1 Christ foretells the destruction of the temple;
3 what and how great calamities shall be before it;
29 the signs of his coming to judgment.
36 And because that day and hour are unknown,
42 we ought to watch like good servants, expecting every moment our Master's coming.

departed. 23:39 Jer 6:8 Eze 8:6 10:17-19 11:22,23 Ho 9:12

shew. Mr 13:1,2 Lu 21:5,6 Joh 2:20

2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

There. Josephus says that 'Caesar gave orders that they should now demolish the whole city and temple, except the three towers Phaselus, Hippicus, and Mariamne, and a part of the western wall; but all the rest was laid so completely even with the ground, by those who dug it up from the foundation, that there was nothing left to make those who came thither believe that it had ever been inhabited.'

1Ki 9:7,8 Jer 26:18 Eze 7:20-22 Da 9:26,27 Mic 3:12 Lu 19:44 2Pe 3:11

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

he sat. 21:1 Mr 13:3,4

the disciples. 13:10,11,36 15:12 17:19

Tell. Da 12:6-8 Lu 21:7 Joh 21:21,22 Ac 1:7 1Th 5:1 *etc:

the sign. 32,33,43

the end. 13:39,40,49 28:20 Heb 9:26

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Take. Jer 29:8 Mr 13:5,6,22 Lu 21:8 2Co 11:13-15 Eph 4:14 5:6 Col 2:8,18 2Th 2:3 2Pe 2:1-3 1Jo 4:1

5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

in. 11,24 Jer 14:14 23:21,25 Joh 5:43 Ac 5:36,37 8:9,10 Re 13:8

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

ye shall hear. Jer 4:19-22 6:22-24 8:15,16 47:6 Eze 7:24-26 14:17-21 Eze 21:9-15,28 Da 11:1-45 Mr 13:7,8 Lu 21:9

see. Ps 27:1-3 46:1-3 112:7 Isa 8:12-14 12:2 26:3,4,20,21 Hab 3:16-18 Lu 21:19 Joh 14:1,27 2Th 2:2 1Pe 3:14,15

must. 26:54 Lu 22:37 Ac 27:24-26

but. 14 Da 9:24-27

7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

nation shall. 2Ch 15:6 Isa 9:19-21 19:2 Eze 21:27 Hag 2:21,22 Zec 14:2,3,13 Heb 12:27

famines. Isa 24:19-23 Eze 14:21 Joe 2:30,31 Zec 14:4 Lu 21:11,25,26 Ac 2:19 11:28

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Le 26:18-29 De 28:59 Isa 9:12,17,21 10:4 1Th 5:3 1Pe 4:17,18

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

shall they. 10:17-22 22:6 23:34 Mr 13:9-13 Lu 11:49 21:12,16,17 Joh 15:19 Joh 15:20 16:2 Ac 4:2,3 5:40,41 7:59 12:1,2 *etc: Ac 21:31,32 22:19-22 28:22 1Th 2:14-16 1Pe 4:16 Re 2:10,13 Re 6:9-11 7:14

10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

shall many. 11:6 13:21,57 26:31-34 Mr 4:17 Joh 6:60,61,66,67 2Ti 1:15 2Ti 4:10,16

betray. 10:21,35,36 26:21-24 Mic 7:5,6 Mr 13:12 Lu 21:16

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

5,24 7:15 Mr 13:22 Ac 20:30 1Ti 4:1 2Pe 2:1 1Jo 2:18,26 4:1 Jude 1:4 Re 19:20

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

because. Jas 4:1-4 5:1-6

the love. Re 2:4,5,10 3:15

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

6 10:22 Mr 13:13 Lu 8:15 Ro 2:7 1Co 1:8 Heb 3:6,14 10:39 Re 2:10

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

this. 4:23 9:35 10:7 Ac 20:25

shall be. 18:19 Mr 16:15,16 Lu 24:47 Ac 1:2 Ro 10:18 15:18-21 16:25,26 Col 1:6,23 Re 14:6

and then. 3,6 Eze 7:5-7,10

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:)

