is evidently meant here, as in several other places, the land of Judea and its... read more

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 24:1-31

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:28

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:30

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