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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth shall pass away ... - You may sooner expect to see the heaven and earth pass away and return to nothing, than my words to fail. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:36

But of that day and hour - Of the precise time of the fulfillment. The “general signs” of its approach have been given, as the budding of the fig-tree is a certain indication that summer is near; but “the precise time” is not indicated by these things. One part of their inquiry was Matthew 24:3 when those things should be. He now replies to them by saying that the precise time would not be foretold. Compare the notes at Acts 1:7.Knoweth no man, no, not the angels - See the notes at Mark 13:32. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:37

Noe - The Greek way of writing “Noah.” See Gen. 6–9. The coming of the Son of man would be as it was in the days of Noah:In its being sudden and unexpected, the “precise time” not being made known, though the “general” indications had been given. The world would be found as it was then. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:38

For as in the days ... - The things mentioned here denote attention to the affairs of this life rather than to what was coming on them. It does not mean that these things were wrong, but only that such was their actual employment, and that they were regardless of what was coming upon them. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:39

They knew not - That is, they knew not the exact time until it came upon them. So, says he, it shall be when the Son of man shall come. They shall not know “the precise time” until he comes, and then they will be found engaged in the ordinary business of life unconcerned. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:40

Then shall two be in the field ... - The calamity will come suddenly. There will be no escape for those whom it overtakes.One shall be taken - The word “taken” may mean either to be taken away from the danger - that is, rescued, as Lot was Luke 17:28-29, or to be taken away “by death.” Probably the latter is the meaning. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:41

Two women ... - Grinding in the East was performed, as it is now, chiefly by hand. The millstones were about 2 feet in diameter and 12 foot in thickness. The lower one was fixed, and the upper one was turned by a handle or crank. This was done by two persons, who sat opposite to each other. One took hold of the mill-handle and turned it half-way round; the other then seized it and completed the revolution. This was done by women - by servants of the lowest order - and was a very laborious... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:42

Watch - Be looking for his coming. Be expecting it as near; as a great event; as coming in an unexpected manner. Watch the signs of his coming, and be ready. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 24:27-28

Matthew 24:27-28. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, &c. The coming of the Son of man shall be in a very different manner, and for very different ends from what you are imagining. It shall be like lightning, swift, unexpected, and destructive. His appearance will be as distinguishable from that of every false Christ, as lightning, which shines all round the hemisphere, is from a blaze of straw. What Bishop Pearce observes from Josephus is very memorable, that “the Roman army... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 24:29

Matthew 24:29. Immediately after, &c. We are now come to the last act of this dismal tragedy, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the final dissolution of the Jewish polity in church and state, which our Lord, for several reasons, might not think fit to declare nakedly and plainly, and therefore chose to clothe his discourse in figurative language. Commentators, indeed, have generally understood this, and what follows, of the end of the world, and of Christ’s coming to judgment: but the... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:35

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:36

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:37

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:38

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:39

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:40

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:41

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 24:42

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 24:27-28

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 24:29

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