ye. Mr 13:14 Lu 19:43 21:20

by. Da 9:27 12:11

whoso. Eze 40:4 Da 9:23,25 10:12-14 Heb 2:1 Re 1:3 3:22

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

Ge 19:15-17 Ex 9:20,21 Pr 22:3 Jer 6:1 37:11,12 Lu 21:21,22 Heb 11:7

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

which. 6:25 Job 2:4 Pr 6:4,5 Mr 13:15,16 Lu 17:31-33

the house-top. 10:27 De 22:8

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

De 28:53-56 2Sa 4:4 2Ki 15:16 La 4:3,4,10 Ho 13:16 Mr 13:17,18 Lu 21:23 23:29,30

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

neither. Ex 16:29 Ac 1:12

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Ps 69:22-28 Isa 65:12-16 66:15,16 Da 9:26 12:1 Joe 1:2 2:2 Zec 11:8,9 14:2,3 Mal 4:1 Mr 13:9 Lu 19:43,44 21:24 1Th 2:16 Heb 10:26-29

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

except. Mr 13:20

for. Isa 6:13 65:8,9 Zec 13:8 14:2 Ro 9:11 11:25-31 2Ti 2:10

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

De 13:1-3 Mr 13:21 Lu 17:23,24 21:8 Joh 5:43

24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

there. 5,11 2Pe 2:1-3 3:17

and shall. De 13:1 2Th 2:9-11 Re 13:13,14 19:20

insomuch. Joh 6:37,39 10:28-30 Ro 8:28-39 2Ti 2:19 1Pe 1:5 1Jo 5:18 Re 12:9-11 13:7,8,14

if. Mr 13:22 Ac 20:16 Ro 12:18 Ga 4:15

25 Behold, I have told you before.

Isa 44:7,8 46:10,11 48:5,6 Lu 21:13 Joh 16:1

26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

Wherefore. Our Lord not only foretells the appearance of these impostors, but also the manner and circumstance of their conduct. Accordingly, Josephus says that many impostors persuaded the people to follow them to the desert, promising them signs and wonders done by the providence of God. (See also Ac. 21:38). One persuaded the people to go up into the temple, which being set on fire by the Romans, 6,000 perished in the flames.

he is in the desert. 3:1 Isa 40:3 Lu 3:2,3 Ac 21:38

27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

as. Job 37:3 38:35 Isa 30:30 Zec 9:14 Lu 17:24 *etc:

the coming. 16:28 Mal 3:2 4:5 Jas 5:8 2Pe 3:4

28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

De 28:49 Job 39:27-30 Jer 16:16 Am 9:1-4 Lu 17:37

29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Immediately. 8 Da 7:11,12 Mr 13:24,25

shall the. Isa 13:10 24:23 Jer 4:23-28 Eze 32:7,8 Joe 2:10,30,31 3:15 Am 5:20 8:9 Zep 1:14,15 Lu 21:25,26 Ac 2:19,20 Re 6:12-17

the powers. 2Pe 3:10

30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

the sign. 3 Da 7:13 Mr 13:4 Re 1:7

and then shall all. Zec 12:10 Re 1:7

see. 16:27,28 26:64 Mr 13:26 14:62-64 Lu 21:27 22:69 Ac 1:11 2Th 1:7

31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

he. 28:18 Mr 16:15,16 Lu 24:47 Ac 26:19,20

his angels. 13:41 25:31 Re 1:20 2:1 14:6-9

with. Nu 10:1-10 Ps 81:3 Isa 27:13 1Co 15:52 1Th 4:16

a great sound of a trumpet. or, a trumpet and a great voice.
gather. Isa 11:12 49:18 60:4 Zec 14:5 Mr 13:27 Joh 11:52 Eph 1:10 2Th 2:1

from. Ps 22:27 67:7 Isa 13:5 42:10 43:6 45:22 Zec 9:10 Ro 10:18

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:

Mr 13:28,29 Lu 21:29,30

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

when. 3

know. Eze 7:2 *etc: Heb 10:37 Jas 5:9 1Pe 4:7

it. or, he.

