John Gill's Exposition on Matthew 24:2

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Jesus said unto them, see ye not all these things? etc.] “These great buildings”, as in Mark; all these goodly stones, so beautiful and large, and so firmly put together: verily, I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down; or broken, as Munster’s Hebrew Gospel reads it: which prediction had a full and remarkable accomplishment; and which is not only attested by Josephus f1353, who relates, that both the city and temple were dug up, and laid level with the ground; but also by other Jewish writers; who tell us f1354 that “on the ninth of Ab, a day prepared for punishments, Turnus Rufus the wicked, lkyhh ta çrj, “ploughed up the temple”, and all round about it, to fulfil what is said, “Zion shall be ploughed as a field”.” Yes, and to fulfil what Christ here says too, that not one stone should be left upon another, which a plough would not admit of.

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