Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.And as an emblem of this, there are some here who shall live to see tho Messiah coming to set up his mediatorial kingdom, with great power and glory, by the increase of his Church, and the destruction of the temple, city, and polity of the Jews. read more
24-28. It is a key to the interpretation of the four remaining verses of this paragraph, (which commentators have generally missed,) that the kingdom of Matthew 16:28 is the kingdom of Matthew 16:19. The meaning of the entire paragraph then is plain. This kingdom, now conferred under emblems of keys and binding and loosing, is a kingdom of suffering as well as of power. It is to be brought in by endurances and crosses for his sake as king, and under him as our final judge and rewarder at... read more
27. For This particle shows that the verse which it introduces explains and enforces the consideration of the previous verses. To save one’s life to gain the world with the loss of the soul, is a bad bargain, for the judgment day is coming. Shall come From heaven at the end of the world. In the glory of his Father… angels The same words describe the scenic splendour of his judgment advent in Matthew 24:31. Reward For every suffering there shall then be a compensation. In view of... read more
28. Verily I say The accomplishment of the enterprise for which they toil and earn a martyr’s reward is now stated. Son of man coming Is parallel with Matthew 10:23; both are fulfilled at Christ’s resurrection. As the Son of man would be come before the apostles had gone over the cities of Israel, so these same apostles standing here should see the Son of man coming. Some standing here would refer to the eleven apostles, excluding Judas, who did not behold Christ in his... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 16:27
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.For the Son of man shall come — For there is no way to escape the righteous judgment of God. read more