Mateus 23

Mateus 23

Hendriksen - Between Abel and Zechariah ever so many other righteous men had been murdered in cold blood. And even while Jesus was saying this, Israel, by and large, had not repented. In fact, as is clear from Luke 11:53, 54, while Jesus was saying these things the hearts of the scribes and the Pharisees were filled with wrath, vengeance, murder, the murder of the very One who was addressing them! Looking again at this entire passage (Lk 11:49–51), one can hardly fail to be impressed by the marvelous manner in which the divine decree and human responsibility are intertwined here, each receiving its due. Cf. Luke 22:22; Acts 2:23. (Borrow Exposition of the Gospel According to Luke) Matthew 23:36 “Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. KJV Matthew 23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. BGT Matthew 23:36 ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἥξει ταῦτα πάντα ἐπὶ τὴν γενεὰν ταύτην. NET Matthew 23:36 I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things! CSB Matthew 23:36 I assure you: All these things will come on this generation! ESV Matthew 23:36 Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. NIV Matthew 23:36 I tell you the truth, all this will come upon this generation. NLT Matthew 23:36 I tell you the truth, this judgment will fall on this very generation. YLT Matthew 23:36 verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. MIT Matthew 23:36 I assure you that responsibility for all these actions will devolve to this generation. NJB Matthew 23:36 In truth I tell you, it will all recoil on this generation. NRS Matthew 23:36 Truly I tell you, all this will come upon this generation. Mt 24:34 Eze 12:21-28 Mk 13:30,31 Lu 21:32,33 THIS GENERATION'S RECKONING Truly (amen) I say to you - This is in a sense Jesus' divine signature “Amen, I say to you…” signifying not speculation, but prophetic finality. You can "take it to the bank!" Jesus gives a solemn, authoritative introduction Jesus uses to emphasize the certainty of what He’s about to say. Truly I say to you - 76 VERSES - ALL FROM JESUS - Matt. 5:18; Matt. 5:26; Matt. 6:2; Matt. 6:5; Matt. 6:16; Matt. 8:10; Matt. 10:15; Matt. 10:23; Matt. 10:42; Matt. 11:11; Matt. 13:17; Matt. 16:28; Matt. 17:20; Matt. 18:3; Matt. 18:13; Matt. 18:18; Matt. 19:23; Matt. 19:28; Matt. 21:21; Matt. 21:31; Matt. 23:36; Matt. 24:2; Matt. 24:34; Matt. 24:47; Matt. 25:12; Matt. 25:40; Matt. 25:45; Matt. 26:13; Matt. 26:21; Matt. 26:34; Mk. 3:28; Mk. 8:12; Mk. 9:1; Mk. 9:41; Mk. 10:15; Mk. 10:29; Mk. 11:23; Mk. 12:43; Mk. 13:30; Mk. 14:9; Mk. 14:18; Mk. 14:25; Mk. 14:30; Lk. 4:24; Lk. 12:37; Lk. 12:44; Lk. 18:17; Lk. 18:29; Lk. 21:3; Lk. 21:32; Lk. 23:43; Jn. 1:51; Jn. 3:3; Jn. 3:5; Jn. 3:11; Jn. 5:19; Jn. 5:24; Jn. 5:25; Jn. 6:26; Jn. 6:32; Jn. 6:47; Jn. 6:53; Jn. 8:34; Jn. 8:51; Jn. 8:58; Jn. 10:1; Jn. 10:7; Jn. 12:24; Jn. 13:16; Jn. 13:20; Jn. 13:21; Jn. 13:38; Jn. 14:12; Jn. 16:20; Jn. 16:23; Jn. 21:18 All these things will come upon this generation (genea) - This should prompt a question "all what things?" He is speaking of judgment and notice the immediate context when He laments for Jerusalem. Within one generation the Temple will be destroyed, Jerusalem sacked and 100's of thousands of Jews (see Josephus below) would perish at the hands of the Romans led by General Titus in 70 AD. Jesus had just pronounced a finality to His dealing with Israel. Stu Weber: Jesus finished the seventh and most sobering woe with his pronouncement of judgment. I tell you the truth assured the listeners of the validity of his prediction. All this included the persecutions and the judgment for them. This generation (cf. Matt. 11:16; 13:39,45; 16:4) should be taken quite literally in this case, since judgment on Israel did come in the form of the A.D. 70 devastation. Israel had broken covenant with Yahweh as completely in the first century as in any previous century, by murdering the greatest prophet, the Messiah, God's Son. As in centuries before, punishment would certainly come. This generation of false religionists living in the time of Christ would inherit all the guilt of their forefathers (cf. Jer. 16:10-13). Jesus had just pronounced a finality to His dealing with Israel. He had determined that judgment for all the unfaithfulness of the nation through the centuries (Abel to Zechariah) would fall upon “this generation.” He was about to announce that your house is left to you desolate—a statement that shocked the disciples. Jesus would deal with their questions and this impending future judgment in Matthew 24-25. (See Holman New Testament Commentary - Matthew) Josephus wrote that “The number of those that perished during the siege was 1,100,000, the greater part of whom were indeed of the same nation [Jews], but not belonging to the city itself.” (The Jewish War 6.9.3) Many of the dead were pilgrims who had come to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover and became trapped inside the city when the Roman siege began. In addition to the 1.1 million killed, Josephus states that: 97,000 were taken captive. Thousands were sold into slavery, forced into gladiatorial combat, or dispersed. Some think that Josephus’ figures are likely exaggerated, and modern estimates typically range from 300,000 to 600,000 deaths, but still reflect the catastrophic scale of the devastation. If you would like more discussion of the things that have come upon the Jews since Jesus' day, John