And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
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Gill's Exposition
And saying, the time is fulfilled,.... Either that which was fixed for the end of the law and prophets, the legal and Mosaic dispensation, and the Jewish church state; or the fulness of time for the…
Barnes' Notes
The time is fulfilled - That is, the time for the appearance of the Messiah, the time so long foretold, has come. “The kingdom of God is at hand.” See the notes at Mat 3:2. Repent ye - Exercise sorrow…
Adam Clarke
The time is fulfilled - That is, the time appointed for sending the Messiah; and particularly the time specified by Daniel, Dan 9:24-27. Here are four points worthy of deep attention, in the preaching…
Here is, I. A general account of Christ's preaching in Galilee. John gives an account of his preaching in Judea, before this (ch. 2 and 3), which the other evangelists had omitted, who chiefly relate…
Cambridge Bible
The time, i. e. the great fore-ordained and predicted time of the Messiah.
the kingdom of God or as it is called in St Matthew the Kingdom of the Heavens(comp. Dan 2:44; Dan 7:13-14; Dan 7:27),…
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