| KING JAMES BIBLE | KING JAMES 1611 | VERSES TO VERSES | THE NEW AMERICAN BIBLE |
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| THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND THE LAST DAYS 1 AND Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. SIGNS OF THE END TIMES THE GREAT TRIBULATION 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) CHRIST IS COMING AGAIN THE LESSON OF THE FIG TREE 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: FAITHFUL AND UNFAITHFUL SERVANTS |
1And Iesus went out, and departed from the temple, and his Disciples came to him, for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2And Iesus said vnto them, See yee not all these things? Uerily I say vnto you, there shall not be left heere one stone vpon another, that shall not be throwen downe. 3 And as he sate vpon the mount of Oliues, the Disciples came vnto him priuately, saying, Tell vs, when shall these things be? And what shall be the signe of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, Take heed that no man deceiue you. 5For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ: and shall deceiue many. 6And yee shall heare of warres, and rumors of warres: See that yee be not troubled: for all these things must come to passe, but the end is not yet. 7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdome against kingdome, and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in diuers places. 8All these are the beginning of sorrowes. 9Then shall they deliuer you vp to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and yee shall bee hated of all nations for my names sake. 10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11And many false Prophets shall rise, and shall deceiue many. 12And because iniquitie shal abound, the loue of many shall waxe cold. 13But he that shall endure vnto the end, the same shall be saued. 14And this Gospell of the kingdome shall be preached in all the world, for a witnesse vnto al nations, and then shall the end come. 15When yee therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, stand in the holy place, (who so readeth, let him vnderstand.) 16Then let them which be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines. 17Let him which is on the house top, not come downe, to take any thing out of his house: 18Neither let him which is in the field, returne backe to take his clothes. 19And woe vnto them that are with child, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes. 20But pray yee that your flight bee not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day: 21For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor euer shall be. 22And except those dayes should be shortned, there should no flesh be saued: but for the elects sake, those dayes shall be shortned. 23Then if any man shall say vnto you, Loe, heere is Christ, or there: beleeue it not. 24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shal shew great signes and wonders: insomuch that (if it were possible,) they shall deceiue the very elect. 25Behold, I haue told you before. 26Wherefore, if they shall say vnto you, Behold, he is in the desert, goe not foorth: Behold, he is in the secret chambers, beleeue it not. 27For as the lightening commeth out of the East, and shineth euen vnto the West: so shall also the coming of the Sonne of man be. 28For wheresoeuer the carkeise is, there will the Eagles bee gathered together. 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those dayes, shall the Sunne be darkned, and the Moone shall not giue her light, and the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of the heauens shall be shaken. 30And then shall appeare the signe of the Sonne of man in heauen: and then shall all the Tribes of the earth mourne, and they shall see the Sonne of man coming in the clouds of heauen, with power and great glory. 31And hee shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his Elect from the foure windes, from one end of heauen to the other. 32Now learne a parable of the figtree: when his branch is yet tender, and putteth foorth leaues, yee know that Summer is nigh: 33So likewise yee, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is neere, euen at the doores. 34Uerely I say vnto you, this generation shall not passe, till all these things be fulfilled. 35Heauen and earth shall passe away, but my wordes shall not passe away. 36 But of that day and houre knoweth no man, no, not the Angels of heauen, but my Father onely. 37But as the dayes of Noe were, so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be. 38For as in the dayes that were before the Flood, they were eating, and drinking, marrying, and giuing in mariage, vntill the day that Noe entred into the Arke, 39And knew not vntill the Flood came, and tooke them all away: so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be. 40Then shall two be in the field, the one shalbe taken, and the other left. