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You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren`t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.
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A Fulfilled Prophecy
Commentators emphasize that Jesus's words were precisely fulfilled in the years before Jerusalem's destruction in 70 AD. Scholars like Albert Barnes point to the chaotic period when four Roman emperors were violently killed in 18 months, leading to widespread "wars and rumors of wars" throughout the empire, just as Jesus predicted. This historical fulfillment grounds the prophecy in verifiable events.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And you shall hear of wars, etc. It is recorded in the history of Rome that the most violent agitations prevailed in the Roman empire befo…
See that ye be not troubled (ορατε μη θροεισθε). Asyndeton here with these two imperatives as Mr 8:15 ορατε βλεπετε (Robertson,
19th Century
Anglican
You will hear...—Literally, you will be about to hear—a kind of double future, or possibly an example of the transition b…
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Baptist
Jesus was always practical. The most important thing for His disciples was not that they might know when “these things” would be, but that they mig…
“Birth pains” (GK 6047) stems from such OT passages as Isa 13:8; 26:17; Jeremiah 4:31; 6:24; Micah 4:9–10. By this time it wa…
16th Century
Protestant
For you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. He describes here only the commotions that arose in Judea, for we will find him soon afterwa…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars This is the second sign of the destruction of Jerusalem: it is observ…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the multiple provocations of the Jews were recounted; now, the preparation for Christ’s departure through the instruction of His disciples is…
