The sun shall be darkened (ο ελιος σκοτισθησετα). Future passive indicative. These figures come from the prophets ([Reference Isai…

But in those days.—See Notes on Matthew 24:29-35.

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

Verses 24–27 form a unit and relate to the End. They are set off from the previous verses by the strong adversative alia (“but”; GK 247). Whereas t…

But in those days, after that tribulation
That is, after the destruction of the city and temple of Jerusalem, and th…

The disciples had confused the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world. This mistake Christ set right, and showed that the day of Christ'…