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Matthew 24:1 open_in_new
went out, &c. Thus marking this (see Mark 13:1) as the second of the two prophecies: the former (Luke 21) being spoken "in the Temple". See App-155.
from. away from. Greek. apo. App-104.
the temple. the Temple courts, the sacred enclosure. See note on Matthew 23:35.
the buildings, &c. These consisted of the courts, halls, colonnades, towers, and "wings". In Luke 21 "some" spake of its adornment with goodly stones and gifts.
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Matthew 24:2 open_in_new
See. Behold, look on. App-133. Not the same word as in verses: Matthew 24:6; Matthew 24:15; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 6:33.
verily. See note on Matthew 5:18.
shall not. shall by no means. Very emphatic, because certain. Greek. ou me. App-105.
upon. Greek. epi. App-104.
shall not. All the texts omit the "me", and read simply " ou " as in the first clause.
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Matthew 24:3 open_in_new
privately. apart. Luke 21 was spoken publicly.
coming. presence. Greek. parousia. This is the first of twenty-four occurrences of this important word (Matthew 24:3; Matthew 24:27; Matthew 24:37; Matthew 24:39; 1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Corinthians 16:17. 2Co 7:6, 2 Corinthians 7:7; 2 Corinthians 10:10; Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:26; Philippians 2:12. 1Th 2:19. 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:15. 1Th 5:23. 2 Thessalonians 2:1 2 Thessalonians 2:8, 2 Thessalonians 2:9; James 5:7; James 5:8; 2 Peter 1:16. 2Pe 3:4, 2 Peter 3:12; 1 John 2:28). The Papyri show that "from the Ptolemaic period down to the second century A.D. the word is traced in the East as. technical expression for the arrival or the visit of the king or the emperor", also of other persons in authority, or of troops. (See Deissmann's Light, &c, pp. 372-8, 441-5). It is not therefore. N.. word, as some have supposed.
the end of the world. See App-129.
the end. the sunteleia. Sunteleia = meeting together of all that marks the consummation of the age; not telos = the actual end, verses: Matthew 24:6; Matthew 24:13; Matthew 24:14.
world. See App-129.
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Matthew 24:4 open_in_new
Take heed. Greek. blepo. App-133.
no man. not (me. App-105.) any one.
deceive. lead astray.
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Matthew 24:5 open_in_new
in. upon: trading upon. Greek. epi.
Christ. the Messiah. App-98.
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Matthew 24:6 open_in_new
shall hear. will be about to hear.
see. Greek. horao. App-133. Not the same word as in verses: Matthew 24:2; Matthew 24:15; Matthew 24:30.
must. it is necessary [for them to].
come to pass. arise (as in Matthew 24:34).
the end. Greek. telos. Not the same as in Matthew 24:3. This marks the beginning, not the end. The "many Christs" would be the very first sign. See note on 1 John 2:18.
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Matthew 24:7 open_in_new
For nation, &c. See App-117. Quoted from Isaiah 19:2.
famines, and pestilences. Figure of speech Paronomasia. Greek. limoi kai loimoi. Eng. dearths and deaths, in divers. Greek. kata. in [different] places.
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Matthew 24:8 open_in_new
the. a.
sorrows. birth-pangs.
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Matthew 24:9 open_in_new
to be afflicted. unto tribulation.
to. unto. Greek. eis.
of. by.
for. on account of. Greek. dia.
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Matthew 24:10 open_in_new
be offended. stumble. See App-117. Quoted from Isaiah 8:15.
shall betray. will deliver up, as in Matthew 24:9.
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Matthew 24:12 open_in_new
because. on account of. Greek. dia, as in Matthew 24:9.
iniquity. lawlessness.
abound. be multiplied. Compare Acts 6:1; Acts 6:7; Acts 7:17; Acts 9:31.
many. the many.
wax. grow. Anglo-Saxon weaxen, to grow.
wax cold. Greek. psuchomai.
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Matthew 24:13 open_in_new
shall endure. shall have endured.
the end. Greek. telos, the actual end. Not the sunteleia (Matthew 24:3), but the same as in Matthew 24:6 and Matthew 24:14.
saved. delivered (1 Thessalonians 1:10).
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Matthew 24:14 open_in_new
gospel of the kingdom. See App-140.
of. concerning. Genitive of Relation. App-17.
preached. proclaimed. App-121.
world. the (then) habitable world. Greek. oikoumene. See App-129. The civilized as distinct from barbarian. Not the same word as in either Matthew 24:3 and Matthew 24:21.
for. to, or with. view to. Greek. eis. App-104.
nations. the nations.
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Matthew 24:15 open_in_new
the abomination, &c. Reference to Daniel 12:11. See App-117., and notes on Daniel 9:27; Daniel 9:11, Dan 9:31. Daniel 12:11. Used as the equivalent for. special idol. Deuteronomy 7:26; 1 Kings 11:7; 2 Kings 23:13. Compare 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
of. Genitive of Cause, that which brings on God's desolating judgments.
by. by means of, or through. Greek. dia.
the holy place. See note on "pinnacle", Matthew 4:5.
understands. observe attentively.
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Matthew 24:16 open_in_new
into. upon. Greek. epi. LTr. WH read " e. s ". App-104.
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Matthew 24:17 open_in_new
anything. All the texts read "the things".
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Matthew 24:20 open_in_new
be. happen.
on. Greek. en. App-103.
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Matthew 24:21 open_in_new
shall be, &c. See App-117. Quoted from Daniel 12:1.
was not. has not arisen, or happened; same as "fulfilled", Matthew 24:34.
since. from, as in Matthew 24:1.
the beginning. See note on John 8:44.
world. Greek. kosmos App-129.
nor ever = ou me. App-105. i.e. shall by no means happen.
