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Edge of the sword (στοματ μαχαιρης). Instrumental case of στοματ which means "mouth" literally (Genesis 34:26). This v…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Shall fall, etc. No less than one million one hundred thousand perished in the siege of Jerusalem.
Shall be led away captive
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword.—There is nothing in the parallel prophecies of the other two Gospels that a…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
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…
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
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…
John Gill
JohnGill
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword
Or "mouth of the sword", an Hebraism; see the Septuagint in ([Reference Judges 1:…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
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…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson