1 yFor ver. 1-37, see Matt. 24:1-51; Luke 21:5-36 And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings! ” 2 And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings?zLuke 19:44 There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down. ”
3 And as he sat onaSee Matt. 21:1 the Mount of Olives opposite the temple,bMatt. 17:1 Peter and James and John andcch. 1:16, 29 Andrew asked himd[ch. 4:34] privately, 4 “Tell us,e[Acts 1:6, 7] when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished? ” 5 And Jesus began to say to them, fver. 9, 23, 33; Jer. 29:8; Eph. 5:6; Col. 2:8; 1 Thess. 2:3; 1 John 3:7 “See that no one leads you astray. 6 gver. 22; Jer. 14:14; 1 John 2:18 Many will come in my name, saying,hSee John 8:24 ‘I am he! ’ and they will lead many astray. 7 And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars,i2 Thess. 2:2 do not be alarmed. ThisjRev. 1:1 must take place, but the end is not yet. 8 Fork2 Chr. 15:6; [Rev. 6:4] nation will rise against nation, andlIsa. 19:2 kingdom against kingdom. There will bemRev. 6:12 earthquakes in various places; there will benActs 11:28; Rev. 6:8 famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.
9 oFor ver. 9, 11-13, [Matt. 10:17-22; Luke 12:11, 12] Butpver. 5; 2 John 8 be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beatenqSee Matt. 23:34 in synagogues, and you will stand beforerActs 17:6; 18:12; 24:1; 25:6 governors ands[Acts 27:24] kings for my sake,tSee Matt. 8:4 to bear witness before them. 10 And the gospel must first be proclaimeduMatt. 28:19; Rom. 10:18; Col. 1:6, 23; [ch. 14:9] to all nations. 11 And when they bring you to trial and deliver you over,vSee Matt. 6:25 do not be anxious beforehand what you are to say, but saywDeut. 18:18; [Num. 23:5]; See Ex. 4:12 whatever is given you in that hour,xActs 4:8; 6:10; 13:9; 1 Cor. 15:10; 2 Cor. 13:3; [1 Thess. 2:13; Heb. 1:1] for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. 12 yMatt. 10:35, 36 And brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death. 13 zJohn 15:18-21; [Luke 6:22] And you will be hated by all for my name's sake.a[Dan. 12:12, 13; James 5:11; Rev. 2:10]; See Heb. 3:6 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
14 But when you seebDan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11 the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not to be (c[Dan. 9:23, 25; Rev. 1:3] let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15 dLuke 17:31 Let the one who is oneSee Luke 5:19 the housetop not go down, nor enter his house, to take anything out, 16 and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak. 17 AndfLuke 23:29 alas for women who are pregnant and for those who are nursing infants in those days! 18 Pray that it may not happen in winter. 19 For in those days there will begRev. 16:18 suchhver. 24; Dan. 12:1; [Rev. 7:14] tribulation as has not beeniSee ch. 10:6; [Deut. 4:32] from the beginning of the creation thatjGen. 1:1 God created until now, and never will be. 20 And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But forkver. 22, 27; Isa. 65:8, 9; Luke 18:7; [Matt. 22:14] the sake of the elect, whomlJohn 13:18; 15:19; Eph. 1:4 he chose, he shortened the days. 21 AndmLuke 17:23; [ver. 6] then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ! ’ or ‘Look, there he is! ’ do not believe it. 22 n[1 John 2:18] False christs and false prophets will arise andoDeut. 13:1-3; 2 Thess. 2:9-11; Rev. 13:13, 14; 16:14; 19:20; [Acts 8:9] perform signs and wonders,pver. 6 to lead astray, if possible,qver. 20, 27 the elect. 23 Butrver. 5 be on guard;sJohn 13:19; 14:29; [2 Pet. 3:17] I have told you all things beforehand.
24 But in those days, aftertver. 19 that tribulation,uIsa. 13:10; 24:23; Ezek. 32:7; Joel 2:10, 31; 3:15; Acts 2:20; [Amos 5:20; 8:9; Zeph. 1:15; Rev. 6:12; 8:12] the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, 25 andvRev. 6:13; [Isa. 14:12; 34:4] the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. 26 And then they will seewSee Dan. 7:13 the Son of Man coming in cloudsxch. 9:1; Matt. 26:64; [Matt. 25:31] with great power and glory. 27 And thenyMatt. 13:41 he will send out the angels andz[Matt. 23:37; 2 Thess. 2:1] gatheraver. 20, 22 his elect frombDan. 7:2; Zech. 2:6; Rev. 7:1 the four winds, fromc[Acts 1:8] the ends of the earthdDeut. 4:32; 30:4 to the ends of heaven.
28 From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. 29 So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is near,e[James 5:9; Rev. 3:20] at the very gates. 30 fSee ch. 9:1 Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. 31 gPs. 102:26; Isa. 51:6; 2 Pet. 3:10; [Matt. 5:18; Heb. 12:27] Heaven and earth will pass away, buthPs. 119:89; Isa. 40:8; 1 Pet. 1:23, 25 my words will not pass away.
32 But concerning that day or that hour,iMatt. 25:13; 1 Thess. 5:1, 2 no one knows, not even the angels in heaven,j[Phil. 2:6, 7] nor the Son,k[Zech. 14:7; Acts 1:7] but only the Father. 33 lver. 5 Be on guard,mEph. 6:18; Heb. 13:17; [ch. 14:38] keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. 34 n[Matt. 25:14] It is like a mano[ch. 12:1; Matt. 21:33] going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge,p[Rom. 12:6-8] each with his work, and commandsqEzek. 44:11; John 10:3; [Luke 12:36] the doorkeeper to stay awake. 35 rch. 14:34-38; Matt. 25:13; 26:41; Luke 12:37; 21:36; Acts 20:31; 1 Cor. 16:13; 1 Thess. 5:6; 1 Pet. 5:8 Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come,sch. 1:32; Luke 12:38 in the evening, orsch. 1:32; Luke 12:38 at midnight, ortch. 14:30, 68, 72 when the cock crows, oru[ch. 6:48; Ex. 14:24] in the morning— 36 lestv[1 Thess. 5:1-6] he come suddenly andwch. 14:40 find you asleep. 37 And what I say to you I say to all:r[See ver. 35 above] Stay awake. ”