“ Behold, I have told you before. ”
Behold, I have told you before - Mark adds Mark 13:23 , “take ye heed.” The reason why he told them before was that they might be on their guard, and be prepared for those calamities.
Matthew 24 f. The Eschatological Discourse, and the Parables of Parousia (Mark 13*, Luke 21:5-36 *, Luke 17:23-37 ). Mt. follows Mk. fairly closely, but appends other eschatological sayings and...
25. Lo, I have foretold it to you. Mark expresses our Lord’s meaning more fully. But take heed: lo, I have foretold you all things. By these words we are taught that they who are dismayed...
Behold, I have told you before. Behold, I have told you before - That is, I have forewarned you.
Behold, &c.— "Behold, I have given you sufficient warning." It is remarkable, that our Saviour should not only foretel the appearance of these impostors, but also the manner and circumstances o...
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. For the exposition of this wonderful Prophecy, which will be best a...
The Destruction of Jerusalem and the End of the World Foretold 1. Jesus went out] RV 'Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way, and his disciples,' etc. The buildings ] The magni...
Chapter 18 The Prophecy on the Mount - Matthew 24:1-51 & Matthew 25:1-46 WE have seen that though the Saviour's public ministry is now closed, He still has a private ministry to discharge...
Beware of False Christs Matthew 24:15-28 The abomination of desolation is explained in Luke 21:20 , and probably refers to the Roman ensigns as the symbols of pagan and therefore unclean power...
Passing from the city, the disciples drew their Master's attention to the stones of the Temple, and He told them that this glorious building would be demolished so that no single stone would be left...
"Behold, I have told you before. (26) Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. (27) For as the lightning...
Behold, I have told you before. Meaning not before in this discourse, though he had in Matthew 24:5 signified also, that false Christs, and false prophets should arise, but before these things ca...
Behold, I have told you before. Ver. 25. Behold, I have told you before ] See, therefore, that ye stand alway upon your watch; for, for this end have I warned you: prevision is the best means of...
If any man say, Lo, here is Christ, or there During the terrible calamities here foretold, the expectations of the nation were all turned toward their Messiah; for they thought if ever he was to ap...
He leaves the temple, and in Matthew is not seen there again. What can it be now without its proper Inhabitant? But the disciples draw His attention to the ornate buildings that were really only the...
Awful Predictions. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name,...
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Jesus' Words After Leaving The Temple About The Future History of the World, About The Destruction Of The Temple And About His Second Coming (24:1-26). After having prepared His disciples and woul...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 24:15 . The abomination of desolation .— I.e . “the abomination that maketh desolate,” “the act of sacrilege, which is a sign and a cause of desolation.” What special act...
Matthew 24:1-2 . And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciple came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? v...
Matthew 24:1 . The buildings of the temple. Herod had gradually rebuilt the temple, taking down one part, and raising it anew, so that the worship was not interrupted. Hence it was still the secon...
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ. I. Let us settle what we really want in life, and we may safely shut our ears to many counsellors. II. Let us learn more and more of th...
EXPOSITION Matthew 24:1-40 PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM , AND OF THE TIMES OF THE END . ( Mark 13:1-41 ; Luke 21:5-42 .) There is no reason to think,...
The attack upon the faith:
Isaiah 44:7 ; Isaiah 44:8 ; Isaiah 46:10 ; Isaiah 46:11 ; Isaiah 48:5 ; Isaiah 48:6 ; John 16:1 ; Luke 21:13