Carcase (πτωμα). As in 14:12, the corpse. Originally a fallen body from πιπτω, to fall, like Latin cadaver from cado…

Wheresoever, etc. The words in this verse are proverbial. Vultures and eagles easily discover where dead bodies are and come to devour the…

Wherever the carcass is — Two interpretations of this verse can be rejected with little risk of error. The first sees the “eagles”…

Judaism had become a carcass, dead and corrupt; fit prey for the cultures or carrion-kites of Rome. Eventually, another day will come when…

St. John Chrysostom: When the Lord had finished all that related to Jerusalem, He then turned to the subject of His own coming…

Jesus quotes a proverb about a “vulture.” The proverb itself is a difficult one. It is likely a colorful way of saying that things come to pass at …

Wherever the carcass is. The meaning is that by whatever methods Satan endeavors to scatter the children of God in various directions, sti…

For wherever the carcass is

Not Christ, as he is held forth in the Gospel, crucified and slain, through whose deat…

The disciples had asked concerning the times, "When should these things be?" Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, "What sha…

After the Lord answered the disciples' question concerning the destruction of the city of Jerusalem, He begins here to answer them concerning His S…