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Matthew 24

1 Christ sheweth his disciples the destruction of the Temple. 5 24 The false Christs 13 To persevere 14 The preaching of the Gospel. 6 29 The signs of the end of the world. 42 He warneth them to wake. 44 The sudden coming of Christ
1.And *Jesus went out, & departed from the Temple, & his disciples came to him, to shew him the abuilding of the Temple.
2.And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, *there shall not be here left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be cast down.
3.And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came unto him apart, saying, Tell us when these things shalbe, and what sign shalbe of thy coming, band of the end of the world.
4.And Jesus answered, and said unto them, *cTake heed that no man deceive you.
5.For many shall come in my Name, saying, I am Christ, 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 nation shall rise against nation, and realm against realm, and there shalbe pestilence, and famine, and earthquakes in divers places.
8.All these are but the dbeginning of sorrows.
9.*Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shalbe ehated of all nations for my Name’s sake.
10.And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11.And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many.
12.And because finiquity shalbe increased, the love of many shalbe cold.
13.*But he that endureth to the end, he shalbe saved.
14.And this Gospel of the kingdom shalbe preached through the whole world for a witness unto all nations, and then shall the end come.
15.¶ When gye *therefore shall see the habomination of desolation, spoken of by *Daniel the Prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him that readeth consider it.)
16.Then let them which be in Judea, flee into the mountains.
17.Let him which is on the house top, not come down to fetch any thing out of his house.
18.And he that is in the field, let not him return back to fetch his clothes.
19.And wo shalbe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days.
20.But pray that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the *Sabbath day.
21.For then shalbe great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world to this time, nor shalbe.
22.And except those days should be shortened, there should no ^flesh be saved: but for the ielect’s sake those days shalbe shortened.
23.*Then if any shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there, believe it not.
24.For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders, so that if it were possible, they should deceive the very elect.
25.Behold, I have told you before.
26.Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the kdesert, go not forth: Behold, he is in the ^secret places, believe it not.
27.For as the lightning cometh out of the East, and shineth in to the West, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
28.*For wheresoever a dead lcarcass is, thither will the eagles resort.
29.*And immediately after the mtribulations of those days, shall the sun nbe darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shalbe shaken.
30.And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the kindreds of the earth mourn, and *they shall see the Son of man come in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31.*And he shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect, from the four winds and from one end of the heaven unto the other.
32.Now learn the parable of the fig tree: when her bough is yet tender, and it bringeth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near.
33.So likewise ye, when ye see all these things, know that the is near, at the doors.
34.Verily I say unto you, this ogeneration shall not pass, till all these things be done.
35.*Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
36.But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no not the Angels of heaven, but my Father only.
37.But as the days of Noe were, so likewise shall the coming of the Son of man be.
38.*For as in the days before the flood they did eat and drink, marry, and give in marriage, unto the day that Noe entered into the Ark,
39.And pknew nothing, till the flood came and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40.*qThen two men shalbe in the fields, the one shalbe received, and the other shalbe refused.
41.Two women shalbe grinding at the mill: the one shalbe received, and the other shalbe refused.
42.*Wake therefore: for ye know not what hour your master will come.
43.Of *this be sure, that if the good man of the house knew at what watch the thief would come, he would surely watch, and not suffer his house to be digged through.
44.Therefore be ye also ready: for in the hour that ye think not, will the Son of man come.
45.*Who then is a faithful servant & wise, whom his master hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in season?
46.Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he cometh, shall find so doing.
47.Verily I say unto you, he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48.But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My master doth defer his coming,
49.And begin to smite his fellows, and to eat and to drink with the drunken,
50.That servant’s master will come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not ware of,
51.And will ^cut him off, and give him his portion with hypocrites: *there shalbe weeping, and gnashing of teeth.

Notes

1-*.
Mar. 13.1, Luk. 21.5.
1-a.
Whose excellency appeared in that that Herod for the space of 8 years kept 10,000 men in work, the stones were 15 cubits long, in height 12, in breadth 8, as Josephus wrote.
2-*.
Luk. 19.44.
3-b.
They thought the world should be at an end, when Jerusalem was destroyed.
4-*.
Ephe. 5.6, Col. 2.18.
4-c.
He answers them not according to their minds, but admonished them of that which is necessary for them to know.
8-d.
Great and cruel wars have ensued since among the heathen for the contempt of the Gospel and increase more and more.
9-*.
Chap. 10.17, Luk. 21.12, Joh. 15.20 and 16.2.
9-e.
As if you were the cause of these troubles.
12-f.
Many will keep back their charity, because they are unthankful and evil, upon whom they should bestow it.
13-*.
2 Thes. 3.13, 2 Tim. 2.3.
15-*.
Mar. 13.14, Luk. 21.20.
15-*-1.
Dan. 9.27
15-g.
When the Temple shall be polluted, it shall be a sign of extreme desolation: the sacrifices shall end and never be restored.
15-h.
The horrible destruction of the Temple and the corruption of God’s pure religion.
20-*.
Acts 1.12.
22-^.
Or, man.
22-i.
God provides for his children in the midst of troubles.
23-*.
Mar. 13.21, Luk. 17.23
26-^.
Or, closets.
26-k.
Whither the false Christs, and decievers lead the people, hiding themselves in holes as if they were ashamed of their profession.
28-*.
Luk. 17.36.
28-l.
In despite of Satan the faithful shall be gathered and joined with Christ, as the eagles assemble to a dead carcass.
29-*.
Isa. 13.10, Eke. 32.7, Joel 2.31 & 3.15, Mar. 13.24, Luk. 21.25.
29-m.
When God has made an end of the troubles of his Church.
29-n.
He means an horrible trembling of the world, and as it were, an alteration of the order of nature.
30-*.
Rev. 1.7.
31-*.
1 Cor. 15.52, 1 Thes. 4.16.
34-o.
For within fifty years after, Jerusalem was destroyed: the godly were persecuted, false teachers seduced the people, religion was polluted, so that the world seemed to be at an end.
35-*.
Mar.13.31.
38-*.
Gen. 7.5, Luk. 17.27, 1 Pet. 3.20.
39-p.
Because of their incredulity.
40-*.
Luk. 17.36, 1 Thes. 4.17.
40-q.
This teaches every man to walk warily not respecting his companion although he be never so dear unto him.
42-*.
Mar. 13.35.
43-*.
Luk. 12.39, 1 Thes. 5.2, Rev. 16.17.
45-*.
Luk. 12.42.
51-*.
Chap. 13.42 and 25.30.
51-^.
Or, separate him.