Matthew 24:36 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Mark addeth, Mark 13:32, neither the Son, but the Father. Of that day and hour, that is, the particular time when the heavens and the earth shall pass away, as he had before said, or when the end of the world shall be, which was one of the questions propounded to him by his disciples, Matthew 24:3. Knoweth no man, no mere man, nor have men any reason to be troubled at it; for it is a piece of knowledge which the Father hath reserved in his own power, and his own pleasure, from the angels, who continually behold his face. Nay, I myself, as man, know it not. Nor is it more absurd, or derogating from the perfection of Christ, than for to say, that Christ, as man, was not omnipotent, or omniscient, &c. By the way, this gives a great check to the curiosity of men's inquiries after the particular time or year when the world shall have an end, or the day of judgment begin, or be.

Matthew 24:36

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.