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill: the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 Watch therfore, for ye know not what houre your Lord doth come. 43But know this, that if the good man of the house had knowen in what watch the thiefe would come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be broken vp. 44Therefore be yee also ready: for in such an houre as you thinke not, the sonne of man commeth. 45Who then is a faithfull and wise seruant, whom his Lord hath made ruler ouer his houshold, to giue them meat in due season? 46Blessed is that seruant, whome his Lord when he commeth, shall finde so doing. 47Uerely I say vnto you, that hee shal make him ruler ouer all his goods. 48But and if that euill seruant shal say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his comming, 49And shall begin to smite his fellow seruants, and to eate and drinke with the drunken: 50The Lord of that seruant shall come in a day when hee looketh not for him, and in an houre that hee is not ware of: 51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. |
I == Mark 13:1-31 ; Luke 21:1-33
II == 1st Kings 9:7 ; Jer 26:18 ; mic 3:12 ; Matt 26:61 ; 27:39-40 ; Luke 19:44 ; John 21:19
III == Matt 13:39-40 , 49 ; 16:27 ; 28:20 ; Mark 13:3 ; Luke 17:20 ; 1st Thess 5:1
IV == Eph 5:6 ; Col 2:8 , 18 V == Matt 23:24 ; 24:11 ; John 5:43 ; 1st John 2:18
VII == 2nd Chr 15:6 ; Isa 19:2 ; Hag 2:22 ; Zech 14:13
IX == Matt 10:17-18 , 22 ; Luke 21:12 ; John 15:18 , 20 ; 16:2
XI == 1st Tim 4:1 ; 2nd Peter 2:1
XIII == Mark 10:22 ; 13:13 ; Heb 3:6 , 14 ; Rev 2:7 , 10 XIV == Matt 28:19 Rom 10:18 ; Col 1:6 , 23
XV == Dan 9:23 , 25 , 27 ; 12:11 ;
XIX == Luke 23:29
XXI == Dan 9:26 ; 12:1 ; Joel 2:2 XXII == Isa 65:8-9 ; Zech 14:2-3
XXIV == John 6:37 ; 10:28-29 ; 2nd thess 2:9-11 ; 2nd Tim 2:19 ; Rev 13:13
XXVII == Luke 17:24
XXVIII == Job 29:30 ; Luke 17:37
XXIX == Isa 13:10 ; Ezek 32:7 ; Ezek 32:7 ; Joel 2:10-11 ; Mark 13:24 ; Luke 21:25 ; Rev 6:12
XXX == Dan 7:13 ; Matt 16:27 ; Mark 13:26 ; Rev 1:7
XXXI == Isa 27:13 ; Zech 9:14 ; 1st Cor 15:52 ; 1st Thess 4:16
XXXIV == Matt 16:28 ; Mark 13:30 ; Luke 21:32
XXXV == Ps 102:26 ; Matt 5:18 ; Mark 13:31 ; Luke 16:17 ; 21:33 XXXVI == Mark 13:32 ; Acts 1:6-7 ; 1st Thess 5:2
XXXVIII == Gen 6:3-5 ; 7:5 ; Luke 17:26 ; 1st peter 3:20
XL == Luke 17:34-37
XLII == Matt 25:13 ; Mark 13:35 ; Luke 12:40 XLIII == Luke 12:3 ; 1st jThess 5:2 ; 2nd Peter 3:10 ; Rev 3:3 ; 16:15
XLIV == Matt 25:13 ; 1st thess 5:6
XLV == Matt 25:21 , 23 ; Luke 12:42 ; Acts 20:28 ; 1st Cor 4:2 ; Heb 3:5
XLVI == Rev 16:15
XLVII Matt 25:21 , 23 ; Luke 22:29
XLIX == Luke 21:34
LI == Matt 8:12 ; 13:42 , 50 ; 22:13 ; 25:30 ; Luke 13:28 |
1 Jesus left the temple area and was going away, when his disciples approached him to point out the temple buildings. 2 He said to them in reply, "You see all these things, do you not? Amen, I say to you, there will not be left here a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down." 3 As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives,the disciples approached him privately and said, "Tell us, when will this happen, and what sign will there be of your coming, and of the end of the age?" 4 Jesus said to them in reply, "See that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Messiah,' and they will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and reports of wars; see that you are not alarmed, for these things must happen, but it will not yet be the end. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be famines and earthquakes from place to place. 8 All these are the beginning of the labor pains. 9 Then they will hand you over to persecution, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name. 10 And then many will be led into sin; they will betray and hate one another. 11 Many false prophets will arise and deceive many; 12 and because of the increase of evildoing, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come. 15 "When you see the desolating abomination spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), 16 then those in Judea must flee to the mountains, 17 a person on the housetop must not go down to get things out of his house, 18 a person in the field must not return to get his cloak. 19 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days. 20 Pray that your flight not be in winter or on the sabbath, 21 for at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will be. 22 And if those days had not been shortened, no one would be saved; but for the sake of the elect they will be shortened. 23 If anyone says to you then, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24 False messiahs and false prophets will arise, and they will perform signs and wonders so great as to deceive, if that were possible, even the elect. 25 Behold, I have told it to you beforehand. 26 So if they say to you, 'He is in the desert,' do not go out there; if they say, 'He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. 27 For just as lightning comes from the east and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. 