Matthew 24:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. ”

Matthew 24:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This generation ... - This age; this race of people. A generation is about 30 or 40 years. The destruction of Jerusalem took place about forty years after this was spoken. See the notes at Matth...
Matthew 24:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Verily I say unto you, This (t) generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. (t) This age: the word "generation" or "age" is here being used for the men of this age.
Matthew 24:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 24:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

This generation. See note on Matthew 11:16 . not . by no means. Greek. ou me. App-105. till. Here with Greek " an ", and the Subjunctive Mood, marking the uncertainty, which was condition...
Matthew 24:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

34. This generation shall not pass away. Though Christ employs a general expression, yet he does not extend the discourses to all the miseries which would befall the Church, but merely infor...
Matthew 24:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. This generation shall not pass - Η γενεα αυτη, this race; i.e. the Jews shall not cease from being a distinc...
Matthew 24:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

This generation shall not pass, &c.— Our Lord proceeds to declare, that the time of his coming was at no very great distance; and to shew that he has been speaking all the while of the destruct...
Matthew 24:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 24:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 24:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This generation shall not pass... — The natural meaning of the words is, beyond question. that which takes “generation” in the ordinary sense (as in Matthew 1:17 ; Acts 13:36 , and elsewhere) for...
Matthew 24:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Matthew 24:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Words That Must Be Fulfilled Matthew 24:29-39 The preceding portion of this prophecy is by all interpreters applied to the destruction of Jerusalem. But on the portion that follows there is a c...
Matthew 24:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 24:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:...
Matthew 24:34 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

ABIDING WORDS ‘Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.’ Matthew 24:34-35...
Matthew 24:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 th...
Matthew 24:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Ver. 34. This generation shall not pass ] viz. That generation that immediately precedes the end of the...
Matthew 24:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now learn a parable of the fig-tree Our Lord proceeds to declare that the signs which he had given would be as certain an indication of the time of his coming, as the fig-tree's putting forth its l...
Matthew 24:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 24:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Parable of the Fig-Tree; Awful Predictions; The Duty of Watchfulness; The Good and Evil Steward. 32 Now learn a parable of the f...
Matthew 24:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 24:35 " .
Matthew 24:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Words After Leaving The Temple About The Destruction Of The Temple And About His Second Coming (24:1-51). a Introduction in which Jesus declares that the Temple will be utterly destroyed ( Matthe...
Matthew 24:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 24:34 . Be fulfilled .—The words do not necessarily imply more than the commencement of a process, the first unrolling of the scroll of the coming ages ( Plumptre ). MAI...
Matthew 24:34 - Scofield Reference Notes

This generation (Greek, "genea", the primary definition of which is, "race, kind, family, stock, breed"). (So all lexicons.) That the word is used in this sense because none of "these things,"...
Matthew 24:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew 24:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Immediately after the tribulation of these days shall the sun be darkened. The manifestation of Christ in judgment I. There will be a manifestation of Christ in truth and unmistakable reality....
Matthew 24:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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,...
Matthew 24:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The lesson of the fig-tree:
Matthew 24:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 11:50 ; Luke 21:32 ; Luke 21:33 ; Mark 13:30 ; Mark 13:31 ; Matthew 12:45 ; Matthew 16:28 ; Matthew 23:36
Matthew 24:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This generation of men now living shall not pass till all these things be done — The expression implies, that great part of that generation would be passed away, but not the whole. Just so it was....

Matthew 24:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 24:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 24:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 24:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 24:34 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 24:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 24:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 24:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 24:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 24:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 24:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 24:34 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 24:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 24:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 24:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 24:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 24:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 24:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes