24: 2 But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? truly I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
24: 3 And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy presence, and of 286the end of the age?
286Lit., the consummation of the age
24: 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.
24: 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.
24: 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.
24: 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.
24: 8 But all these things are the beginning of travail.
24: 9 Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake.
24: 10 And then shall many stumble, and shall 287deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.
287See ch. 10:4.
24: 11 And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.
24: 12 And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
24: 13 But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
24: 14 And 288this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole 289world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end have come.
288Or, these good tidings of
289Gk. inhabited earth.
24: 15 When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was 290spoken of through Daniel the prophet, having stood in 291the holy place (let him that readeth understand),
290Dan 9:27, 11:31, 12:11.
291Or, a holy place
24: 16 then let them that are in Judea flee unto the mountains:
24: 17 let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house:
24: 18 and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
24: 19 But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
24: 20 And pray ye that your flight come not to be in the winter, neither on a sabbath:
24: 21 for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be thereafter.
24: 22 And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
24: 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or Here; believe 292it not.
292Or, him
24: 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
24: 25 Behold, I have told you beforehand.
24: 26 If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe 293it not.
293Or, them
24: 27 For as the breaking sunshine cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the presence of the Son of man.
24: 28 Wheresoever the carcass is, there will the 294eagles be gathered together.
294Or, vultures
24: 29 But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
24: 30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
24: 31 And he shall send forth his angels 295with a great trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
295So ℵ 892* copbo,meg sys ite geo arm. But B 33 and a majority of lesser mss. copsa vg read with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather etc.
24: 32 Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh;
24: 33 even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that 296it is nigh, even at the doors.
296Or he [The Greek is not specific.] But the parallel kingdom of God in Lk 21:31 seems to require it.
24: 34 Truly I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be come to pass.
24: 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
24: 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, 297neither the Son, but the Father only.
297So Bℵ* θ ite arm. 892 33 with a majority of Greek mss. cop sys vg omit neither the Son,
24: 37 And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the presence of the Son of man.
24: 38 For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
24: 39 and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the presence of the Son of man.
24: 40 Then shall two be in the field; one man is taken, and one man is left:
24: 41 two shall be grinding at the mill; one woman is taken, and one woman is left.
24: 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
24: 43 298But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be 299broken through.
298Or, But this ye know,
299Gk. digged through.
24: 44 Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
24: 45 Who then is the faithful and wise 300servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
300Gk. bondservant And in vss. 46, 48, 50.
24: 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he hath come shall find so doing.
24: 47 Truly I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.
24: 48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;
24: 49 and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken;
24: 50 the lord of that servant shall have come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,
24: 51 and shall 301cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
301Or, severely scourge him,