29 "Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. 32 "Learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 In the same way, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the gates. 34 Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. 37 For as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 In (those) days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that Noah entered the ark. 39 They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away. So will it be (also) at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be out in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left. 42 Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. 43 Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into. 44 So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. 45 "Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. 47 Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. 48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, 'My master is long delayed,' 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards, 50 the servant's master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour 51 and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
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| COMMENTARY |
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Differences between Matthew and Mak can be seen in Mt 24:7-14 and Mark 13:9-13 Matthew writes from the standing point of actual experince, and Mark is modified to a pass. In Matthew v 22 it is a future tense and in Mark 20 it is past tense. In Matthew 26-28 are an elaboration, "Elaboration is important for its emphatic denial of the supposition, still held by some, that Christ is to appear at some definitely located spot on the earth. Rather is his coming like the lightning appearing everywhere at once." [ 3 ] Predictions of the Savior concering the Tribulation Mt 24: 1-42 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE FORETOLD v 1,2. Jesus abandoned the temple to destruction, but the disciples could not see how this could be or fit in with the coming kingdom, so they call His attention to the magnificence of the temple. Some of the foundation was blocks of white marble 67.5’ long, 9’ wide and 7.5’ high and ornamented with gold, both inside and out. As Jesus foretold, they were all torn apart in AD 70 when the temple was burned and the Roman soldiers pried blocks apart to get to the melted gold. MATT 24:3 SIGNS OF JESUS' COMING AND THE CLOSE OF THE AGE. v 3. When they got to the Mount of Olives, His statement of desolation, 23:38, prompted four disciples, Peter, James, John and Andrew, to ask Him privately: (1.) When shall these things be? (2.) What shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the age? ( Mk. 13:4 And what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?) The discussion that followed is called the “Olivet Discourse”. There is nothing to do with the Church in Mt. 24 and 25. The disciples questions relate to Jerusalem, Israel, and the Lord’s second coming in glory to establish His kingdom. Matthew did not record the answer to the first question, but Lk. 21:20 does. Jerusalem will be compassed with armies. The disciples thought from Zech. 14:1-3 that the destruction of Jerusalem would usher in the kingdom. This would not be AD 70 but yet future. (The Church has been raptured before these things take place, but we will see preliminaries.) Some point out that coming can be translated here, “Thy full presence”, as they expect Him to usher in the Kingdom on earth. v 4-8. Tim LaHaye makes a good point that war and rumors of war have long existed, but v 6. “the end is not yet”. Some of this refers to the destruction of Jerusalem, AD 70 and the events that followed. However it has a longer term meaning. A conflict, v 7, just between two nations, and then becoming world wide fits World War 1 and no other conflict in history. Then v 8 these are just the beginning of birth pains listed below. They all took place immediately after that war and continue in the present. These were signs of the latter days, not the last days. “The Beginning Of The End”. However, these verses can also refer to events of the first half of the Tribulation, which is the Seventieth Week of Daniel. There is Silas comparison to the seven seals of Rev. 5 and 7. v 4,5 compare with Rev. 6:3,4, Antichrist False Christs v 6-8 compare Rev. 6:3,4, Warfare Wars and rumors of wars Rev. 6:5,6 Famine Stresses including famine Rev. 6:7-11 Death and martyrdom General problems Rev. 6:12-14 Earthquakes Earthquakes Mark 13: 10-12 adds that before then the gospel will be preached before all nations, the Holy Spirit will teach them what to speak, and family members will betray one another to death. Similar in Lk. 21:12-19. Many of these things were suffered by the Apostles and continue to be by believers before the start of Daniel’s 70th week. MATT 24:9 PERSECUTIONS FORETOLD v 9-14. Verses 1-14 seem