Matthew 24:36 Meaning

Concerning the precise time of his second coming, he says that neither man nor angel knows, but only the Father, whereby he does not exclude the rest of the Persons of the Godhead, but only the creatures.

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

Matthew 24:36 Meaning – Of that day and hour knoweth no man

The peremptory time of the day of judgment God keeps to himself secret, and will not have it particularly known, and therefore it should not be narrowly pried into; for, Of that day and hour knoweth no man &c.

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

Matthew 24:36 Meaning – Neither the Son, but the Father only

All things are not revealed, neither to the angels nor to men, but so much as may edify the Church, and as concerns us to know; for My Father only knoweth, says he.

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

It is doubtful if “neither the Son” is genuine in Matthew, though it is involved in the words “Father only.” But the words are genuine in Mark 13:32.

The matter about which Jesus confesses ignorance is the time of his second coming and the end of the world. It is curious that in the face of this statement so many schemes with dates of the end of the world have been made. They have all come to naught. Jesus is confident as to the fact, but uncertain as to the time. The knowledge of Jesus while on earth was limited in other matters also, as we have seen, but limitation does not mean error. It is gratuitous to say that Jesus expected to come back soon (as we count time), after he expressly says that he did not know the time.

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