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Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple

1 Then aJesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple.  
2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, anot one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”  

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age

3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, athe disciples came to Him privately, saying, b“Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”  
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: a“Take heed that no one deceives you.  
5 For amany will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ band will deceive many.  
6 And you will hear of awars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for1 all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  
7 For anation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be bfamines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.  
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 a“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Matthew 24:3

Tell us, when shall these things be? - There appear to be three questions asked here by the disciples.

1st. When shall these things be? viz. the destruction of the city, temple, and Jewish state.

2dly. What shall be the sign of thy coming? viz. to execute these judgments upon them, and to establish thy own Church: and

3dly. When shall this world end? When wilt thou come to judge the quick and the dead?

But there are some who maintain that these are but three parts of the same question, and that our Lord' s answers only refer to the destruction of the Jewish state, and that nothing is spoken here concerning the Last or judgment day.

End of the world - ; or, of the age, viz. the Jewish economy, which is a frequent accommodated meaning of the word , the proper meaning of which is, as Aristotle (De Caelo) observes, Eternal. , quasi continual being: and no words can more forcibly point out eternity than these. See the note on Genesis 21:33.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 24:3:

Matthew 28:20
Luke 12:30
Luke 21:8
Luke 23:31

 

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