“ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. ”
Heaven and earth shall pass away ... - You may sooner expect to see the heaven and earth pass away and return to nothing, than my words to fail.
(8) Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. (8) The Lord now begins the judgment, which he will finish in the latter days.
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...
words. Plural of logos. See note on Mark 9:32 .
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away. In order to secure greater confidence in his statements, he illustrates their certainty by this comparison, that it is more firm and stable than the enti...
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Heaven and earth shall pass away— It seems as if our Saviour had been aware of some such misapplication of his words, as is intimated in the preceding note, by adding yet greater force and emphasis...
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...
Heaven and earth. — The tone is that of One who speaks with supreme authority, foreseeing, on the one hand, death and seeming failure, but on the other, the ultimate victory, not of truth only in t...
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...
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...
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...
"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:...
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...
Heaven and earth shall pass away ,.... This is either an assertion, which will be true at the end of time; not as to the substance of the heavens and earth, which will always remain, but as to the q...
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. Ver. 35. Heaven and earth shall pass, &c. ] What God hath written he hath written. His word is established in heaven, saith...
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...
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...
Parable of the Fig-Tree; Awful Predictions; The Duty of Watchfulness; The Good and Evil Steward. 32 Now learn a parable of the f...
Ver. 32-35. Mark hath the very same, Mark 13:28-31 . So hath Luke, Luke 21:29-33 , only he saith, the fig tree, and all the trees, when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves...
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...
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 24:35 The Immutability of the Divine Word. When the words of the text were uttered the eye of the Saviour was resting on scenes whose stability promised to be of world-long life. The hill...
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...
But My words shall not pass away. The words of Christ The characteristics of our Lord’s words. 1. The authority which speaks in them. 2. Their elevation. 3. Their awful depth. ( Canon...
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 lesson of the fig-tree:
1 Peter 1:25 ; 2 Peter 3:7-12 ; Hebrews 1:11 ; Hebrews 1:12 ; Isaiah 34:4 ; Isaiah 40:8 ; Isaiah 51:6 ; Isaiah 54:10 ; Isaiah 55:11 ; Jeremiah 31:35 ; Jeremiah 31:36 ; Matthew 5:18 ; Num...