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For[a] many will come on the basis of My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ’. And they will deceive many. And you will-certainly[b] hear-of wars and rumors of wars. See[c] that you are not alarmed! For they must take place, but it is not yet the end. For nation will arise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are[d] a beginning of birth-pains. Then[e] they will hand you over to affliction, and they will kill you. And you will be being hated by all the nations because of My name. 10 And then[f] many will be caused-to-fall, and will hand one another over, and will hate one another. 11 And many false-prophets will arise and deceive many. 12 And the love of the majority will grow cold because of lawlessness being multiplied. 13 But the one having endured to the end[g]— this one will be saved. 14 And this good-news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations. And then the end[h] will come.

When You See Daniel’s Abomination, Flee. For There Will Be a Great Affliction

15 “Therefore when you see[i] the abomination of desolation[j]— the thing having been spoken through Daniel the prophet— standing in the holy place[k] (let the one reading understand), 16 then let the ones in Judea be fleeing to the mountains. 17 Let the one upon the housetop not go down to take the things out of his house. 18 And let the one in the field not turn behind to take his cloak. 19 And woe to the ones having a child in the womb, and to the ones nursing in those days. 20 And be praying that your flight may not take place in winter, nor on a Sabbath. 21 For then[l] there will be a great affliction[m] such as has not taken place since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will take place. 22 And if those days had not been shortened[n], no[o] flesh would have been saved. But those days will be shortened for the sake of the chosen ones.

Do Not Be Deceived. My Coming Will Be As Visible To All As Lightning

23 Then[p] if someone says to you, ‘Behold— here is the Christ,’ or ‘Here’, do not believe it. 24 For false-christs and false-prophets will arise and give great signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the chosen ones. 25 Behold— I have told you beforehand. 26 Therefore, if they say to you, ‘Behold— He is in the wilderness’, do not go out; ‘Behold— He is in the inner-rooms’, do not believe it. 27 For just as the lightning comes out from the east and is visible[q] as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 Wherever the corpse[r] may be, there the vultures will be gathered.

After That Affliction, The Powers Will Be Shaken. I Will Come On The Clouds In Glory

29 “And immediately after the affliction of those days, the sun[s] will be darkened, and the moon will not give its glow, and the stars will fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:5 Some think v 5-14 refer to events prior to the destruction of Jerusalem in a.d. 70; others, to birth-pains that started in the apostles’ day and continue until the end, which begins in v 14b; others, that Jesus intended a double meaning, one for the apostles’ day and one for the end-time when these birth-pains will precede the end.
  2. Matthew 24:6 Or, must hear, will hear.
  3. Matthew 24:6 Or, Watch out! Do not be alarmed!
  4. Matthew 24:8 Or, will be.
  5. Matthew 24:9 That is, next in time (some amount of time after v 6-8); or, next in sequence without reference to time (Next, as the birth-pains continue). Or, At that time (at the time of the birth-pains). The meaning can be affected by which rendering is chosen. This word is also in 24:10, 14, 16, 21, 23, 30, 40; 25:1, 7, 31, 34, 37, 41, 44, 45.
  6. Matthew 24:10 Or, at that time.
  7. Matthew 24:13 That is, the end of his life, or the coming of Christ, whichever comes first.
  8. Matthew 24:14 That is, the coming of Christ; or, the beginning of the end time.
  9. Matthew 24:15 Some think that this is the sign of the destruction of Jerusalem, as in Lk 21:20-24; others, that it is the sign of the beginning of the end time, as in 2 Thes 2:3-4; others, both.
  10. Matthew 24:15 That is, an act of sacrilege characterized by or consisting of or resulting in desolation. The term comes from Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11.
  11. Matthew 24:15 This could refer to the a.d. 70 temple or an end-time temple of God, or to Jerusalem, or to Judea.
  12. Matthew 24:21 Or, at that time.
  13. Matthew 24:21 Or, distress, trouble, tribulation.
  14. Matthew 24:22 Or, curtailed, cut short.
  15. Matthew 24:22 Lit, all flesh would not have. Some think all flesh means all humanity; others, all those in Judea, v 16.
  16. Matthew 24:23 Or, At that time.
  17. Matthew 24:27 Or, shines.
  18. Matthew 24:28 The corpses may be those killed at the return of Christ; both His coming and its aftermath will be unmistakable. Or, linking this with v 24, the false prophets (the vultures) will gather upon the spiritually dead (the corpses). Or, linking this with v 15-26, Jerusalem (the corpse) will attract the Roman ‘eagles’ (as ‘vultures’ can also be rendered). Or, this may be a general rule: As corpses attract vultures, so the spiritually dead will attract judgment.
  19. Matthew 24:29 sun... moon... stars... powers. Some take these as literal end-time events; others, as symbolic of the fall of political rulers.

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