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Matthew's account of the Olivet Discourse

Compare:

Luke 17:29-32 (context: the end of the age and the return of Christ): 

"On the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 

On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back. Remember Lot's wife!" 

Below is what Luke 17:22-26 & 31, 36-27 records Jesus as saying in the context of talking about the end of the age and His return (compared with what Matthew recorded Jesus saying in the Temple and on the Mount of Olives):
 
Luke 11 (before arriving in Jerusalem)

Big tithes and no mercy

  42 But woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over judgment and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to leave the other undone.
  43 Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets.
  44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like unseen tombs and the men walking above are not aware of them.
  45 And one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, Master, you reproach us also when you say this.
  46 And He said, Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens grievous to be carried, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.





Tombs of the prophets 

Luke 11 (before arriving in Jerusalem)

  47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
  48 Truly you bear witness that you consent to the deeds of your fathers. For they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.
  49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute,
  50 so that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
  51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple. Truly I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.

  52 Woe to you, lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and you have hindered those who were entering in.








Weeping over Jerusalem

Luke 13 (before arriving in Jerusalem)

  34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!
  35 Look, your house is forsaken! And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'"


Luke 17:24 (before arriving in Jerusalem):

  24 For as the lightning comes out of the east and shines even to the west, so also will be the coming of the Son of man.







Luke 17:25-32:
But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 

  Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even so it shall be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.



  In that day he who shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise, he who is in the field, let him not return to the things behind. Remember Lot's wife.
Matthew 23 (in the temple in Jerusalem)

Big tithes and no mercy

  23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and you have left undone the weightier matters of the Law, judgment, mercy, and faith. You ought to have done these and not to leave the other undone.
  24 Blind guides who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
  25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess.
  26 Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.
  27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
  28 Even so you also appear righteous to men outwardly, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Tombs of the prophets

Matthew 23 (in the temple in Jerusalem)

  29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
  30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
  31 Therefore you are witnesses to yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets;
  32 and you fill up the measure of your fathers.
  33 Serpents! Offspring of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 

  34 Therefore, behold, I send prophets and wise men and scribes to you. And you will kill and crucify some of them. And some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city;
  35 so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
  36 Truly I say to you, All these things shall come on this generation.

Weeping over Jerusalem

Matthew 23 (in the temple in Jerusalem)

  37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!
  38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate.
  39 For I say to you, You shall not see Me from now on until you say, "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord."

Matthew 24:27 (Mount of Olives, Jerusalem):

  27 For as the lightning comes out of the east and shines even to the west, so also will be the coming of the Son of man.

Matthew 24:14:
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Matthew 24:9-13 & 15-18:
 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 

  Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place (whoever reads, let him understand).
  Then let those in Judea flee into the mountains.

  Let him on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house;
  nor let him in the field turn back to take his clothes. (cf. Luke 17:31)

Matthew 24:3-31:

Location: On the Mount of Olives:

And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, "Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the age?"

Birth-pain signs: 

And Jesus answered and said unto them, "Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows [odin G5604 - (like) birth-pains]."

Tribulation of the saints: 

"Then (at the time of the end) shall they deliver you up to tribulation [thlipsis], and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 

But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 

Therefore when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place [hagios topos] (whoso readeth, let him understand), then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: 

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 

For then shall be great tribulation [megas thlipsis], such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened."

False Messiahs and false prophets:

"Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. 

Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning comes out of the east, and shines even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For where ever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

Return of Christ:

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.


End-of-the-age
birth-pain signs


Luke 21:8-11 & 25-28



Mark 13:5-8
Matthew 24:4-8

Tribulation/persecution
of the disciples of Jesus		BEFORE
the birth-pain signs:
Luke 21:12-19
FOLLOWING 
the birth-pain signs:
Mark 13:9-23
Matthew 24:9-28
Armies gathering
against Jerusalem
given as the sign that the disciples of Jesus should flee Judea		BEFORE
the birth-pain signs:
Luke 21:20-24
No mention in Matthew
No mention in Mark
Abomination of Desolation
in
the holy place

(whoso readeth, let him understand)

given as the sign that the disciples of Jesus should flee Judea

No mention in Luke
FOLLOWING
 the birth-pain signs:
Mark 13:14
Matthew 24:15

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