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Matthew 12:34

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12:34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

Matthew 23:36

Context
23:36 I tell you the truth, 1  this generation will be held responsible for all these things! 2 

Matthew 24:34

Context
24:34 I tell you the truth, 3  this generation 4  will not pass away until all these things take place.
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[23:36]  1 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[23:36]  2 tn Grk “all these things will come on this generation.”

[24:34]  3 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[24:34]  4 sn 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” and thus as an assurance that the Jewish race (nation) will not pass away. But it is very questionable that the Greek term γενεά (genea) can have this meaning. Two other options are possible. (2) Generation might mean “this type of generation” and refer to the generation of wicked humanity. Then the point is that humanity will not perish, because God will redeem it. Or (3) generation may refer to “the generation that sees the signs of the end” (v. 30), who will also see the end itself. In other words, once the movement to the return of Christ starts, all the events connected with it happen very quickly, in rapid succession.



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