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Matthew 23:36

King James Version (KJV)

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Matthew 23:36

Verse 36 of 39

Scripture focus

Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

Matthew 23:36 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 23:36

Theological / Devotional

Verily. See on ch. 5:18.

All these things. That is, the climax of the evil course of action summarized in vs. 34, 35. The cup of the Jews’ iniquity as a nation was rapidly filling (see on v. 32).

This generation. Jesus here clearly refers to the “generation” of people then living, His Jewish contemporaries. In the following chapter He makes plain the fate to which He here refers — the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by the armies of Rome in A.D. 70 (see Matt. 24:15-20; cf. Luke 21:20-24). Compare also Matt. 24:34; Luke 11:50.

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