“ Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. ”
The Eschatologieal Discourse. The first two verses contain our Lord's prediction of the fall of Jerusalem. To the Jews, such an anticipation would seem blasphemous ( cf. Acts 6:14 ). The discours...
Heaven . the heaven. Singular. See note on Matthew 6:9 ; Matthew 6:10 .
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away - the strongest possible expression of the divine author...
Great Prophecy of the Fall of Jerusalem and of the End of the World 1-37. Christ's great prophecy ( Matthew 24:1 ; Luke 21:5 ). See on Mt.
(24-31) But in those days. — See Notes on Matthew 24:29-35 .
“Watch!” Mark 13:14-37 The fall of Jerusalem, Mark 13:14-23 . This abomination had been predicted by Daniel, Daniel 9:27 , Josephus says that the Romans brought their standards into the Te...
A casual remark from the lips of one of the disciples drew from Jesus words full of solemnity and full of hope. This stately building was to be destroyed. 1t- was already destroyed in the eyes of Chr...
(28) Now learn a parable of the fig tree: When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: (29) So, ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass...
Heaven and earth shall pass away ,.... Which may be understood either affirmatively, as what will be at the second coming of Christ; or comparatively, rather than any thing said by Christ should; an...
But in those days Of vengeance; after that tribulation Attending the siege and taking of Jerusalem; the sun shall be darkened, &c. Our Lord having, in the preceding part of his discourse, g...
Watchfulness Inculcated. 28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know t...
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The Advancement of the Kingly Rule of God In The Midst Of The Battering of History: Preliminary Troubles - The Good News Proclaimed Among All Nations - The Coming Destruction of Jerusalem - The Comi...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Mark 13:14 . The abomination of desolation .—Hebraism for the abomination that makes desolate . See Daniel 9:27 ; Daniel 11:31 ; Daniel 12:11 . A comparison of...
Mark 13:31 Things Temporal and Things Eternal. I. First, our Lord declares to us, "Heaven and earth shall pass away." By heaven and earth are meant this state of things of which we have experienc...
Mark 13:2 . There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. When the Chaldeans burned the temple, that part called Solomon's porch escaped demolition; this favour ho...
But My words shall not pass away. The perpetuity of Christ’s words Contrast the apparent transitoriness of “words” with the solid earth and the “eternal heavens.” Yet when these shall have fade...
EXPOSITION Mark 13:1 And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him Master, behold, what manner, of stones and what manner of buildings! This would be in the...
The parable of the fig-tree:
2 Peter 3:10-12 ; 2 Timothy 2:13 ; Hebrews 1:10-12 ; Isaiah 40:8 ; Isaiah 51:6 ; Joshua 23:14 ; Joshua 23:15 ; Luke 21:33 ; Matthew 24:35 ; Matthew 5:18 ; Numbers 23:19 ; Psalms 102:25-27...