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**went out, &c.** Thus marking this (see [Mark 13:1](../../../kjv/mark/13/1) ) as the second of the two prophecies: the former ([Luke 21](../../../kjv/luke/21) ) being spoken "in the Temple". See App-155 .
**from** = away from. Greek. *apo.* App-104 .
**the temple** = the Temple courts, the sacred enclosure. See note on [Matthew 23:35](../../../kjv/matthew/23/35) .
**the buildings, &c.** These consisted of the courts, halls, colonnades, towers, and "wings". In [Luke 21](../../../kjv/luke/21) "some" spake of its adornment with goodly stones and gifts.

**See** = Behold, look on. App-133 . Not the same word as in verses: [Matthew 24:6](../../../kjv/matthew/24/6) , [Matthew 24:15](../../../kjv/matthew/24/15) , [Matthew 24:30](../../../kjv/matthew/24/30) , [Matthew 6:33](../../../kjv/matthew/6/33) .
**verily.** See note on [Matthew 5:18](../../../kjv/matthew/5/18) .
**shall not** = shall by no means. Very emphatic, because certain. Greek. *ou me.* App-105 .
**upon.** Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**shall not.** All the texts omit the "me", and read simply " *ou* " as in the first clause.

**privately** = apart. [Luke 21](../../../kjv/luke/21) was spoken publicly.
**coming** = presence. Greek. *parousia.* This is the first of twenty-four occurrences of this important word ([Matthew 24:3](../../../kjv/matthew/24/3) , [Matthew 24:27](../../../kjv/matthew/24/27) , [Matthew 24:37](../../../kjv/matthew/24/37) , [Matthew 24:39](../../../kjv/matthew/24/39) ; [1 Corinthians 15:23](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/15/23) ; [1 Corinthians 16:17](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/16/17) . 2Co 7:6 , [2 Corinthians 7:7](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/7/7) ; [2 Corinthians 10:10](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/10/10) . [Philippians 1:1](../../../kjv/philippians/1/1) , [Philippians 1:26](../../../kjv/philippians/1/26) ; [Philippians 2:12](../../../kjv/philippians/2/12) . 1Th 2:19 ; [1 Thessalonians 3:13](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/3/13) ; [1 Thessalonians 4:15](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/15) ; 1Th 5:23 . [2 Thessalonians 2:1](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/2/1) , 2Th 2:8 , [2 Thessalonians 2:9](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/2/9) . [James 5:7](../../../kjv/james/5/7) , [James 5:8](../../../kjv/james/5/8) ; [2 Peter 1:16](../../../kjv/2-peter/1/16) ; 2Pe 3:4 , [2 Peter 3:12](../../../kjv/2-peter/3/12) ; [1 John 2:28](../../../kjv/1-john/2/28) ). The *Papyri* show that "from the Ptolemaic period down to the second century A.D. the word is traced in the East as a technical expression for the arrival or the visit of the king or the emperor", also of other persons in authority, or of troops. (See Deissmann's *Light,* &c, pp. 372-8, 441-5). It is not therefore a N. T word, as some have supposed.
**the end of the world.** See App-129 .
**the end** = the *sunteleia. Sunteleia =* meeting together of all that marks the consummation of the age; not *telos =* the actual end, verses: [Matthew 24:6](../../../kjv/matthew/24/6) , [Matthew 24:13](../../../kjv/matthew/24/13) , [Matthew 24:14](../../../kjv/matthew/24/14) .
**world.** See App-129 .

**Take heed.** Greek. *blepo.* App-133 .
**no man** = not ( *me.* App-105 .) any one.
**deceive** = lead astray.

**in** = upon: trading upon. Greek. *epi.*
**Christ** = the Messiah. App-98 .

**shall hear** = will be about to hear.
**see.** Greek. *horao.* App-133 . Not the same word as in verses: [Matthew 24:2](../../../kjv/matthew/24/2) , [Matthew 24:15](../../../kjv/matthew/24/15) , [Matthew 24:30](../../../kjv/matthew/24/30) .
**must** = it is necessary [for them to].
**come to pass** = arise (as in [Matthew 24:34](../../../kjv/matthew/24/34) ).
**the end.** Greek. *telos.* Not the same as in [Matthew 24:3](../../../kjv/matthew/24/3) . This marks the beginning, not the end. The "many Christs" would be the very first sign. See note on [1 John 2:18](../../../kjv/1-john/2/18) .

