Matthew 24:35

35 Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

Matthew 24:35 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth shall pass away
This is either an assertion, which will be true at the end of time; not as to the substance of the heavens and earth, which will always remain, but as to the qualities of them, which will be altered: they will be renewed and refined, but not destroyed; the bad qualities, or evil circumstances, which attend them through the sin of man, will be removed and pass away, but they themselves will continue in being: or is a comparative expression, and the sense is, that the heavens and the earth, and the ordinances thereof, than which nothing can be more firm and strong, being fixed and supported by God himself, shall sooner pass away, than anything asserted and predicted by Christ shall: but my words shall not pass away;
be vain and empty, and unaccomplished; which is true of anything, and everything spoken by Christ; and especially here regards all that he had said concerning the calamities that should befall the Jews, before, at, or upon the destruction of their nation, city, and temple; and the design of the expression, is to show the certainty, unalterableness, and sure accomplishment of these things; see ( Jeremiah 31:36 ) .

Matthew 24:35 In-Context

33 So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He is near--at your very door.

34 I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.

35 Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.

36 "But as to that day and the exact time no one knows--not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

37 `For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming of the Son of Man.