Matthew 24:6-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:6

Ye shall hear ( μελλη ì σετε ἀκου ì ειν ). Ye are about, ye are destined, to hear. "Futurum complicatum, audituri eritis " (Bengel). He addresses the apostles as representatives of the whole body of believers. Wars and rumours of wars; i.e. wars near at hand, and distant wars of which the rumour only reaches you, but which threaten to approach and menace your peace (cf. Jeremiah 4:19 ). The peace which reigned at Christ's birth was rudely shattered after his death,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:6

The Christian attitude in times of civil commotion. There is always a tendency to exaggerate their importance. It is strange to find Christian people able to find some high prophetic allusion forevery little war or social disturbance within the sphere of their knowledge. Every national trouble is manufactured into a sign of the "coming end." Precisely of this strange tendency our Lord so anxiously warned his disciples in this discourse. "Do not run away into extravagant imaginations under... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 24:7

Nation shall rise against nation, etc. This part of the prediction is inapplicable to the era preceding the ruin of Jerusalem, the disturbances that occurred then ( e.g. at Alexandria, Seleucia, Jamnia, and other localities mentioned by Josephus, 'Ant.,' 18.9. 8, 9; 'Bell. Jud.,' 2.17. 10; 18.1-8; 4.3. 2; and by Philo, 'Legat. ad Caium,' § 30) could hardly have been indicated in such grand terms. More to the purpose is the sketch of the period given by Tacitus, at the opening of his... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:6

And ye shall hear of wars ... - It is recorded in the history of Rome that violent agitations prevailed in the Roman empire previous to the destruction of Jerusalem. Four emperors, Nero, Galba, Otho, and Vitellius, suffered violent deaths in the short space of eighteen months. In consequence of these changes in the government, there were commotions throughout the empire. Parties were formed, and bloody and violent wars were the consequence of attachment to particular emperors. This is the more... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:7

Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom - At Caesarea the Jews and Syrians contended about the right to the city, and twenty thousand of the Jews were slain. At this blow the whole nation of the Jews was exasperated, and carried war and desolation through the Syrian cities and villages. Sedition and civil war spread throughout Judea; Italy was also thrown into civil war by the contests between Otho and Vitellius for the crown.And there shall be famines - There was a famine... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 24:6-8

Matthew 24:6-8. And ye shall hear of wars, &c. This is the second sign. That there were wars and rumours of wars, appears by all the historians of those times, and above all by Josephus. To relate the particulars would be to transcribe a great part of his history of the Jewish wars. There were more especially rumours of wars when Caligula, the Roman emperor, ordered his statue to be set up in the temple at Jerusalem, which the Jews refused to suffer, and persisted in their refusal:... 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 24:6

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 beginning, not the end. The "many Christs" would be the very first sign. See note on 1 John 2:18 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 24:7

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. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 24:6

Matthew 24:6. And ye shall hear of wars, &c.— To relate the particulars of wars and rumours of wars, which happened at the period here referred to, would be to transcribe a great part of Josephus's History. There were more especially rumours of wars, when Caligula the Roman emperor ordered his statue to be set up in the temple at Jerusalem, which the Jews refused to suffer, and persisted in their refusal; and, having therefore reason to apprehend a war from the Romans, were in such a... read more

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