1151 matching verse commentaries
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said, take heed that ye be not deceived,.... With false Christs, and false prophets: for many shall come in my name; making use of his name, taking it to them; not that they would pretend they were sent by him, but that they were he himself: saying, I am [Christ]; so the Syriac and Persic versions supply as we do: and the time draweth near;...
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But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions,.... Or seditions and tumults; "wars" may design the wars of the Romans, against the Jews; and the "commotions", or seditions, the internal troubles among themselves: be not terrified; as if the destruction of the nation, city, and temple, would be at once: for these things must first come to pass, but...
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Then said he unto them, nation shall rise,.... [See comments on Matthew 24:7].
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And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines and pestilences,.... [See comments on Matthew 24:7]. and fearful sights; or "terrible things"; whether heard, or seen, as dreadful thunderings, and lightnings; and a voice heard in the temple, saying, let us go hence; and an idiot that went about several years together, saying, woe to...
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But before all these,.... Before all these things come to pass: they shall lay their hands on you; as the high priest, the priests, and the captain of the temple did upon the apostles, Acts 4:1 and persecute you; as upon the death of Stephen, Acts 8:1 delivering you up to the synagogues; to be scourged there; or to the courts of judicature, the...
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And it shall turn to you for a testimony. By this means they would have an opportunity of leaving their testimony for Christ before kings and rulers; and what they should meet with from them, would be a means of strengthening and confirming them in the truths of the Gospel; and be a proof and evidence to them of the certainty of the above things...
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Settle it therefore in your hearts,.... Resolve on this in your minds, and let it be a rule never to be departed from: not to meditate before what you shall answer; not to sit down, and study a form of words, and scheme of things, what to reply to the ensnaring questions, that may be thought would be asked, by kings and rulers, or any of the...
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For I will give you a mouth,.... A faculty of speaking, a freedom of expression, a door of utterance, a good degree of elocution, to speak properly, pertinently and freely to any point: and wisdom; to answer with great propriety, and in the most prudent manner, to any difficult and ensnaring question; and to furnish with such knowledge of the...
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And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren,.... [See comments on Matthew 10:21] and kinsfolks, and friends. The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions add, "your", to each of these relations, as your parents, c. and some of you shall they cause to be put to death as Stephen was stoned to death, and James, the brother of John, Herod...
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And ye shall be hated of all men,.... [See comments on Matthew 10:22]. [See comments on Matthew 24:9].
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But there shall not art hair of your head perish. That is, without the will of God, as in Matthew 10:29 or not one shall perish, but what shall be restored again: or the sense is, that though they should be betrayed by their friends, and hated, and persecuted, and imprisoned by their enemies, yet they should be no losers in the main; all things...
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In your patience, possess ye your souls. By patiently bearing all afflictions, reproaches, indignities, and persecutions, enjoy yourselves; let nothing disturb or distress you; possess that peace and joy in your souls, which the world cannot take away; see Romans 5:3. The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "ye shall...
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And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions read, "with an army"; that is, with the Roman army, as it was by the army which Titus Vespasian brought against it, and besieged it with: then know that the desolation thereof is nigh; signifying, that there would be no deliverance to be...
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Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains,.... [See comments on Matthew 24:16]. And let them which are in the midst of it; either of Judea, as the preceding clause seems to direct the sense; or in Jerusalem, and which indeed was in the midst of Judea; and this sense is favoured by the Persic version, which renders it, "within the...
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For these be the days of vengeance,.... Of God's vengeance on the Jewish nation, for their rejection and crucifixion of the Messiah; that all things which are written may be fulfilled; as in Moses and the prophets; see Deuteronomy 28:20
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But woe unto them that are with-child,.... [See comments on Matthew 24:19]. For there shall be great distress in the land; of Judea. The Greek word αναγκη, here used, properly signifies "necessity", but here intends afflictions and distress; in which sense it is often used by the Septuagint, as in Psalms 107:6 and it is also by the Targumists...
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And they shall fall by the edge of the sword,.... Or "mouth of the sword", an Hebraism; see the Septuagint in Jude 1:8. The number of those that perished by the famine and sword, were eleven hundred thousand (f): and shall be led away captive unto all nations; when the city was taken, the most beautiful of the young men were kept for the triumph;...
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And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon,.... They shall be darkened, and suffer very strange and surprising eclipses: and in the stars; they shall fall from heaven, as in Matthew 24:29 and so the Ethiopic version reads here: all which, as it may be understood in a literal sense, so it may likewise in figurative and mystical one, and...
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Men's hearts failing them for fear,.... Of what these signs in the heaven, earth, and sea portend: and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth; on the land of Judea: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken; [See comments on Matthew 24:29].
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And then shall they see the son of man,.... [See comments on Matthew 24:30].