34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

This. 12:45 16:28 23:36 Mr 13:30,31 Lu 11:50 21:32,33

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Heaven. 5:18 Ps 102:26 Isa 34:4 51:6 54:10 Jer 31:35,36 Heb 1:11,12 2Pe 3:7-12 Re 6:14 20:11

my. Nu 23:19 Ps 19:7 89:34 Pr 30:5 Isa 40:8 55:11 Tit 1:2 1Pe 1:25 Re 3:14

36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

42,44 25:13 Zec 14:7 Mr 13:32 Ac 1:7 1Th 5:2 2Pe 3:10 Re 3:3 16:15

37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Ge 6:1-7:24 Job 22:15-17 Lu 17:26,27 Heb 11:7 1Pe 3:20,21 2Pe 2:5 3:6

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

they. Ge 6:2 1Sa 25:36-38 30:16,17 Isa 22:12-14 Eze 16:49,50 Am 6:3-6 Lu 12:19,45 14:18-20 17:26-28 21:34 Ro 13:13,14 1Co 7:29-31

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

13:13-15 Jud 20:34 Pr 23:35 24:12 29:7 Isa 42:25 44:18,19 Lu 19:44 Joh 3:20 Ac 13:41 Ro 1:28 2Pe 3:5

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

the one. 2Ch 33:12-24 Lu 17:34-37 23:39-43 1Co 4:7 2Pe 2:5,7-9

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Two. The [mulon] was a hand-mill composed of two stones; 'the uppermost of which is turned round by a small handle of wood or iron that is placed in the rim. When this stone is large, or expedition required, a second person is called to assist; and as it is usual for women alone to be concerned in this employment, who seat themselves over against each other with the millstone between then, we may see not only the propriety of the expression, Ex. 11:5,' but the force of this.--Dr. Shaw.

grinding. Ex 11:5 Isa 47:2

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Watch. 25:13 26:38-41 Mr 13:33-37 Lu 12:35-40 21:36 Ro 13:11 1Co 16:13 1Th 5:6 1Pe 4:7 5:8 Re 3:2,3 16:15

for. 36,44 Mr 13:33

43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

good-man. 20:11 Pr 7:19

had. Lu 12:39 1Th 5:2-6 2Pe 3:10,11

would not. Ex 22:2,3

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

25:10,13 Lu 12:40 Php 4:5 Jas 5:9 Re 19:7

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

is. Lu 12:41-43 16:10-12 19:17 Ac 20:28 1Co 4:1,2 1Ti 1:12 2Ti 2:2 Heb 3:5 1Pe 4:10,11 Re 2:13

to give. 13:52 25:35-40 Eze 34:2 Joh 21:15-17 1Co 3:1,2 Eph 4:11-13 1Pe 5:1-3

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

25:34 Lu 12:37,43 Php 1:21-23 2Ti 4:6-8 2Pe 1:13-15 Re 2:19 16:15

47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

That. 25:21,23 Da 12:3 Lu 12:37,44 19:17 22:29,30 Joh 12:26 2Ti 2:12 1Pe 5:4 Re 3:21 21:7

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

if. 18:32 25:26 Lu 19:22

say. De 9:4 15:9 2Ki 5:26 Isa 32:6 Mr 7:21 Lu 12:45 Joh 13:2 Ac 5:3 Ac 8:22

My. Ec 8:11 Eze 12:22,27 2Pe 3:3-5

49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

to smite. Isa 66:5 2Co 11:20 1Pe 5:3 3Jo 1:9,10 Re 13:7 16:6 17:6

and to. 7:15 1Sa 2:13-16,29 Isa 56:12 Eze 34:3 Mic 3:5 Ro 16:18 Php 3:19 Tit 1:11,12 2Pe 2:13,14 Jude 1:12

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

come. 42-44 Pr 29:1 1Th 5:2,3 Re 3:3

51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

cut him asunder. or, cut him off. and appoint. Job 20:29 Isa 33:14 Lu 12:46

there. 8:12 22:13 25:30 Lu 13:28