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They answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."
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Judgment Finds Its Target
When the disciples ask 'Where?' this judgment will occur, Jesus answers with a proverb. Commentators explain this means judgment is not arbitrary; it will find its target. Just as eagles or vultures are drawn to a dead body, God's judgment will be drawn to the place of spiritual death and wickedness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
See Barnes on Matthew 24:26.
Where, Lord? Where, or in what direction, will these calamities come? The answer implies that it would…
The eagles (ο αετο). Or the vultures attracted by the carcass. This proverb is quoted also in Mt 24:28. See Job 39:27-30;[Referenc…
19th Century
Anglican
Where, Lord?—The question comes in naturally here, where the future had been foreshadowed in parables and dark sayings. I…
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The Pharisees had asked “When?” (v.20); the disciples asked “Where?” For us Jesus’ reply is somewhat obscure. The hovering “vultures” may symbolize…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they answered and said to him, where, Lord? &c.] That is, either the Pharisees put this question to Christ, who d…
The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. It was a spiritual kingdom, established in the heart by the power of Divine g…
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