**For nation, &c.** See App-117 . Quoted from [Isaiah 19:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/19/2) .
**famines, and pestilences.** Figure of speech *Paronomasia* . Greek. *limoi kai loimoi.* Eng. dearths and deaths, in divers = Greek. *kata* = in [different] places.

**the** = a.
**sorrows** = birth-pangs.

**to be afflicted** = unto tribulation.
**to** = unto. Greek. *eis.*
**of** = by.
**for** = on account of. Greek. *dia.*

**be offended** = stumble. See App-117 . Quoted from [Isaiah 8:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/15) .
**shall betray** = will deliver up, as in [Matthew 24:9](../../../kjv/matthew/24/9) .

**because** = on account of. Greek. *dia,* as in [Matthew 24:9](../../../kjv/matthew/24/9) .
**iniquity** = lawlessness.
**abound** = be multiplied. Compare [Acts 6:1](../../../kjv/acts/6/1) , [Acts 6:7](../../../kjv/acts/6/7) ; [Acts 7:17](../../../kjv/acts/7/17) ; [Acts 9:31](../../../kjv/acts/9/31) .
**many** = the many.
**wax** = grow. Anglo-Saxon *weaxen,* to grow.
**wax cold.** Greek. *psuchomai.*

**shall endure** = shall have endured.
**the end.** Greek. *telos* , the actual end. Not the *sunteleia* ([Matthew 24:3](../../../kjv/matthew/24/3) ), but the same as in [Matthew 24:6](../../../kjv/matthew/24/6) and [Matthew 24:14](../../../kjv/matthew/24/14) .
**saved** = delivered ([1 Thessalonians 1:10](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/1/10) ).

**gospel of the kingdom.** See App-140 .
**of** = concerning. Genitive of Relation. App-17 .
**preached** = proclaimed. App-121 .
**world** = the (then) habitable world. Greek. *oikoumene.* See App-129 . The civilized as distinct from barbarian. Not the same word as in either [Matthew 24:3](../../../kjv/matthew/24/3) and [Matthew 24:21](../../../kjv/matthew/24/21) .
**for** = to, or with a view to. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**nations** = the nations.

**the abomination, &c.** Reference to [Daniel 12:11](../../../kjv/daniel/12/11) . See App-117 ., and notes on [Daniel 9:27](../../../kjv/daniel/9/27) ; [Daniel 9:11](../../../kjv/daniel/9/11) , Dan 9:31 ; [Daniel 12:11](../../../kjv/daniel/12/11) . Used as the equivalent for a special idol. [Deuteronomy 7:26](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/26) . [1 Kings 11:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/7) . [2 Kings 23:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/13) . Compare [2 Thessalonians 2:4](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/2/4) .
**of.** Genitive of Cause, that which brings on God's desolating judgments.
**by** = by means of, or through. Greek. *dia.*
**the holy place.** See note on "pinnacle", [Matthew 4:5](../../../kjv/matthew/4/5) .
**understands** = observe attentively.

**into** = upon. Greek. *epi.* LTr. WH read " *e* i *s* ". App-104 .

**anything.** All the texts read "the things".

**be** = happen.
**on.** Greek. *en* . App-103 .

**shall be, &c.** See App-117 . Quoted from [Daniel 12:1](../../../kjv/daniel/12/1) .
**was not** = has not arisen, or happened; same as "fulfilled", [Matthew 24:34](../../../kjv/matthew/24/34) .
**since** = from, as in [Matthew 24:1](../../../kjv/matthew/24/1) .
**the beginning.** See note on [John 8:44](../../../kjv/john/8/44) .
**world.** Greek. *kosmos* App-129 .
**nor ever** *= ou me.* App-105 ; i.e. shall *by no means* happen.

