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MATTHEW 24:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 24:1Matt 24:3
“And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”
But he answered them: you see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down. The prediction of the temple's total destruction — not one stone upon another — is the historical prophecy that the Olivet Discourse will elaborate. The prophecy was fulfilled in 70 AD when the Roman general Titus destroyed the temple and left the foundation stones bare. The disciples' question in verse 3 reveals that they connected the temple's destruction with the end of the age.

Church Fathers on Matthew 24:2

Christ, when He had foretold all that should come upon Jerusalem, 'went forth out of the temple,' He, who while He was in it, had upheld the temple that it should not fall. And so each man, being the temple of God by reason of the Spirit of God dwelling in him, is himself the cause of his being deserted, that Christ should depart from him. It is worthy of note how they 'shew Him the buildings of the temple,' as though He had never seen them. We reply, that when Christ had…

Origen · 3rd century

The historical sense is clear, that in the forty-second year after the Lord’s passion, the city and temple were overthrown under the Roman Emperors Vespasian and Titus.

Rabanus Maurus · 9th century

So it was ordained of God, that as soon as the light of grace was revealed, the temple with its ceremonies should be taken out of the way, lest any weakling in the faith, beholding all the things instituted of the Lord and hallowed by the Prophets yet abiding, might be gradually drawn away from the purity of the faith to a carnal Judaism.

Remigius · 9th century
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