Matthew 24

Matthew 24

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

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

Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

Cross references

Verse 15

New King James Version

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

King James Version

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

New King James Version

But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.[5]

Verse 37

New King James Version

But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.[6]

Verse 38

New King James Version

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

New King James Version

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

References

  1. Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
  2. Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
  3. Matthew 24:15
  4. Matthew 24:35
  5. Matthew 24:36
  6. Matthew 24:37
  7. Matthew 24:38
  8. Matthew 24:39
Preceded by
Matthew 23
Chapters of the Bible
Gospel of Matthew
Succeeded by
Matthew 25
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