**shortened** = curtailed. See App-90 .

**if . . . &c.** The condition is hypothetical. App-118 .
**Christ** = the Messiah. App-98 .

**shew** = give.
**insomuch that** = so as to, &c.
**if it were possible.** The condition involves no doubt as to its being *impossible.* See App-118 .

**secret chambers.** See note on [Matthew 6:6](../../../kjv/matthew/6/6) . Greek. *tameion.* Occurs only there, here, and [Luke 12:3](../../../kjv/luke/12/3) , [Luke 12:24](../../../kjv/luke/12/24) .

**as** = just as.
**out of** = frorn. Greek. *apo* .
**also.** All the texts omit "also".
**the coming** = the *parousia,* or presence. See note on [Matthew 24:3](../../../kjv/matthew/24/3) .
**the Son of man.** See App-98 .

**carcase.** Greek. *ptoma.*
**eagles** = vultures.
**gathered together.** See [Job 39:30](../../../kjv/job/39/30) , which shows the true interpretation.

**Immediately after.** No room therefore for a Millennium before His coming. It must follow it.
**after.** Greek. *meta.* App-104 .
**shall the sun, &c.** App-117 . Quoted from [Isaiah 13:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/10) ; [Isaiah 34:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/34/4) .
**heaven** = the heaven (Singular.) See note on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .
**the powers, &c.** See [Isaiah 13:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/10) , [Isaiah 13:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/11) ; [Isaiah 34:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/34/4) . Probably referring to the evil "principalities and powers" of [Ephesians 1:21](../../../kjv/ephesians/1/21) ; [2 Chronicles 1:16](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/16); [2 Chronicles 1:16](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/16) ; [Colossians 2:10](../../../kjv/colossians/2/10) , [Colossians 2:15](../../../kjv/colossians/2/15) .
**the heavens.** Plural See note on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .

**appear** = shine forth. Greek. *phaino.* App-106 .
**the sign.** As asked in [Matthew 24:3](../../../kjv/matthew/24/3) .
**then shall, &c.** Quoted from [Zechariah 12:12](../../../kjv/zechariah/12/12) .
**earth** = land. Greek. *ge.* App-129 .
**they shall see.** Greek. *opsomai.* App-133 .
**in** = [seated] upon. Greek. *epi.*
**with.** Greek. *meta.* Quoted from [Daniel 7:13](../../../kjv/daniel/7/13) .
**with power and great glory** = with power, yea, with great and glorious power. Figure of speech *Hendiadys.* App-6 .

**a great sound of a trumpet.** Greek "a trumpet and a great sound" = a trumpet, yea, a great sounding trumpet. Figure of speech *Hendiadys* ( App-6 ); not two things, but one.
**they shall gather, &c.** Quoted from [Deuteronomy 30:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/30/4) . See [1 Thessalonians 4:16](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/16) , [1 Thessalonians 4:17](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/17) .
**His elect.** Who "received the Word". Act 2:41 . [1 Thessalonians 2:13](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/2/13) .
**from** = out of. Greek. *ek.* App-104 .
**heaven** = heavens. Plural See note on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .
**know** = get to know. Greek. *ginosko.* App-132 . The same word as in verses: [Matthew 24:33](../../../kjv/matthew/24/33) , [Matthew 24:39](../../../kjv/matthew/24/39) , [Matthew 24:43](../../../kjv/matthew/24/43) ("know").

**likewise ye** = ye also.
**it is near** = He is near

**This generation.** See note on [Matthew 11:16](../../../kjv/matthew/11/16) .
**not** = by no means. Greek. *ou me.* App-105 .
**till.** Here with Greek " *an* ", and the Subjunctive Mood, marking the uncertainty, which was conditional on the repentance of the nation. Note the four "tills" ([Matthew 10:23](../../../kjv/matthew/10/23) ; [Matthew 16:28](../../../kjv/matthew/16/28) ; [Matthew 23:39](../../../kjv/matthew/23/39) ; [Matthew 24:34](../../../kjv/matthew/24/34) ), and compare what is certain with what is uncertain.
**be fulfilled** = may have begun to arise, or take place: referring specially to the *first* "sign" in [Matthew 24:4](../../../kjv/matthew/24/4) , in response to the first question in [Matthew 24:3](../../../kjv/matthew/24/3) ; not the same word as in [Luke 21:24](../../../kjv/luke/21/24) , but the same as in [Matthew 24:32](../../../kjv/matthew/24/32) .

