Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 24:1-51
Chapter 24Now Jesus went out ( Matthew 24:1 ),Left the house desolate. He is rejected now. They've rejected Him, now He has rejected them. Leave the house desolate; you're not going to see me again until you are saying, "blessed is he who comes in the name of Lord."And so they are not going to see Him, until He comes, until He comes again.So as Jesus was going out,and departing from the temple: his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple ( Matthew 24:1 ).They were... read more
Scofield's Reference Notes - Matthew 24:16
Then let them which Cf. Luke 21:20-24. The passage in Luke refers in express terms to a destruction of Jerusalem which was fulfilled by Titus, A.D. 70; the passage in Matthew to a future crisis in Jerusalem after the manifestation of the abomination. See "Beast" ; Daniel 7:8; Revelation 19:20 and "Armageddon" ; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 19:17. As the circumstances in both cases will be similar, so are the warnings. In the former case Jerusalem was destroyed; in the latter it will be... read more