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Matthew 24:22 open_in_new
shortened. curtailed. See App-90.
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Matthew 24:23 open_in_new
if... &c. The condition is hypothetical. App-118.
Christ. the Messiah. App-98.
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Matthew 24:24 open_in_new
shew. give.
insomuch that. so as to, &c.
if it were possible. The condition involves no doubt as to its being impossible. See App-118.
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Matthew 24:26 open_in_new
secret chambers. See note on Matthew 6:6. Greek. tameion. Occurs only there, here, and Luke 12:3; Luke 12:24.
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Matthew 24:27 open_in_new
as. just as.
out of. frorn. Greek. apo.
also. All the texts omit "also".
the coming. the parousia, or presence. See note on Matthew 24:3.
the Son of man. See App-98.
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Matthew 24:28 open_in_new
carcase. Greek. ptoma.
eagles. vultures.
gathered together. See Job 39:30, which shows the true interpretation.
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Matthew 24:29 open_in_new
Immediately after. No room therefore for. Millennium before His coming. It must follow it.
after. Greek. meta. App-104.
shall the sun, &c. App-117. Quoted from Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 34:4.
heaven. the heaven (Singular.) See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.
the powers, &c. See Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 34:4. Probably referring to the evil "principalities and powers" of Ephesians 1:21; 2 Chronicles 1:16; 2 Chronicles 1:16; Colossians 2:10; Colossians 2:15.
the heavens. Plural See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.
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Matthew 24:30 open_in_new
appear. shine forth. Greek. phaino. App-106.
the sign. As asked in Matthew 24:3.
then shall, &c. Quoted from Zechariah 12:12.
earth. land. Greek. ge. App-129.
they shall see. Greek. opsomai. App-133.
in. [seated] upon. Greek. epi.
with. Greek. meta. Quoted from Daniel 7:13.
with power and great glory. with power, yea, with great and glorious power. Figure of speech Hendiadys. App-6.
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Matthew 24:31 open_in_new
a great sound of. trumpet. Greek "a trumpet and. great sound". a trumpet, yea,. great sounding trumpet. Figure of speech Hendiadys (App-6); not two things, but one.
they shall gather, &c. Quoted from Deuteronomy 30:4. See 1 Thessalonians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:17.
His elect. Who "received the Word". Act 2:41. 1 Thessalonians 2:13.
from. out of. Greek. ek. App-104.
heaven. heavens. Plural See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.
know. get to know. Greek. ginosko. App-132. The same word as in verses: Matthew 24:33; Matthew 24:39; Matthew 24:43 ("know").
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Matthew 24:33 open_in_new
likewise ye. ye also.
it is near. He is near
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Matthew 24:34 open_in_new
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 conditional on the repentance of the nation. Note the four "tills" (Matthew 10:23; Matthew 16:28; Matthew 23:39; Matthew 24:34), and compare what is certain with what is uncertain.
be fulfilled. may have begun to arise, or take place: referring specially to the first "sign" in Matthew 24:4, in response to the first question in Matthew 24:3. not the same word as in Luke 21:24, but the same as in Matthew 24:32.
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Matthew 24:35 open_in_new
words. Plural of logos. See note on Mark 9:32.
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Matthew 24:36 open_in_new
of. concerning. Greek. p eri. App-104. knoweth. has any intuitive knowledge. Greek. oida. The same word as in verses: Matthew 24:42; Matthew 24:43 ("known"); not the same as in verses: Matthew 24:32; Matthew 24:33; Matthew 24:39; Matthew 24:43 ("known").
Father. App-98.
only. alone. Not the Lord as "the Son of man", though surely as "the Son of God".
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Matthew 24:37 open_in_new
shall. will.
also the coming. the parousia (or presence) also.
the coming. the parousia. See note on Matthew 24:3.
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Matthew 24:38 open_in_new
Noe. Noah.
into. Greek. eis. App-104.
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Matthew 24:39 open_in_new
until. Reference to Pentateuch (Gen 7-11).
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Matthew 24:40 open_in_new
the one shall be taken, &c. 1 Thessalonians 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:16 refers to this, for it is the same parousia.
shall. is. So in Matthew 24:41.
taken. taken to one's side, in peace and for blessing, as in Matthew 1:20; Matthew 1:24; Matthew 17:1.Luke 9:10; Luke 18:31; John 14:3 ("receive").
left. For judgment; as in Matthew 13:30 ("let"); Matthew 15:14 ("let alone"); Matthew 19:27; Matthew 19:29 ("forsaken"); Matthew 23:38; Matthew 26:56, &c.
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Matthew 24:41 open_in_new
women. Grinding was and is woman's work in the East, and is done in the morning.
at. in. Greek. en. App-104.
the mill. Greek. mulon. Occurs only here.
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Matthew 24:42 open_in_new
Watch. As in 1 Thessalonians 5:6 and 1 Thessalonians 5:10 ("wake").
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Matthew 24:43 open_in_new
goodman of the house. master of the house.
would come. is coming.
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Matthew 24:44 open_in_new
Therefore. on this account. Greek. dia touto. App-104.Matthew 24:2.
be. become.
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Matthew 24:45 open_in_new
over. at the head of Greek. epi.
meat. their food. "Meat" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for all kinds of food (App-6).
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Matthew 24:46 open_in_new
Blessed. Happy. As in Matthew 5:3.
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Matthew 24:47 open_in_new
over. in charge of. Greek. epi.
goods. substance, or property.
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Matthew 24:50 open_in_new
aware of. knoweth, as in Matthew 24:32; Matthew 24:33; Matthew 24:39.
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Matthew 24:51 open_in_new
weeping and gnashing. See note on Matthew 8:12.