Matthew 24 - Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Bible Study & Commentary

Introduction

A.M. 4037. A.D. 33.

In this chapter we have a prophetical discourse concerning the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish nation, for their many and great crimes, and especially for their rejecting and crucifying the Son of God; which calamity came upon them about forty years after. Here is

(1,) The occasion of this discourse, Matthew 24:1-3 .

(2,) The discourse itself, in which is contained the preceding signs of the awful event the appearance of false Christs, Matthew 24:5: wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes 6- 8: the persecution of the apostles and others of Christ’s followers, Matthew 24:9: the apostacy of many from the truth, Matthew 24:10-13: preaching of the gospel to all nations, Matthew 24:14: the approach of the Roman armies to the city, and their besieging it, Matthew 24:15-18: the miseries of that period, Matthew 24:19-22 . A caution against being deceived by false Christs and false prophets, Matthew 24:23-26 . That these calamities should come suddenly and unexpectedly, and effect the total destruction of the Jewish Church and commonwealth, and be a type and figure of the consummation of all things, Matthew 24:27-31 . An illustration of the whole by a parable, Matthew 24:32 , Matthew 24:33 . The certainty of the events, and the application of the prophecy, for the awakening of his disciples, that they might prepare for them, Matthew 24:34-51 .

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments

One of the most eminent of the early Methodist ministers in England, Joseph Benson was born at Melmerby, in Cumberland, Jan. 25, 1748. At sixteen he became a Methodist and was converted. In 1766 Mr. Wesley appointed him classical master at Kingswood School. He devoted himself closely to philosophy and theology, studying constantly and zealously.Joseph Benson became a Methodist circuit rider in 1771. A close associate of Wesley, he was chosen to be a member of the Legal One Hundred who governed the Conference at Wesley's death and he was president of the Conference two times. As one of post-Wesley Methodism's most popular preachers, he sometimes addressed crowds of over twenty thousand. Wesley established an extensive organization, including the circuit riding system and a media or press to showcase books, pamphlets, and a monthly magazine. After the death of John Wesley, Joseph Benson took over the Methodist/Wesleyan movement and the organization that Wesley created.During the Bristol dispute of 1794 he led the conservative Church Methodists and was against moves which suggested that the Methodists were breaking ties with the Church of England; he was one of the last leaders to contend for the methods and philosophy of eighteenth-century Wesleyan Methodism. The circulation of The Methodist Magazine rose from ten thousand to twenty-four thousand per issue on his watch, and it was one of the most widely read periodicals in pre-Victorian England. He was an able writer, serving as apologist against Joseph Priestley, as biographer of John Fletcher, and as author of a multi-volume commentary on the Bible.Benson was influential in Methodism, and through the press, especially the magazine, he was able to extend his influence to non-Methodists as well. He and other Methodist leaders, through preaching and publication, disseminated their conservative social and political credo and may be credited in part with creating a climate in which the seeds of Victorianism could thrive.... Show more

One of the most eminent of the early Methodist ministers in England, Joseph Benson was born at Melmerby, in Cumberland, Jan. 25, 1748. At sixteen he became a Methodist and was converted. In 1766 Mr. Wesley appointed him classical master at Kingswood School. He devoted himself closely to philosophy and theology, studying constantly and zealously.... Show more

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