**words.** Plural of *logos.* See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .

**of** = concerning. Greek. *p* eri. App-104 . knoweth = has any intuitive knowledge. Greek. *oida.* The same word as in verses: [Matthew 24:42](../../../kjv/matthew/24/42) , [Matthew 24:43](../../../kjv/matthew/24/43) ("known"); not the same as in verses: [Matthew 24:32](../../../kjv/matthew/24/32) , [Matthew 24:33](../../../kjv/matthew/24/33) , [Matthew 24:39](../../../kjv/matthew/24/39) , [Matthew 24:43](../../../kjv/matthew/24/43) ("known").
**Father.** App-98 .
**only** = alone. Not the Lord as "the Son of man", though surely as "the Son of God".

**shall** = will.
**also the coming** = the *parousia* (or presence) also.
**the coming** = the *parousia.* See note on [Matthew 24:3](../../../kjv/matthew/24/3) .

**Noe** = Noah.
**into.** Greek. *eis* . App-104 .

**until.** Reference to Pentateuch (Gen 7-11).

**the one shall be taken, &c.** [1 Thessalonians 4:15](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/15) , [1 Thessalonians 4:16](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/16) refers to this, for it is the same *parousia.*
**shall** = is. So in [Matthew 24:41](../../../kjv/matthew/24/41) .
**taken** = taken to one's side, in peace and for blessing, as in [Matthew 1:20](../../../kjv/matthew/1/20) , [Matthew 1:24](../../../kjv/matthew/1/24) ; [Matthew 17:1](../../../kjv/matthew/17/1) .[Luke 9:10](../../../kjv/luke/9/10) ; [Luke 18:31](../../../kjv/luke/18/31) ; [John 14:3](../../../kjv/john/14/3) ("receive").
**left.** For judgment; as in [Matthew 13:30](../../../kjv/matthew/13/30) ("let"); [Matthew 15:14](../../../kjv/matthew/15/14) ("let alone"); [Matthew 19:27](../../../kjv/matthew/19/27) , [Matthew 19:29](../../../kjv/matthew/19/29) ("forsaken"); [Matthew 23:38](../../../kjv/matthew/23/38) ; [Matthew 26:56](../../../kjv/matthew/26/56) , &c.

**women.** Grinding was and is woman's work in the East, and is done in the morning.
**at** = in. Greek. *en* . App-104 .
**the mill.** Greek. *mulon.* Occurs only here.

**Watch.** As in [1 Thessalonians 5:6](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/5/6) and [1 Thessalonians 5:10](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/5/10) ("wake").

**goodman of the house** = master of the house.
**would come** = is coming.

**Therefore** = on this account. Greek. *dia touto.* App-104 .[Matthew 24:2](../../../kjv/matthew/24/2) .
**be** = become.

**over** = at the head of Greek. *epi* .
**meat** = their food. "Meat" being put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct) for all kinds of food ( App-6 ).

**Blessed** = Happy. As in [Matthew 5:3](../../../kjv/matthew/5/3) .

**over** = in charge of. Greek. *epi* .
**goods** = substance, or property.

**But and if** = But if. As in [Matthew 24:23](../../../kjv/matthew/24/23) .
**evil.** Greek. *kakos.* App-128 .
**his coming** = to come.

**aware of** = knoweth, as in [Matthew 24:32](../../../kjv/matthew/24/32) , [Matthew 24:33](../../../kjv/matthew/24/33) , [Matthew 24:39](../../../kjv/matthew/24/39) .

**weeping and gnashing.** See note on [Matthew 8:12](../../../kjv/matthew/8/12) .

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