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Contemporary English Version

Matthew 24:33

So when you see all these things happening, you will know that the time has almost come.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jesus Continued;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Jehovah);   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ;   Exposition of the Scriptures;   Expounds, Christ;   Teacher, Divine;   Words of Christ;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   Discerning;   End of the World;   Knowledge;   Redemption;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ, the Prophet;   Parables;   Second Coming of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Prophecy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prophet, Christ as;   Watchfulness;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jews;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cain (1);   James;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Matthew, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   Judgment;   Kingdom of God;   Olives, Mount of;   Text of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abomination of Desolation ;   Authority of Christ;   Coming Again;   Door;   Fig-Tree ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judah, the Kingdom of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Jerusalem;   Matthew;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Doors;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eschatology of the New Testament;   James, Epistle of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for September 6;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the same way, when you see all these things, recognize
King James Version (1611)
So likewise yee, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is neere, euen at the doores.
King James Version
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
English Standard Version
So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
New American Standard Bible
so you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.
New Century Version
In the same way, when you see all these things happening, you will know that the time is near, ready to come.
Amplified Bible
so you, too, when you see all these things [taking place], know for certain that He is near, right at the door.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.
Legacy Standard Bible
so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.
Berean Standard Bible
So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.
Complete Jewish Bible
In the same way, when you see all these things, you are to know that the time is near, right at the door.
Darby Translation
Thus also *ye*, when ye see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors.
Easy-to-Read Version
In the same way, when you see all these things happening, you will know that the time is very near, already present.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So likewise ye, when ye see all these things, know yt the kingdom of God is nere, eue at ye doores.
George Lamsa Translation
So even you, when you see all these things, know that it has arrived at the door.
Good News Translation
In the same way, when you see all these things, you will know that the time is near, ready to begin.
Lexham English Bible
So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, at the door.
Literal Translation
so also you, when you see all these things, know that it is near at the doors.
American Standard Version
even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at the doors.
Bible in Basic English
Even so, when you see all these things, you may be certain that he is near, even at the doors.
Hebrew Names Version
Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
International Standard Version
In the same way, when you see all these things, you will know that he is near, right at the door.James 5:9;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
So also, when all these are seen, you know that it cometh to the door.
Murdock Translation
So also ye, when ye perceive all these things, know ye, that he is nigh, [fn] at the door.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So lykewyse ye, when ye see all these thynges, be ye sure that it is neare, euen at the doores.
English Revised Version
even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at the doors.
World English Bible
Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
So likewise when ye see all these things, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
Weymouth's New Testament
So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He is near--at your very door.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
`so and ye whanne ye seen alle these thingis, wite ye that it is nyy, in the yatis.
Update Bible Version
even so you also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, [even] at the doors.
Webster's Bible Translation
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even at] the doors.
New English Translation
So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, right at the door.
New King James Version
So you also, when you see all these things, know that it [fn] is near--at the doors!
New Living Translation
In the same way, when you see all these things, you can know his return is very near, right at the door.
New Life Bible
In the same way, when you see all these things happen, you know the Son of Man is near, even at the door.
New Revised Standard
So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, ye also, when ye shall see all these things, observe ye, that, near, he is, at the doors.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that it is nigh, even at the doors.
Revised Standard Version
So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
So lyke wyse ye when ye see all these thynges be ye sure that it is neare even at the dores.
Young's Literal Translation
so also ye, when ye may see all these, ye know that it is nigh -- at the doors.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So likewyse ye, whan ye se all thynges, be ye sure, that it is nye euen at the dores
Mace New Testament (1729)
in like manner, when ye shall see all these things happen, know that he is come to your very doors.
Simplified Cowboy Version
When you see all these things I told you start happenin', you'll know that I am approachin'.

