Matthew 24:33 Meaning

Matthew 24:33 Meaning – He is nigh

Luke 21:31 has “the kingdom of God is nigh.” What is it that will be, as the fig leaves are a sign of summer, a sign of the coming of the kingdom? Is it the destruction of Jerusalem? If so, does Jesus mean that the end of the age is then near? Or will the destruction of the city be itself a means of the spread of the kingdom in the world? This latter is the more probable idea.

Robertson, A.T. – Commentary on Matthew  in The Bible for Home & School  (1911)

Matthew 24:33 Meaning – All These Things

So when [Christians before AD 70] should see the Jews doting on false Christs, hearkening to false prophets, persecuting the preachers of the gospel, growing tumultuous and seditious under hopes of a bodily liberation from the yoke of the Romans, rumours of wars arising, armies coming in upon Judea, then let them persuade themselves, says he, that when these signs should appear judgment was at the door upon that nation, and that both these signs and the destruction of Jerusalem with the temple should all come to pass in the days of them that were then living (vv 33,34).

Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to Matthew (1651)