Ezekiel 12:21-28; Luke 21:32; Luke 21:33; Mark 13:30; Mark 13:31; Matthew 24:34
Upon this generation - The destruction of Jerusalem took place about forty years after this was spoken. See the next chapter.
A Last Warning. With Matthew 23:33 cf. the Baptist's words, Matthew 3:7 . Matthew 23:34 . Luke 11:49 *. Matthew 23:35 . Abel: Genes...
Verily. See note on Matthew 5:18 . this generation. See note on Matthew 11:16 ; Matthew 24:34 . Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the inhabitants....
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. Shall come upon this generation - Επι την γενεαν ταυτην, upon this race of m...
Ye make clean the outside, &c.— 6. The sixth woe is denounced for their hypocrisy: they were at great pains to appear virtuous, and to have a...
That upon you may came all the righteous blood, &c.— The meaning is, "As by your cruel and persecuting temper you seem to approve of all the mu...
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generat...
Denunciation of the Pharisees 1-36. Final denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees. The other synoptists insert in this place a brief utterance d...
The Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees . Jesus, knowing that His death was at hand, and that the conversion of His enemies was hopeless, poured...
All these things shall come upon this generation. — The words carry on the thought of the measure that is gradually being filled up. Men make the g...
6; Matthew 22:1-46 ; Matthew 23:1-39 Chapter 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18-46 - Matthew 22:1-46 - Matthew 23:1-39 IT had b...
Judgment and Lament Matthew 23:27-39 True goodness recognizes and rewards good in the living; while the evil-minded cannot, or will not, believ...
This chapter is one of the most sublime and awful in the whole inspired volume. It records the last words of Jesus to the crowds. He summed up, He re...
"Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourg...
Verily I say unto you ,.... An usual form of introducing something of moment to raise attention to it, and to ascertain the truth of it: all these...
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. Ver. 36. Shall come upon this generation ] In that last desolation of Je...
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers' wickedness Ye may now be as wicked as they: a word of permission, not of command: as if he had said, I...
The Lord now turns to speak to the entire crowd, His disciples being mentioned as included. He warns them against the hypocrisy of scribes and Pharis...
The Doom of the Pharisees; The Guilt and Doom of Jerusalem. 34 Wherefore, behold,...
Ver. 34-36. Luke saith, Luke 11:49-51 , Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shal...
Words in the Temple (23:1-39). a Exhortation to His disciples and the crowds not to be like the Scribes and Pharisees, but to be doers and not he...
Jesus Informs Them Of What Their Future Will Be (23:34-36). Having warned the crowds and the disciples against being like the Scribes and Pharisee...
“Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.” Jesus then makes clear quite forcibly (truly I say to you) that what He has bee...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 23:29 . Build the tombs, etc. —See R.V. A portion of the temple offerings were devoted to this purpose. Matthew 23:31 ....
come upon See ( Revelation 18:21-24 ). It is the way also of history; judgment falls upon one generation for the sins of centuries. The ped...
Matthew 23:29-31 . Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the r...
Matthew 23:2 . Sit in Moses' seat. The sanhedrim had seventy one chairs of gold, or rather gilt with gold. The council which sat at Alexandria had...
How can ye escape the damnation of hell? - The difficulty of escaping the damnation of hell I. What your situation actually is. 1. You are...
EXPOSITION Matthew 23:1-40 Denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees, and lamentation over Jerusalem which followed their guidance to her...
The Peroration and the Lament over Jerusalem.
Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. It is the beginning of the judgment upon the Jewish nation for their cons...
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