Matthew 24:9-22 ASV

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:12

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. Ver. 12. And because iniquity shall abound ] In these last and worst times, as Bernard yoketh them, and as the Scripture often describeth them. There was never but one Noah, that with two faces saw both before and behind him. But, lo, that ancient of days, to whom all times are present, hath told us that the last shall be the loosest, the dregs of time, the sink of sins of all former ages. The love of many shall wax cold... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:13

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Ver. 13. But he that endureth ] It is but a he, a single man, that holdeth out; when many lose their love, and therewith their reward, 2 John 1:8 . Ecebolus, Aeneas, Sylvius, Baldwin, Pendleton, Shaxton, and many others, set forth gallantly, but tired ere they came to their journey’s end. Of them that verse was verified, Principium fervet, medium tepet, exitus alget. Beginning hot, middle warm, the end cold. Like the Galli... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:14

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. Ver. 14. For a witness unto all nations ] While, with Moses, it slayeth the Egyptian, sayeth the Israelite, is a savour of life to some, of death to others, who shall be left without excuse by the Gospel preached to them, as those that by their obstinacy have wilfully cut the throats of their own poor souls, refusing to be reformed, hating to be healed. Sure it is... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:15

15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Ver. 15. The abomination of desolation ] That is, antichrist, say some interpreters; and hitherto may fitly be referred that of Baronius, who in his annals of the year 964, reckoning up some popes monstrously wicked, he calleth them "the abomination of desolation standing in God’s temple." Others understand it to be the Roman eagles or... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:16

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Ver. 16. Flee into the mountains ] As Lot at length did, for Zoar was too hot to hold him; so should Judea be for these, who were therefore to repair to Pella, beyond Jordan, where they were hidden until the indignation was overpast, as Eusebius hath it, in the third book and fifth chapter of his history. Such a receptacle of religious people was Geneva in the Marian persecution. And such (blessed be God our strength for his... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:17

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Ver. 17. Not come down to take any thing ] See here the miseries of war, which now, alas, we feel, and can seal to: being glad to flee for our lives with the loss of all, lest with Shimei, seeking to save our goods we lose life and all; glad if we may escape with the skin of our teeth. And how like are our present convulsions to end in a deadly consumption? War is called evil by a specialty,Isaiah 45:7;... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:18

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. Ver. 18. Return back to take his clothes ] The body is better than raiment; and although there is great use of clothes, in flight especially, to save us from the injury of wind and weather (for we carry the lamps of our lives in paper lanterns, as it were), yet life for a prey (though we have nothing else) in a common calamity is a singular mercy. "A living dog is better than a dead lion," saith Solomon. The Gibeonites,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:19

19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! Ver. 19. Woe to them that are with child, &c. ] By the laws of nations women with child, babes and sucklings, maids and old folk, should be spared. But the bloody sword often knows no difference, as Hosea 10:14 , the another was dashed in pieces upon her children, Hosea 13:16 ; their infants were dashed in pieces, and their women with child ripped up. So at the sack of Magdeburg by Charles V, and of... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:20

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: Ver. 20. But pray ye ] Christ saith not, Fight ye, but Pray ye. To fight it boots not; for God hath resolved the land’s ruin: but prayers are bombardae et instrumenta bellica Christianorum, as Luther hath it, the great guns and artillery of Christians, whereby they may batter heaven, and make a breach upon God himself. Flectitur iratus voce rogante Deus. Something God will yield to the prayers of his people,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:21

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. Ver. 21. Tribulation, such as was not, &c. ] Those very days "shall be affliction;" so Mark hath it, Mark 13:19 , εσονται αι ημεραι εκειναι θλιψις . As if the very time were nothing else but affliction itself. He who can read the history of it without tears hath hardly the heart of a man in him. Besides those many that perished within the walls, Josephus tells us... read more

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:12

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:13

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:14

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:15

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:16

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:17

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:18

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:19

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:20

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 24:21

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