Matthew 24:35
You can be certain that these things that I have told you about will happen. You can be more certain of that than you can be certain that the earth and sky [LIT] will continue to exist.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 23:19God is not a human being. Humans lie, but God never lies. He never changes his mind/thoughts, as humans do. Whatever he has said that he will do, he does.
Psalms 89:34I will not break the agreement that I made with him; I will not change even one word that I spoke to him.
Proverbs 30:5Everything that God has said is true; he is like a shield [MET] for all those who request him to protect them.
Isaiah 40:8The grass withers and the flowers dry up, but what our God promises will last forever.”
Isaiah 54:10Even if the mountains and hills shake and collapse, I will not stop faithfully loving you, and I will not cancel my agreement to cause things to go well for you. That is what I, Yahweh, who act mercifully, say.
Jeremiah 31:35Yahweh is the one who causes the sun to give light during the day, and who causes the moon and the stars to give light during the night. He stirs up the seas, with the result that waves roar. His name is the Commander of the armies of angels, and this is what he says:
Matthew Henry on Matthew 24:33-51
Parable of the Fig-Tree; Awful Predictions; The Duty of Watchfulness; The Good and Evil Steward. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth… Read the whole commentary →