Contextual Overview

32 Learn a lesson from a fig tree. When its branches sprout and start putting out leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So when you see all these things happening, you will know that the time has almost come. 34 I can promise you that some of the people of this generation will still be alive when all this happens. 35 The sky and the earth won't last forever, but my words will. 36 No one knows the day or hour. The angels in heaven don't know, and the Son himself doesn't know. Only the Father knows. 37 When the Son of Man appears, things will be just as they were when Noah lived. 38 People were eating, drinking, and getting married right up to the day that the flood came and Noah went into the big boat. 39 They didn't know anything was happening until the flood came and swept them all away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man appears. 40 Two men will be in the same field, but only one will be taken. The other will be left. 41 Two women will be together grinding grain, but only one will be taken. The other will be left.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: Matthew 24:3

know: Ezekiel 7:2-14, Hebrews 10:37, James 5:9, 1 Peter 4:7

it: or, he

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 30:3 - the day is Mark 13:28 - General Luke 12:56 - ye can Hebrews 10:25 - as ye

Cross-References

Genesis 24:3
in the name of the Lord , who rules heaven and earth, that you won't choose a wife for my son Isaac from the people here in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 24:5
But the servant asked, "What if the young woman I choose refuses to leave home and come here with me? Should I send Isaac there to look for a wife?"
Genesis 24:8
If the woman refuses to come along, you don't have to keep this promise. But don't ever take my son back there."
Genesis 24:31
Then Laban said, "The Lord has brought you safely here. Come home with me. There's no need for you to keep on standing outside. I have a room ready for you in our house, and there's also a place for your camels."
Genesis 24:34
The servant explained: I am Abraham's servant.
Job 23:12
and I have always treasured his teachings.
Proverbs 22:29

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If you do your job well, you will work for a ruler and never be a slave.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Work hard at whatever you do. You will soon go to the world of the dead, where no one works or thinks or reasons or knows anything.
John 4:14
But no one who drinks the water I give will ever be thirsty again. The water I give is like a flowing fountain that gives eternal life."
1 Timothy 6:2
If any of you slaves have owners who are followers, you should show them respect. After all, they are also followers of Christ, and he loves them. So you should serve and help them the best you can. These are the things you must teach and tell the people to do.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,.... That are mentioned above, relating to the signs of the destruction of the temple and city, and the destruction itself, with all those several things that should directly take place upon it; this is an accommodation of the above parable, similitude, or comparison:

know that it is near, even at the doors; meaning, either that "he is near", as the Ethiopic version reads it, the son of man is near, even at the doors; or as the Vulgate Latin renders it, "in the gates", or "doors", and so does Munster's Hebrew Gospel; and signifies, that he was already come; for to be in the doors, or within the gates, is more than to be at the doors, or at the gates: and thus the fig tree putting forth its leaves, is a sign that summer is not only nigh, but is already come, even that part of it we call spring; for the Scripture divides the whole year only into two parts, summer and winter; so these calamities and desolations on the Jews, were a sign that the son of man was come, was in the gates, displaying his power and his glory: or the redemption and deliverance of the people of God was at hand, from the persecutions of the Jews; for till the destruction of Jerusalem, the persecutions of the Christians were chiefly from the Jews, or occasioned by them; but now, they being destroyed, the summer of deliverance was at hand: or else the kingdom of God, or a more enlarged state of the Gospel dispensation was near; the winter of the legal dispensation was over, the spring of the Gospel dispensation was come, through the preaching of John the Baptist, Christ and his apostles; and now the summer of it was at hand, through the general spread of it, all over the Gentile world. So the second coming of Christ, will be a summer of joy and comfort to the saints: Christ will appear most lovely and amiable to them, he will be glorified by them, and admired in them; great grace will be brought unto them, and great glory will be put upon them; they will then enjoy full redemption and salvation: the winter of sorrows, afflictions, and persecutions, and of coldness, darkness, and desertion, will be over; the sun shall no more go down, nor the moon withdraw itself, but the Lord will be the everlasting light of his people.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So likewise ye ... - In the same manner, when you see what I have predicted the “signs” around Jerusalem - then know that its destruction is at hand,

Is near - Luke says Luke 21:28, “your redemption draweth nigh, and Luke 21:31 the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.” Your deliverance from the dangers that threaten the city approaches, and the kingdom of God will be set up in the earth; or your everlasting redemption from sin and death will come at the day of judgment, and his eternal kingdom will be established in the heavens.


 
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