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Category: Matthew

  • Matthew 24:39 Meaning

    Matthew 24:39 Meaning – They knew not Whatsoever truth men do not believe when it is told them, that they do not rightly know, though they conceive the meaning of the Word told them; for it is said, They knew not. Dickson, David – A Brief Exposition of the Evangel of Jesus Christ According to…

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  • Matthew 24:38 Meaning

    Matthew 24:38 Meaning – They were eating When men believe not things concerning the day of judgment and another life, no wonder they be given over unto and drowned in the matters of this life, for They were eating, &c., that is, This and the like was all their care. Dickson, David – A Brief…

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  • Matthew 24:37 Meaning

    Our Lord draws this doctrine into use to stir us up to watchfulness, and to this end he sets before us seven motives [Motive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7]. The first motive: there is no small hazard in case men be found secure and not watching when Christ comes, therefore watchfulness is…

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  • 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…

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  • Matthew 24:35 Meaning

    Matthew 24:35 Meaning – Heaven and earth shall pass And [Christ] forbids them to doubt hereof, because his words were more firm than heaven or earth (v 35). Whatsoever Christ says, shall be or shall not be. His word is more firm than the fabric of heaven and earth, for these shall be altered, but…

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  • Matthew 24:34 Meaning

    Matthew 24:34 Meaning – Verily I say unto you …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 It is hard to our misbelieving hearts to give that credit to Christ’s words whereof they are worthy: but by so…

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  • 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…

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