4Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
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When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? …
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?
Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? …
And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
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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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