Mat 24:1, Mar 13:1 | Barnes | STEP | MATTHEW CHAPTER 24 INTRO: Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple, as he takes his final leave of it, and teaches what were the signs of his coming . These predictions are also recorded in ; . Verse 1. And Jesus went out . He was going over to the Mount of Olives, . The buildings of the temple . The temple itself, with the surrounding courts, porches, and other edifices. . Mark says, that they particularly pointed out the stones of the temple, as well as the buildings. "In that temple," says Josephus, the Jewish historian, "were several stones which were forty-five cubits in length, five in height, and sixth in breadth;" that is, more than seventy feet long, ten wide, and eight high. These stones, of such enormous size, were principally used in building the high wall on the east side, from the base to the top of the mountain. They were also, it is said, beautifully painted with variegated colours. (a) "And Jesus"

Matthew 24:1

MATTHEW CHAPTER 24

INTRO: Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple, as he takes his final leave of it, and teaches what were the signs of his coming. These predictions are also recorded in Mk 13:1-37; Lk 21:6-38.

Verse 1. And Jesus went out. He was going over to the Mount of Olives, Mt 24:3.

The buildings of the temple. The temple itself, with the surrounding courts, porches, and other edifices. Mt 21:12. Mark says, that they particularly pointed out the stones of the temple, as well as the buildings. "In that temple," says Josephus, the Jewish historian, "were several stones which were forty-five cubits in length, five in height, and sixth in breadth;" that is, more than seventy feet long, ten wide, and eight high. These stones, of such enormous size, were principally used in building the high wall on the east side, from the base to the top of the mountain. They were also, it is said, beautifully painted with variegated colours.

(a) "And Jesus" Mk 13:1, Lk 21:5

Mark 13:1

MARK Chapter 13.

Verse 1. The principal things in this chapter are fully explained in the twenty-fourth chapter of Matthew.

1. What manner of stones. The stones here referred to were those used in the building of the temple, and the walls on the sides of Mount Moriah on which the temple stood. The temple was constructed of white marble, and the blocks were of a prodigious size. Josephus says that these stones were some of them fifty feet long, twenty-four broad, and sixteen in thickness.

(a) "And as he went out" Mt 24:1, etc.