Matthew 24:28

carcase. Greek. ptoma.

eagles. vultures.

gathered together. See Job 39:30, which shows the true interpretation.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wheresoever ... - The words in this verse are proverbial. Vultures and eagles easily ascertain where dead bodies are, and hasten to devour them....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) For wheresoever the (m) carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. (5) The only remedy against the furious rage of the world is tha...
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 clos...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

28 Wheresoever the carcass is. The meaning is, that by whatever methods Satan endeavors to scatter the children of God in various directions...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. For wheresoever the carcass is - Πτωμα, the dead carcass. The Jewish nati...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Wheresoever the carcase is, &c.— By the word carcase is meant the Jewish nation, which was morally and judicially dead, and whose destruction...
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 expositio...
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, an...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Great prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem, and the end of the world ( Mark 13:8 ; Luke 21:7 ). Many of the most serious difficulties of this...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The flight of the Christians before the fall of Jerusalem. 15. The abomination of desolation ] i.e. the abomination which makes the Temple desolate,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A parable or proverb ( Luke 17:37 ). Just as, wherever a carcase may happen to be, eagles or vultures will invariably be found; so at Christ's second...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wheresoever the carcase is. — Two interpretations of this verse may, without much risk of error, be at once rejected: — (1) That which sees in the...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"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 ch...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For wheresoever the carcass is ,.... Not Christ, as he is held forth in the Gospel, crucified and slain, through whose death is the savour of life,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Ver. 28. For wheresoever the carcase is, &c. ] That is, saith M....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For as the lightning cometh out of the east , &c. The coming of the Son of man shall be in a very different manner, and for very different ends...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Awful Predictions. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 27,28. Luke hath much the same, Luke 17:24,37 . The disagreement of interpreters about the coming of the Son of man, here spoken of, makes...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 24:28 The Law of Divine Judgment. I. When a wild beast falls in the desert, or a beast of burden on the highway, there is no stir in the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

For wherever the carcase is. The carcase and the vultures Our Lord says, wherever there is a rotting, dead society, a carcase hopelessly corrup...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The attack upon the faith:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. The Lord still has in mind principally the days preceding the destruct...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9:1-4 ; Deuteronomy 28:49 ; Jeremiah 16:16 ; Job 39:27-30 ; Luke 17:37
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles he gathered together — Our Lord gives this, as a farther reason, why they should not hearken...

²⁸ For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 24:28

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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