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The destruction of Jerusalem foretold.
S. MATTHEW
Signs preceding Christ's coming.

your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

35 [1] That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, [2] from the blood of righteous Abel unto [3] the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

37 [4] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, [5] and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would [6] I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens [7] under her wings, and ye would not!

38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, [8] Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

CHAP. XXIV.

1 Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple: 3 he sheweth what signs and calamities shall go before it; and what shall happen at the time of his coming. 32 By a parable of the fig tree he marketh the certainty of the prediction. 36 No man knoweth the day and hour, which shall come suddenly. 42 We ought therefore to watch, like good servants who expect their master's coming.

AND [9] Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, [10] There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, [11] the disciples came unto him privately, saying, [12] Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, [13] Take heed that no man deceive you.

5 For [14] many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; [15] and shall deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For [16] nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 [17] Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

10 And then shall many [18] be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11 And [19] many false prophets shall rise, and [20] shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13 [21] But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

14 And this [22] gospel of the kingdom [23] shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

15 [24] When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by [25] Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, ([26] whoso readeth, let him understand:)

16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

19 And [27] woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

21 For [28] then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: [29] but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

23 [30] Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

24 For [31] there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, [32] if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

25 Behold, I have told you before.

26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

27 [33] For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

28 [34] For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

29 [35] Immediately after the tribulation of those days [36] shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and

  1. g Rev. 18. 24.
  2. h Gen. 4. 8.
    1 John 3. 12.
  3. i 2 Chron. 24. 20, 21.
  4. k Luke 13. 34.
  5. l 2 Chron. 24. 21.
  6. m Deut. 32. 11, 12.
  7. n Ps. 17. 8. & 91. 4.
  8. o Ps. 118. 26.
    ch. 21. 9.
  9. a Mark 13. 1.
    Luke 21. 5.
  10. b 1 Kings 9. 7.
    Jer. 26. 18.
    Mic. 3. 12.
    Luke 19. 44.
  11. c Mark 13. 3.
  12. d 1 Thess. 5. 1.
  13. e Eph. 5. 6.
    Col. 2. 8, 18.
    2 Thess. 2. 3.
    1 John 4. 1.
  14. f Jer. 14. 14. & 23. 21, 25.
    ver. 24.
    John 5. 43.
  15. g ver. 11.
  16. h 2 Chron. 15. 6.
    Isai. 19. 2.
    Hag. 2. 22.
    Zech. 14. 13.
  17. i ch. 10. 17.
    Mark 13. 9.
    Luke 21. 12.
    John 15. 20. & 16. 2.
    Acts 4. 2, 3. & 7. 59. & 12. 1, &c.
    1 Pet. 4. 16.
    Rev. 2. 10, 13.
  18. k ch. 11. 6. & 13. 57.
    2 Tim. 1. 15. & 4. 10, 16.
  19. l ch. 7. 15.
    Acts 20. 29.
    2 Pet. 2. 1.
  20. m 1 Tim. 4. 1.
    ver. 5, 24.
  21. n ch. 10. 22.
    Mark 13. 13.
    Heb. 3. 6, 14.
    Rev. 2. 10.
  22. o ch. 4. 23. & 9. 35.
  23. p Rom. 10. 18.
    Col. 1. 6, 23.
  24. q Mark 13. 14.
    Luke 21. 20.
  25. r Dan. 9. 27. & 12. 11.
  26. s Dan. 9. 23, 25.
  27. t Luke 23. 29.
  28. u Dan. 9. 26. & 12. 1.
    Joel 2. 2.
  29. x Isai. 65. 8, 9.
    Zech. 14. 2, 3.
  30. y Mark 13. 21.
    Luke 17. 23. & 21. 8.
  31. z Deut. 13. 1.
    ver. 5, 11.
    2 Thess. 2. 9, 10, 11.
    Rev. 13. 13.
  32. a John 6. 37. & 10. 28, 29.
    Rom. 8. 28, 29, 30.
    2 Tim. 2. 19.
  33. b Luke 17. 24.
  34. c Job 29. 30.
    Luke 17. 37.
  35. d Dan. 7. 11, 12.
  36. e Isai. 13. 10.
    Ezek. 32. 7.
    Joel 2. 10, 31. & 3. 15.
    Amos 5. 20. & 8. 9.
    Mark 13. 24.
    Luke 21. 25.
    Acts 2. 20.
    Rev. 6. 12.