But take ye heed (Hυμεις δε βλεπετε). Gullibility is no mark of a saint or of piety. Note emphatic position of you (υμεις). Credul…

But when you shall see.—See Notes on Matthew 24:15-28.

Standing where it ought not.—St. …

Theophylact of Ohrid: After the Lord had finished all that concerned Jerusalem, He now speaks of the coming of Antichrist, …

The section (vv.5–23) ends as it began, with a warning against false Christs. A crisis like that of the fall of the city would be sure to produce m…

But take you heed. The Persic version adds, "of them"; of the false Christs, and false prophets: for though the purposes of God, co…

The Jews, by rebelling against the Romans and persecuting the Christians, hastened their own ruin swiftly. Here we have a prediction of that ruin, …