And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
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Gill's Exposition
But before all these,.... Before all these things come to pass:
they shall lay their hands on you; as the high priest, the priests, and the captain of the temple did upon the apostles, Act 4:1
and…
The account of the destruction of Jerusalem contained in this chapter has been fully considered in the notes at Matt. 24. All that will be necessary here will be an explanation of a few words that did…
Adam Clarke
Fearful sights - What these were the reader will find in detail on Mat 24:7 (note).
See here, I. With what admiration some spoke of the external pomp and magnificence of the temple, and they were some of Christ's own disciples too; and they took notice of it to him how it was adorned…
Cambridge Bible
earthquakes Tac. Hist.I. 2. For such physical portents at great crises see Thuc. i. 23; Tac. Ann.xii. 43, 64, Hist.i. 56; Liv. xliii. 13, &c.
famines Act 11:28. The original gives the common…