Mǎtaìfúyīn 24:2

2 Yēsū duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen bú shì kànjian zhè diàn yǔ ma . wǒ shízaì gàosu nǐmen , jiānglái zaì zhèlǐ , méiyǒu yī kuaì shítou liú zaì shítou shang bú beì chāihuǐ de .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 24:2 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 24:2

And Jesus said unto them, see ye not all these things?
&c.] "These great buildings", as in Mark; all these goodly stones, so beautiful and large, and so firmly put together: verily, I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon
another, that shall not be thrown down;
or broken, as Munster's Hebrew Gospel reads it: which prediction had a full and remarkable accomplishment; and which is not only attested by Josephus ^F25, who relates, that both the city and temple were dug up, and laid level with the ground; but also by other Jewish writers; who tell us ^F26 that

``on the ninth of Ab, a day prepared for punishments, Turnus Rufus the wicked, (lkyhh ta vrx) , "ploughed up the temple", and all round about it, to fulfil what is said, "Zion shall be ploughed as a field".''

Yes, and to fulfil what Christ here says too, that not one stone should be left upon another, which a plough would not admit of.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 De Bello Jud. l. 7. c. 7.
F26 Maimon. Hilch. Taaniot, c. 5. sect. 3. T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 23. 1. & Gloss. in ib.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 24:2 In-Context

1 Yēsū chū le shèng diàn , zhèng zǒu de shíhou , méntǔ jìn qián lái , bǎ diàn yǔ zhǐ gĕi tā kàn .

2 Yēsū duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen bú shì kànjian zhè diàn yǔ ma . wǒ shízaì gàosu nǐmen , jiānglái zaì zhèlǐ , méiyǒu yī kuaì shítou liú zaì shítou shang bú beì chāihuǐ de .

3 Yēsū zaì Gǎnlǎnshān shang zuò zhe , méntǔ ànàn de lái shuō , qǐng gàosu wǒmen , shénme shíhou yǒu zhèxie shì . nǐ jiànglín hé shìjiè de mòliǎo , yǒu shénme yùzhào ne .

4 Yēsū huídá shuō , nǐmen yào jǐnshèn , miǎndé yǒu rén míhuò nǐmen .

5 Yīnwei jiānglái yǒu hǎoxiē rén mào wǒde míng lái , shuō , wǒ shì Jīdū , bìngqiĕ yào míhuò xǔduō rén .