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Text -- Matthew 24:18-51 (NET)
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24:18 and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak .
24:19 Woe to those who are pregnant pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days !
24:20 Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath .
24:21 For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now , or ever will happen .
24:22 And if those days had not been cut short , no one would be saved . But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short .
24:23 Then if anyone says to you , ‘Look , here is the Christ !’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe him.
24:24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive , if possible , even the elect .
24:25 Remember , I have told you ahead of time .
24:26 So then, if someone says to you , ‘Look , he is in the wilderness ,’ do not go out , or ‘Look , he is in the inner rooms ,’ do not believe him.
24:27 For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west , so the coming of the Son of Man will be .
24:28 Wherever the corpse is , there the vultures will gather .
The Arrival of the Son of Man
24:29 “Immediately after the suffering of those days , the sun will be darkened , and the moon will not give its light ; the stars will fall from heaven , and the powers of heaven will be shaken .
24:30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven , and all the tribes of the earth will mourn . They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory .
24:31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast , and they will gather his elect from the four winds , from one end of heaven to the other .
The Parable of the Fig Tree
24:32 “Learn this parable from the fig tree : Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves , you know that summer is near .
24:33 So also you , when you see all these things , know that he is near, right at the door .
24:34 I tell you the truth , this generation will not pass away until all these things take place .
24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away , but my words will never pass away .
Be Ready!
24:36 “But as for that day and hour no one knows it– not even the angels in heaven – except the Father alone .
24:37 For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be .
24:38 For in those days before the flood , people were eating and drinking , marrying and giving in marriage , until the day Noah entered the ark .
24:39 And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away . It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man .
24:40 Then there will be two men in the field ; one will be taken and one left .
24:41 There will be two women grinding grain with a mill ; one will be taken and one left .
24:42 “Therefore stay alert , because you do not know on what day your Lord will come .
24:43 But understand this : If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming , he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into .
24:44 Therefore you also must be ready , because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
The Faithful and Wise Slave
24:45 “Who then is the faithful and wise slave , whom the master has put in charge of his household , to give the other slaves their food at the proper time ?
24:46 Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes .
24:47 I tell you the truth , the master will put him in charge of all his possessions .
24:48 But if that evil slave should say to himself , ‘My master is staying away a long time ,’
24:49 and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards ,
24:50 then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee ,
24:51 and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites , where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Mill |
Matthew, Gospel according to |
Olves, Mount of |
DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, I-V |
JESUS CHRIST, 4E1 |
Jesus, The Christ |
MILLENNIUM, PREMILLENNIAL VIEW |
PROVIDENCE, 1 |
PAROUSIA |
Temple |
Israel |
ANDREW |
Watchfulness |
Commandments |
God |
Earth |
Servant |
Minister |
JESUS CHRIST, 4D |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Mat 24:19; Mat 24:20; Mat 24:21; Mat 24:21; Mat 24:23; Mat 24:23; Mat 24:24; Mat 24:25; Mat 24:26; Mat 24:26; Mat 24:27; Mat 24:28; Mat 24:28; Mat 24:28; Mat 24:29; Mat 24:29; Mat 24:29; Mat 24:30; Mat 24:30; Mat 24:30; Mat 24:30; Mat 24:30; Mat 24:31; Mat 24:32; Mat 24:33; Mat 24:34; Mat 24:34; Mat 24:35; Mat 24:36; Mat 24:37; Mat 24:38; Mat 24:39; Mat 24:39; Mat 24:40; Mat 24:41; Mat 24:42; Mat 24:43; Mat 24:44; Mat 24:45; Mat 24:45; Mat 24:46; Mat 24:47; Mat 24:47; Mat 24:48; Mat 24:48; Mat 24:51
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NET Notes: Mat 24:21 Suffering unlike anything that has happened. Some refer this event to the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70. While the events of a.d. 70 may reflect...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:24 Or “false christs”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:27 The Son of Man’s coming in power will be sudden and obvious like lightning. No one will need to point it out.
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NET Notes: Mat 24:28 Grk “will be gathered.” The passive construction has been translated as an active one in English.
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NET Notes: Mat 24:29 An allusion to Isa 13:10, 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spi...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:31 Or “of the sky”; the Greek word οὐρανός (ouranos) may be translated “sky” or “heaven...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:33 The verb γινώσκετε (ginwskete, “know”) can be parsed as either present indicative or present...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:34 This is one of the hardest verses in the gospels to interpret. Various views exist for what generation means. (1) Some take it as meaning “race&...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:35 The words that Jesus predicts here will never pass away. They are more stable and lasting than creation itself. For this kind of image, see Isa 40:8; ...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:36 ‡ Some important witnesses, including early Alexandrian and Western mss (א*,2 B D Θ Ë13 pc it vgmss Irlat Hiermss), have the add...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:37 Like the days of Noah, the time of the flood in Gen 6:5-8:22, the judgment will come as a surprise as people live their day to day lives.
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NET Notes: Mat 24:40 There is debate among commentators and scholars over the phrase one will be taken and one left about whether one is taken for judgment or for salvatio...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:41 According to L&N 46.16, this refers to a hand mill normally operated by two women.
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NET Notes: Mat 24:42 Most later mss (L 0281 Ï lat) have here ὥρᾳ ({wra, “hour”) instead of ἡμέρα (Jemera, ̶...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:43 On Jesus pictured as a returning thief, see 1 Thess 5:2, 4; 2 Pet 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:15.
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NET Notes: Mat 24:44 Jesus made clear that his coming could not be timed, and suggested it would take some time – so long, in fact, that some will not be looking for...
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NET Notes: Mat 24:47 Grk “he”; the referent (the master) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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