Matthew 24
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Matthew 1:1-9,12 on the recto side of Papyrus 1, written about AD 250. | |
| Book | Gospel of Matthew |
| Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 1 |
| Category | Gospel |
| Gospel of Matthew |
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Matthew 24 is the twenty-fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the Olivet Discourse spoken by Jesus Christ.[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Matthew the Apostle composed this Gospel.[2]
Text
- The original text is written in Koine Greek or Hebrew/Aramaic.
- Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
- Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
- Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
- Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
- Codex Washingtonianus (ca. AD 400)
- Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450)
- Codex Purpureus Rossanensis (6th century)
- Codex Sinopensis (6th century; extant: verses 3-12)
- Papyrus 83 (6th century; extant: verses 1, 6)
- This chapter is divided into 51 verses.
Structure
This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):
- Matthew 24:1-22 = Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple (Mark 13:1-2; Luke 21:5-6)
- Matthew 24:3-14 = The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age (Mark 13:3-13; Luke 21:7-19)
- Matthew 24:15-28 = The Great Tribulation (Mark 13:14-23; Luke 21:20-24)
- Matthew 24:36-31 = The Coming of the Son of Man (Mark 13:24-27,32; Luke 21:25-28)
- Matthew 24:32-43 = The Parable of the Fig Tree (Mark 13:28-31; Luke 21:29-33)
- Matthew 24:37-44 = No One Knows the Day or Hour (Luke 17:26-30,34-36)
- Matthew 24:45-51 = The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant (Luke 12:41-48)
Cross references
Verse 15
- Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand)[3]
Citation from Daniel 11:31; Daniel 12:11
Verse 35
- Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.[4]
These words of Jesus Christ refer to an Old Testament saying recorded in Isaiah 51:6.
Verse 36
- But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.[5]
Verse 37
Verse 38
- For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,[7]
Referring to Noah's Ark and Noah's Flood
Verse 39
- and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.[8]
See also
- Abomination of desolation
- Noah
- Noah's Ark
- Noah's Flood
- Olivet Discourse
- Other related Bible parts: Genesis 6, Genesis 7, Isaiah 51, Daniel 11, Daniel 12, Matthew 25, Mark 13, Luke 12, Luke 17, Luke 21, 2 Peter 3
References
- ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ↑ Matthew 24:15
- ↑ Matthew 24:35
- ↑ Matthew 24:36
- ↑ Matthew 24:37
- ↑ Matthew 24:38
- ↑ Matthew 24:39
External links
| Preceded by Matthew 23 |
Chapters of the Bible Gospel of Matthew |
Succeeded by Matthew 25 |
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