3 And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when shall these be? and what `is' the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'
And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, unto the mount of the Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority;
since it had behoved him many times to suffer from the foundation of the world, but now once, at the full end of the ages, for putting away of sin through his sacrifice, he hath been manifested;
Peter having seen this one, saith to Jesus, `Lord, and what of this one?' Jesus saith to him, `If him I will to remain till I come, what -- to thee? be thou following me.' This word, therefore, went forth to the brethren that that disciple doth not die,
And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself, `Tell us when these things shall be? and what `is' the sign when all these may be about to be fulfilled?'
teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days -- till the full end of the age.'
`And from the fig-tree learn ye the simile: When already its branch may have become tender, and the leaves it may put forth, ye know that summer `is' nigh, so also ye, when ye may see all these, ye know that it is nigh -- at the doors.
Then the disciples having come to Jesus by himself, said, `Wherefore were we not able to cast him out?'
so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,
and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers. `As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,
and he saith to the one clothed in linen, who `is' upon the waters of the flood, `Till when `is' the end of these wonders?' And I hear the one clothed in linen, who `is' upon the waters of the flood, and he doth lift up his right hand and his left unto the heavens, and sweareth by Him who is living to the age, that, `After a time, times, and a half, and at the completion of the scattering of the power of the holy people, finished are all these.' And I have heard, and I do not understand, and I say, `O my lord, what `is' the latter end of these?'
And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you, for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come, for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail `doth' her who is with child, and they shall not escape; and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief; all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness, so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober, for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken, and we, being of the day -- let us be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and an helmet -- a hope of salvation, because God did not appoint us to anger, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who did die for us, that whether we wake -- whether we sleep -- together with him we may live; wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.
and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.
Then having let away the multitudes, Jesus came to the house, and his disciples came near to him, saying, `Explain to us the simile of the darnel of the field.'
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Commentary on Matthew 24 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
CHAPTER 24
Mt 24:1-51. Christ's Prophecy of the Destruction of Jerusalem, and Warnings Suggested by It to Prepare for His Second Coming. ( = Mr 13:1-37; Lu 21:5-36).
For the exposition, see on Mr 13:1-37.