Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Carcase (ptwma). As in Matthew 14:12, the corpse. Originally a fallen body from piptw, to fall, like Latin cadaver from cado, to fall. The proverb here as in Luke 17:37, is like that in Job 39:30; Proverbs 30:17.
Eagles (aetoi). Perhaps the griffon vulture, larger than the eagle, which (Aristotle) was often seen in the wake of an army and followed Napoleon's retreat from Russia.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 24:28:
Mark 6:29
Luke 17:37
Revelation 4:7
Revelation 12:14
Revelation 19:17
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