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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 24:28

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

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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:28

Verse 28 28Wheresoever the carcass is. The meaning is, that by whatever methods Satan endeavors to scatter the children of God in various directions, still in Christ himself is the sacred bond of union, by which they must be kept united. For whence comes the dispersion, but that many depart from Christ, in whom alone our strength lies? Here then is a method laid down for promoting a holy union, that the separations produced by errors may not tear in pieces the body of the Church; and that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:29

Verse 29 Matthew 24:29.And immediately after the tribulation of those days. Christ comes now to speak of the full manifestation of his kingdom, about which he was at first interrogated by the disciples, and promises that, after they have been tried by so many distressing events, the redemption will arrive in due time. The principal object of his reply was, to confirm his disciples in good hope, that they might not be dismayed on account of the troubles and confusion that would arise. For this... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:30

Verse 30 30.Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man. By this term Christ points out more clearly the difference between the present condition of his kingdom and its future glory; for it is a sort of admission that, amidst the darkness of tribulations, the majesty of Christ will not fully appear, and men will not perceive the redemption which he has brought. The confused mixture of things which we now perceive does certainly, on the one hand, darken our minds, and, on the other hand, bury... read more

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

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:28

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:30

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