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NASB | Matthew 24:1 Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 24:1 Jesus left the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to Him to call His attention to the [magnificent and massive] buildings of the temple. [Mark 13; Luke 21:5-36] |
Subject: Please explain! |
Bible Note: Searcher, thank you for your patience in regards to my slow reply. With my schedule, it is sometimes nigh unto impossible to do a worthwhile reply. I work at a huge, and I mean HUGE, church, so you can well imagine what my schedule is like. :) First off, the other post you wrote in response to what I said about wars and rumors of wars etc. Sorry, Searcher, but your history books are not accurate if they called those wars and rumors mere uprisings. If you need more "proof", let me know. Anyway, my point remains the same. I realize exactly where you are coming from, Searcher, because I have walked down your same path. Interesting that you picked the verses you did. When I was on the other side of this debate, years ago, I used those verses and many others. They ALL helped to explain to me what you have yet to see. Please forgive me for failing to preface this whole debate with some apparent necessary insight. Perhaps you, as so many others have (me included, at one time) wrongly concluded about WHAT Jesus was talking about in Matthew 24. Verse 3, in many Bibles reads something like this: They asked Jesus, “Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” Does yours read something like that? Check out what the “end of the world” means and it WILL change your conclusion to match mine. :) Allow me to spell it out for you. “End” is Strong’s 4130 - "entire completion, that is, consummation (of a dispensation)an age, era". “World’ is Strong’s 165 - "... specifically (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future):—age ..." That said, can you now see where I am coming from? Just like those other verses you sent – it spells out the same truths about what TOOK place in THEIR lifetimes. You have to realize who Jesus was talking to AND HOW He directed His answers. Plainly, Jesus was talking to His disciples. Jesus said to them, (Verse 6) “And YOU ... (all of His disciples, NOT you and me)... shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” THEY did hear of wars and rumors of wars. I appreciate your questions, Taleb |