33Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-38)Here, in the close of this discourse, I. Christ appoints his disciples to observe the signs of the times, which they might judge by, if they had an eye to the foregoing directions, with as much certainty and assurance as they could judge of the approach of summer by the budding forth of the trees, Luke 21:29-31. As in the kingdom of nature there is a chain of causes, so in the kingdom of providenc…
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