Matthew 24:35

“For we desire to listen to Him who said: “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.”” — editor's note: Cf. Matt. xxiv. 35; cf. Mark xiii. 31.

“Our Lord and Saviour, indeed, in the words, “He who made them at the beginning, made them male and female,” Himself bears witness that the world was created; and again, when He says, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word shall not pass away,” He points out that they are perishable, and must come to an end.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

““Heaven and earth shall pass away,” says He.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

““For heaven and earth shall pass away;” [Matt 24:35] but we ought not to place our treasure in that which passes away, but in that which abides for ever.” — the author cites it

Because He had said that these things should come to pass “immediately after the tribulation of those days,” they might ask, How long time hence, He therefore gives them an instance in the fig.

As much as to say, When the tender shoots first shew themselves in the stem of the fig tree, and the bud bursts into flower, and the bark puts forth leaves, ye perceive the approach of summer and the season of spring…

He shews that the interval of time shall not be great, but that the coming of Christ will be presently. By the comparison of the tree He signifies the spiritual summer and peace that the just shall enjoy after their…

As the fig has its vital powers torpid within it through the season of winter, but when that is past its branches become tender by those very powers and put forth leaves; so the world and all those who are saved had…

This analogy also adds credit to His foregoing discourse; for wherever He speaks of what must by all means come to pass, Christ ever brings forward parallel physical laws.

That now from the Evangelic and Prophetic signs that we see come to pass, we ought to look that the Lord’s coming should be nigh, who is there that denies? For daily it draws ever more and more near, but of the exact…

Mystically; The Synagogue is likened to the fig tree; [ed. note: See above on chap xxi, 19] its branch is Antichrist, the son of the Devil, the portion of sin, the maintainer of the law; when this shall begin to…

Or, when this fig shall again bud, that is, when the synagogue shall receive the word of holy preaching, as the preaching of Enoch and Elias, then we ought to understand that the day of the consummation is at hand.

Or, by the fig tree understand the human race, by reason of the temptations of the flesh. “When its branch is tender,” i.e. when the sons of men through faith in Christ have progressed towards spiritual fruits, and…

To give sure credit to the things which should come to pass He adds, “Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass away until all these things be fulfilled.” By saying “Verily,” He gives asseveration to the…

The uninstructed refer the words to the destruction of Jerusalem, and suppose them to have been said of that generation which saw Christ’s death, that it should not pass away before the city should be destroyed. But…

All these things therefore mean what was said of the end of Jerusalem, of the false prophets, and the false Christs, and all the rest which shall happen down to the time of Christ’s coming, That He said, “This…

Yet shall the generation of the Church survive the whole of this world, that it may inherit the world to come, yet it shall not pass away until all these things have come to pass. But when all these shall have been…

Or, by “generation” here He means the whole human race, and the Jews in particular. And He adds, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away,” to confirm their faith in what has gone before;…

For heaven and earth have in their constitution no necessity of existence, but Christ’s words derived from eternity have in them such virtue that they must needs abide.

The heaven and the earth shall pass away by a change, not by annihilation; for how should the “sun be darkened, and the moon not give her light,” if earth and heaven in which these are should be no more?

The heaven which shall pass away is not the starry [marg. note: sidereum] but the atmospheric [marg. note: aereum] heaven which of old was destroyed by the deluge.

He brings forward the elements of the earth to shew that the Church is of more value than either heaven or earth, and that He is Maker of all things. [marg. note: 2 Pet 3:5]

“And again hear the Lord saying, Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away; for the creatures are not as precious as the Master’s words.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

“Yea, both heaven and earth shall pass away, but Thy Words shall not pass away.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

“For of this land (of this earth) it is said, “Heaven and earth shall pass away.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

“For if we have determined that that heaven which we see with our bodily eyes is the dwelling of God, the dwelling of God will pass away; for “heaven and earth will pass away.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

Chapter LXXVII.—Of the Harmony Subsisting Between the Three Evangelists in Their Narratives of the Discourse Which He Delivered on the Mount of Olives, When the Disciples Asked When the Consummation Should Happen.…

“Hence it is in that heaven of which it is said, “The heaven of heavens is the Lord’s, i.e. in the spiritual firmament: for it is not in that which is to pass away that we ought to fix and place our treasure and our heart, but in that which ever abideth; but heaven and earth shall pass away.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35. Robert South gives his sermon on this passage the heading, “No man ever went to heaven whose heart was not there before.” It has been remarked,…

“The voice of prediction is, “Heaven and earth shall pass away.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

“…that he may go, is born on this condition that he may die, entered into the world on this condition that he may pass away; “Heaven and earth shall pass away:” what wonder then if some time or other there should be an end of a single city?” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

“…apostolic books,—the following expressions are used: “The figure of this world passeth away;” “The world passeth away;” “Heaven and earth shall pass away,”—expressions which are, I fancy, somewhat milder than “They shall perish.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

“For both heaven and earth shall pass away, but the salvation and justi fication of those predestinated thereto, that is, of those whom He foreknoweth, shall continue forever.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

““For the fashion of this world passeth away” and “Heaven and earth shall pass away.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

““For heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away.”” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

“Then to lead them on more in faith, He saith, “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away;”that is, it were more easy for these firm, fixed, and immoveable bodies to be blotted out, than for ought of my words to fall to the ground.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

“These leaves, then, that is the words of God, shall not fall: for the Lord Himself has said: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away, for of the words that have been spoken by God not one shall fail or fall.” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxiv. 35.

“For “heaven and earth shall pass away, but the words” of God “shall not pass away.”” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxiv. 35.

“…not keep on its quiet course for ever; he neglects his existence here as an alien and a passing thing; for the Saviour said, “Heaven and earth shall pass away,” the whole of necessity awaits its refashioning.” — editor's note: S. Matt. xxiv. 35.

“But, however, we say thus: That which our Redeemer said to us is true:—Heaven and earth shall pass away.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 35.

Matthew 24:35 and Mark 13:31 share the same wording (13 words).

Matthew 24:35 and Luke 21:33 share the same wording (10 words).

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