3And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
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And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. …
And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)We may here see, I. How apt many of Christ’s own disciples are to idolize things that look great , and have been long looked upon as sacred . They had heard Christ complain of those who had made the temple a den of thieves ; and yet, when he quitted it, for the wickedness that remained in it, they court him to be as much in love as they were with the stately structure and adorning of it. One of th…
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