to be a general overview of the Tribulation, the troubles in 9-14 refer to the second half of the Tribulation, and indicate the end is near. MATT 24:15 THE DESOLATINING SACRILEGE v 15-20. Verse 15 is definitely the mid point of the Tribulation. The Antichrist will break the treaty of peace with Israel at that time and he will establish his own center of worship in the temple. This is the abomination of desolation spoken of in Dan. 7 and 8. Those in Judea are warned to flee without thinking about taking belongings, even to return for a coat. It will be especially difficult for those pregnant, with babies or in the cold. v 21-27.. This describes some of the Great Tribulation, the last half of the 7 years. In mercy for the sake of the elect, God will shorten the days so people can survive. Many will be deceived by false Christs, false prophets and miracles performed. So they are not to be deceived into going to look for Christ, because when He comes it will be with great splendor and suddenly. v 28. After the Tribulation birds will flock to the carcasses, so this verse can be simply explained that wherever moral corruption exists, divine judgment will fall. WHERESOEVER: Christ's coming shall be sudden, and manifest to the world over, like lightning: As eagles are gathered about a dead boky mankind will be gathered around Christ. THE STARS: Flaming meteors resembling stars. MATT 24:29 THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN v 29-31. Immediately after the distressful days of the Tribulation there will be unusual phenomenon in the heavens. Lk. 21:25,26 adds perplexity in the seas and men’s hearts failing them for fear. We don’t know what the sign is, but Christ will come with power and great glory. It may be that the brightness of His coming will be such that the light of the sun becomes as insignificant as a match when the light is turned on. The unsaved mourn because they know judgment is coming, (The final victory of ArMageddon immediately takes place) but a trumpet will sound to gather the elect from wherever in the world they have been scattered by persecution. It is not stated to where the angels will gather them. It may also involve resurrection of O T. Saints to join in the kingdom. The content of preceding verses applies primarily to the generation that will be living in that day. As many believe the Church is not involved in this at all, it is a reminder that we too should be watchful, prepared and waiting for the Rapture. THE SIGN: The cross of Christ. MATT 24:32 THE LESSON OF THE FIG TREE v 32-35. As leafing out of a fig tree is a sign summer is near, all the things in v 4-28 are a sure sign to the generation living then (not in Christ’s day) that the coming of Christ is near. Some believe that the word generation as used here means that the nation of Israel, though scattered by Rome, will, as a race, still be rejecting Christ, and will not pass away till all these things are fulfilled. Of course they do not pass away even then. Christ’s word is sure, and shall not pass away. Jesus linked the time of His coming again to the days of Noal. Jesus regarded the flood as an Historical fact. SHALL PASS: They will become a new heaven and earth. MATTHEW 24:36 IGNORANT AND UNSTABLE 2 PETER 3:16 TWIST TO THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION 2 PETER 3:16 MATT 24:36 THE NECESSITY FOR WATCHFULNESS v 36-41. No one knows the exact time of Christ’s return, not even Christ in His humanity, but only the Father knows, so Christ would know in His divinity. Some put a bad connotation on the people of Noah’s day eating, drinking and marrying, but there is nothing wrong with that. They were wicked, but this does not refer to wickedness, but to their going about the normal pursuits of life with no thought of God. When the flood came suddenly, they were unprepared. The people of that future day are also sinners, but the point is, they will also be going about the normal things of life and unprepared and unrepentant. v 42-44. The limits of the Tribulation in time are known to God. Men of the period will know in generalities, but they will not know the exact time, so the admonition is to be ready. If we know in generalities when a thief will come we can make preparations fit for that general time, even though the exact time is not known. MATT 24:45 THE FAITHFUL AND THE UNFAITHFUL SERVANT v 45-51. The coming of the Lord is a test of servants. The faithful servant cares for the household, while the evil servant does not anticipate the Lord’s return and treats his charges in a mean manner. He well be caught unexpectedly when the Lord returns and will be dealt with for his hypocritical behavior. He will be separated from God eternally and suffer the torments of the lake of fire. Insight on the life of Christ is added in Lk. 21:37,38 as people came to the temple early to hear Him teach much of the day, but nights He spent at the Mount of Olives. |
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