Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 24:33
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even] at the doors.
33. know that it is near ] it =the harvest time of God the end of this on or period at the fall of Jerusalem.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
So likewise ye … – In the same manner, when you see what I have predicted the signs around Jerusalem – then know that its destruction is at hand,
Is near – Luke says Luk 21:28, your redemption draweth nigh, and Luk 21:31 the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Your deliverance from the dangers that threaten the city approaches, and the kingdom of God will be set up in the earth; or your everlasting redemption from sin and death will come at the day of judgment, and his eternal kingdom will be established in the heavens.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,…. That are mentioned above, relating to the signs of the destruction of the temple and city, and the destruction itself, with all those several things that should directly take place upon it; this is an accommodation of the above parable, similitude, or comparison:
know that it is near, even at the doors; meaning, either that “he is near”, as the Ethiopic version reads it, the son of man is near, even at the doors; or as the Vulgate Latin renders it, “in the gates”, or “doors”, and so does Munster’s Hebrew Gospel; and signifies, that he was already come; for to be in the doors, or within the gates, is more than to be at the doors, or at the gates: and thus the fig tree putting forth its leaves, is a sign that summer is not only nigh, but is already come, even that part of it we call spring; for the Scripture divides the whole year only into two parts, summer and winter; so these calamities and desolations on the Jews, were a sign that the son of man was come, was in the gates, displaying his power and his glory: or the redemption and deliverance of the people of God was at hand, from the persecutions of the Jews; for till the destruction of Jerusalem, the persecutions of the Christians were chiefly from the Jews, or occasioned by them; but now, they being destroyed, the summer of deliverance was at hand: or else the kingdom of God, or a more enlarged state of the Gospel dispensation was near; the winter of the legal dispensation was over, the spring of the Gospel dispensation was come, through the preaching of John the Baptist, Christ and his apostles; and now the summer of it was at hand, through the general spread of it, all over the Gentile world. So the second coming of Christ, will be a summer of joy and comfort to the saints: Christ will appear most lovely and amiable to them, he will be glorified by them, and admired in them; great grace will be brought unto them, and great glory will be put upon them; they will then enjoy full redemption and salvation: the winter of sorrows, afflictions, and persecutions, and of coldness, darkness, and desertion, will be over; the sun shall no more go down, nor the moon withdraw itself, but the Lord will be the everlasting light of his people.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(33) So likewise ye.The pronoun is emphatic. Ye whom I have chosen, who are therefore among the elect that shall be thus gathered. The words are spoken to the four Apostles as the representatives of the whole body of believers who should be livingfirst, at the destruction of Jerusalem, and afterwards at the end of the world. Of the four, St. John alone, so far as we know, survived the destruction of Jerusalem.
That it is near.Better, that He is near, in accordance with Jas. 5:9.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
33. These things The these things specified in the apostle’s question, Mat 24:3. It is near There is no supplied antecedent to this it. The meaning, however, is plain. When ye see the train of calamitous events passing successively before your eyes, know that the ruin which is included in the train is near. At the doors Like the Roman at the portal of the temple.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“Even so you also, when you see all these things, know you that he is near, even at the doors.”
In the same way when ‘all these things’ occur, then they will know that Jesus (or in Luke ‘the Kingly Rule of God’) is near, even at the doors. From this it is clear that ‘all these things’ does not include His coming. But as constantly in the Old Testament ‘near’ is in God’s terms. It can indicate any time long or short, depending on the response to His promises and warnings (Isa 51:5; Isa 56:1; Eze 30:3; Joe 3:14; Oba 1:15; Zep 1:14). Thus using modern terminology it is imminent but not necessarily coming immediately. As we know from earlier (Mat 24:14) it will depend on the progress of the Gospel. Thus all efforts must be put into the evangelising of the world.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Ver. 33. Know that it is near, &c. ] Some space then there shall be, it seems, between the foregoing signs and the coming of Christ. But though space be granted, yet grace is uncertain. Make sure work therefore betimes, lest ye come late, and be left without doors for your lingering.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mat 24:33 . . , so do ye also when ye see all these things, recognise that it is nigh, at the doors. What are “these things”? what “it”? The former are the things mentioned in Mat 24:15-21 ( , Mat 24:15 ), the latter is the .
