The Venerable Bede: Using the example of a tree, the Lord gave a pattern for the end, saying, Now learn a parable from the …

The chief problem in this verse is the identification of “these things.” Do they refer to the events surrounding the fall of the city of Jerusalem …

So you, in like manner This is an accommodation of the parable to the present case:

We have the application of this prophetic sermon. As to the destruction of Jerusalem, expect it to come very shortly. As to the end of the world, d…