1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Matthew 24:1 | And *Jesus being come out of the temple went away. And his disciples came to shew him the buildings of the temple. Mark 13:1.; Luke 21:5. | about the year A.D. 33. After the fatigues of preaching and teaching, Jesus towards evening left the temple, as it is in the Greek, eporeueto apo tou ierou, and went towards Mount Olivet, where he was accustomed to spend his nights, as we learn from St. Luke (Luke 21:37.) (Jansenius) --- His disciples came to shew him the buildings, not moved by curiosity, for they had seen them frequently before, but by pity; because he had on a former occasion, and only just before in Jerusalem, threatened the destruction of the temple and city, hoping that the splendour and magnificence of so fine a structure, consecrated to God, might alter his determination, as St. Hilary observes. But the anger of God, provoked by sins, is not to be appeased with stones and buildings. He therefore answered them: (Jansenius) |