Matthew 24:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And ye shall hear of wars, &c.— To relate the particulars of wars and rumours of wars, which happened at the period here referred to, would be to transcribe a great part of Josephus's History. There were more especially rumours of wars, when Caligula the Roman emperor ordered his statue to be set up in the temple at Jerusalem, which the Jews refused to suffer, and persisted in their refusal; and, having therefore reason to apprehend a war from the Romans, were in such a consternation, that they omitted even the tilling of their lands. But this storm was soon blown over, and their fear dissipated by the timely death of that emperor. But be ye not troubled, says our Lord, at the prospect of these calamities, for all these things must first come to pass: they must come to pass a considerable time before the destruction of the nation; but the end is not yet. The end of the age, or Jewish dispensation, and the demolition of the temple, will not be immediately on the back of these things. See on Matthew 24:8.