Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Matthew: Chapter 24].
false reports that he had predicted the immediate second coming
of Christ. {But the end is not yet} (\all' oup• estin to telos\).
It is curious how people overlook these words of Jesus and
proceed to set dates for the immediate end. That happened during
the Great War and it has happened since.
24:8 {The beginning of travail} (\arch• odin•n\). The word means
birth-pangs and the Jews used the very phrase for the sufferings
of the Messiah which were to come before the coming of the
Messiah (Book of Jubilees, 23:18; Apoc. of Baruch 27-29). But the
word occurs with no idea of birth as the pains of death (Ps
18:5; Ac 2:24). These woes, says Jesus, are not a proof of the
end, but of the beginning.
24:9 {Ye shall be hated} (\esesthe misoumenoi\). Periphrastic
future passive to emphasize the continuous process of the linear
action. For tribulation (\thlipsin\ see 13:21), a word common
in the Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypse for the oppression
(pressure) that the Christians received. {For my name's sake}
(\dia to onoma mou\). The most glorious name in the world today,
but soon to be a byword of shame (Ac 5:41). The disciples would
count it an honour to be dishonoured for the Name's sake.
24:11 {False prophets} (\pseudoproph•tai\). Jesus had warned
against them in the Sermon on the Mount (7:15). They are still
coming.
24:12 {Shall wax cold} (\psug•setai\). Second future passive
indicative from \psuch•\. To breathe cool by blowing, to grow
cold, "spiritual energy blighted or chilled by a malign or
poisonous wind" (Vincent). {The love of many} (\h• agap• t•n
poll•n\). Love of the brotherhood gives way to mutual hatred and
suspicion.
24:14 {Shall be preached} (\keruchth•setai\). Heralded in all the
inhabited world. \En hol•i t•i oikoumen•i\ supply \g•i\. It is
not here said that all will be saved nor must this language be
given too literal and detailed an application to every
individual.
24:15 {The abomination of desolation} (\to bdelugma t•s
erem•se•s\). An allusion to Da 9:27; 11:31; 12:11. Antiochus
Epiphanes erected an altar to Zeus on the altar of Jehovah
(1Macc. 1:54,59; 6:7; 2Macc. 6:1-5). The desolation in the mind
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