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Matthew 24:28

Matthew 24:28
For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Immediately after the tribulation of those days,.... That is, immediately after the distress the Jews would be in through the siege of Jerusalem, and the calamities attending it; just upon the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Wheresoever ... - The words in this verse are proverbial. Vultures and eagles easily ascertain where dead bodies are, and hasten to devour them. So with the Roman army. Jerusalem is like a dead and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

wheresoever the carcase is The spiritual perception will discern when the Lord comes and where, by a subtle sense like that by which the vulture is cognisant of his distant prey.

Another…

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