Great distress in the land.—Literally, great need, or necessity. The word, which St. Luke uses as an eq…

And it is so even to this day. Here is another instance in which the Lord instructed his people to expect his coming, and yet at the same time told…

The Venerable Bede: Until now our Lord had been speaking of those things that were to happen for forty years, but the end was n…

The destruction of Jerusalem. The reference to Jerusalem (v.20) need not be construed as a vaticinium ex eventu (a prophecy put in the mouth of Jes…

But woe unto them that are with-child
(See Gill on Matthew 24:19).

For there shall be gr…

With much curiosity, those around Christ ask about the time when the great desolation would occur. He answers with clarity and fullness, to the ext…