Matthew 24:32-36

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:32-51

We have here the practical application of the foregoing prediction; in general, we must expect and prepare for the events here foretold. I. We must expect them; ?Now learn a parable of the fig-tree, Matt. 24:32, 33. Now learn what use to make of the things you have heard; so observe and understand the signs of the times, and compare them with the predictions of the word, as from thence to foresee what is at the door, that you may provide accordingly.? The parable of the fig-tree is no more... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:32

Now learn a parable of the fig tree ,.... Take a similitude, or comparison from the fig tree, which was a tree well known in Judea; and the putting forth of its branches, leaves, and fruit, fell under the observation of everyone: when its branch is yet tender ; through the influence of the sun, and the motion of the sap, which was bound up, and congealed in the winter season: and putteth forth leaves ; from the tender branches, which swell, and open, and put forth buds, leaves, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:33

So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things ,.... That are mentioned above, relating to the signs of the destruction of the temple and city, and the destruction itself, with all those several things that should directly take place upon it; this is an accommodation of the above parable, similitude, or comparison: know that it is near, even at the doors ; meaning, either that "he is near", as the Ethiopic version reads it, the son of man is near, even at the doors; or as the Vulgate... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:34

Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass ,.... Not the generation of men in general; as if the sense was, that mankind should not cease, until the accomplishment of these things; nor the generation, or people of the Jews, who should continue to be a people, until all were fulfilled; nor the generation of Christians; as if the meaning was, that there should be always a set of Christians, or believers in Christ in the world, until all these events came to pass; but it respects... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth shall pass away ,.... This is either an assertion, which will be true at the end of time; not as to the substance of the heavens and earth, which will always remain, but as to the qualities of them, which will be altered: they will be renewed and refined, but not destroyed; the bad qualities, or evil circumstances, which attend them through the sin of man, will be removed and pass away, but they themselves will continue in being: or is a comparative expression, and the sense... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:36

But of that day and hour knoweth no man ,.... Which is to be understood, not of the second coming of Christ, the end of the world, and the last judgment; but of the coming of the son of man, to take vengeance on the Jews, and of their destruction; for the words manifestly regard the date of the several things going before, which only can be applied to that catastrophe, and dreadful desolation: now, though the destruction itself was spoken of by Moses and the prophets, was foretold by Christ,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:32

Learn a parable of the fig-tree - That is, These signs which I have given you will be as infallible a proof of the approaching ruin of the Jewish state as the budding of the trees is a proof of the coming summer. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:34

This generation shall not pass - Η γενεα αυτη , this race; i.e. the Jews shall not cease from being a distinct people, till all the counsels of God relative to them and the Gentiles be fulfilled. Some translate η γενεα αυτη , this generation, meaning the persons who were then living, that they should not die before these signs, etc., took place: but though this was true, as to the calamities that fell upon the Jews, and the destruction of their government, temple, etc., yet as our Lord... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:36

But of that day and hour - Ωρα , here, is translated season by many eminent critics, and is used in this sense by both sacred and profane authors. As the day was not known, in which Jerusalem should be invested by the Romans, therefore our Lord advised his disciples to pray that it might not be on a Sabbath; and as the season was not known, therefore they were to pray that it might not be in the winter; Matthew 24:20 . See on Mark 13:32 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:32

Verse 32 Matthew 24:32.Now learn a similitude from the fig-tree. I do not suppose the meaning of this to be merely that, during the state of confusion which has been mentioned, there will be as evident a sign that the coming of Christ is nigh, as that by which we know with certainty that the summer is at hand, when the trees begin to grow green; but, in my opinion, Christ expresses something else. For as in winter the trees, contracted by the severity of the cold, show greater vigor, but in... read more

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