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John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 24:29

24:29 {6} 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:(6) Everlasting damnation will be the end of the security of the wicked, and everlasting bliss for the miseries of the godly. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 24:30

24:30 And then shall appear the {n} sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the {o} tribes of the earth {p} mourn, and they shall see the Son of man {q} coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.(n) The exceeding glory and majesty, which will bear witness that Christ the Lord of heaven and earth draws near to judge the world.(o) All nations, and he alludes to the dispersion which we read of in Genesis 10-11 , or to the dividing of the people of Israel.(p) They will... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 24:31

24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the {r} four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.(r) From the four corners of the world. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 24:32

24:32 {7} Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet {s} tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh:(7) If God has prescribed a certain order to nature, much more has he done so to his eternal judgments; but the wicked do not understand it, or rather they mock it: but the godly make note of it, and wait for it.(s) When its tenderness shows that the sap which is the life of the tree has come from the roots into the bark. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 24:34

24:34 Verily I say unto you, This {t} generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.(t) This age: the word "generation" or "age" is here being used for the men of this age. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 24:35

24:35 {8} Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.(8) The Lord now begins the judgment, which he will finish in the latter days. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 24:1-51

He leaves the temple, and in Matthew is not seen there again. What can it be now without its proper Inhabitant? But the disciples draw His attention to the ornate buildings that were really only the work of men's hands. He tells them solemnly that of all this grandeur not one stone would be left upon another. Not many years later (in 70A.D.) the Romans destroyed the city and burned the temple. It remained in a ruined state for many years; but it is reported that the Emperor Julian "the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:1-51

THINGS TO COME The present lesson connects itself with the last without a break. The disciples, mystified by what our Lord said about the “house,” i.e., the temple, being left “desolate” (23:38), called His attention to its grandeur and strength (Matthew 24:1 ). His further observation (Matthew 24:2 ) deepened their wonder, hence their improvement of the opportunity on the Mount of Olives for the questions of verse three. The first was answered by the destruction of the temple under Titus,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Matthew 24:1-41

Chapter 83 Prayer Almighty God, we are here still, even in thine house, and in the most holy place upon the earth, even the sanctuary of God, because of thy tender mercy and thy lovingkindness towards us. This is the crown and the sum thereof: thou hast no other love to show us here and now, than in the house and in the cross of thy Son Jesus Christ. This is the very sun of thy glory, the full outshining of thy grace and wisdom, and no other light can we now have than that which is the grace... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Matthew 24:1

CONTENTS We have in this Chapter the Lord Jesus instructing his disciples, and in particular he foretells the destruction of the temp1e: and with it is blended the promise of his future coming. read more

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