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
likewise ye = ye also.
it is near = He is near
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mat 24:33. , these things all) The order of words ought not to be always overlooked: the emphasis, and, in speaking, the accent, frequently falls upon the first of two words. The present is the first passage which has required this to be demonstrated; we will therefore do so [by the following examples]:-(1.) Luk 11:36, , , , , if then thy body [be] ALL light, not having any PART dark, it shall be LIGHT all over, as when the candle by its shining LIGHTETH thee. In this passage (all, the whole, Lat. totum, Fr. tout) is emphatic before (light, Lat. lucidum), in opposition to (part): and is emphatic before , its emphasis being declared by the verb (lighteth, Lat. illuminet. (2.) Joh 14:2-3, . , … I go to prepare A PLACE for you, and if I go and prepare FOR YOU a place, etc. Here the apparent contradiction is removed by the order of the words, A PLACE is not to be prepared for you, since it is already prepared,[1058] is the negative proposition. FOR YOU is to be prepared a place, i.e. the entrance into that place is to be rendered sure, is the affirmative proposition. Both are equally true. (3.) Eph 2:1; Eph 2:5, – , YOU being dead-BEING us dead [Fr. VOUS etant morts, ETANT nous morts]. Here (you) is put antithetically to (us), in Eph 1:19 : and then (being), denotes the past state of death, opposed to vivification. (4.) Jam 2:18, (others read [1059]) , , Show me thy FAITH by (others read without) thy WORKS, and I will show thee by my WORKS my faith. Here the first (faith) refers to the words (thou hast faith), and the second, (works), to the words (and I have works). These instances, extracted from four different writers of the New Testament, will suffice for the present. Now let us return to St Matthew. As the best MSS. have , THESE things all, in Mat 24:33, and , ALL these things, in Mat 24:34 (although others confound the two modes of expression);[1060] the first placed before is emphatic, so as to express things about to happen next (for which reason in the parallel passage, Mar 13:29; the is omitted); and this emphasis being granted, the second expresses all, including these, things which were to come to pass next, in that generation. The pronoun (these) does not refer to the whole preceding discourse (for the previous signs, and the events which were to follow them indicated by the signs, are distinct from each other), but to the beginnings, which are compared with the fig-tree, in contradistinction to the summer itself, i.e. the approaching kingdom of God. Those things having been fulfilled which are described from Mat 24:4 to Mat 24:28, room was made for the kingdom of God, which would grow stronger and stronger, in one continuous progress. The beginnings, after all hindrances had been removed, were equivalent to the whole.[1061] Furthermore, in St Matthew and St Mark, (these) is in each case contrasted with (that) in Mat 24:36, with the following sense: THESE all which concern Jerusalem shall come to pass before this generation passes away; but of THAT (remoter and last) day (of judgment) knoweth no one, etc. This observation facilitates the interpretation of the whole of this discourse. St Luke also contrasts with each other , these, and , that. See Gnomon on Luk 21:36.-, ye know, Indicative): Cf. Mat 24:32, or know ye, Imperative.-, near) sc. the thing itself is.- , at the doors) i.e. extremely near.
[1058] See ch. Mat 25:34, Inherit the kingdom prepared () for you from the foundation of the world.-ED.
[1059] Such is the reading of E. M.-(I. B.)
[1060] Dabc Vulg. Syr. Memph. with Bengel, read in Mat 24:33. But B and Rec. Text, , and so Lachm. Bc and Amiat. MS. of Vulg. read , with Lachm., Tisch., Beng., and Rec. Text, in Mat 24:34 But DLa read .-ED.
[1061] Sc. Were tantamount to a pledge that the whole would be accomplished.-ED.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
when: Mat 24:3
know: Eze 7:2-14, Heb 10:37, Jam 5:9, 1Pe 4:7
it: or, he
Reciprocal: Eze 30:3 – the day is Mar 13:28 – General Luk 12:56 – ye can Heb 10:25 – as ye
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:33
By using the same kind of logic with the signs that Jesus had predicted, the disciples could know when the first of the two great events was about due. We know this verse has the application to that event, for the disciples were to be living so that they could see all these things, and of course we are sure that they were not to live to see, bodily, the signs of the near approach of the second coming of Christ.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mat 24:33. So ye also. Addressed to the disciples, as representing all Christians. It does not mean that they should live to see what He had predicted; two of the four certainly died even before the destruction of Jerusalem.
All these things, i.e., the signs mentioned, culminating in these predicted in Mat 24:30.
Know that he is nigh.Christ Himself, since they had asked of His coming (Mat 24:3).
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Verse 33
It is near; that is, the reign of the Messiah is near,–the open establishment of the Redeemer’s kingdom on earth.