Trinity/After Pentecost · The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity
Matthew 24:15-28
Signs of the End of the Age
November 22, 2026
Overview & Insights
“For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world.” (Matthew 24:21)
This passage begins Matthew’s fifth and final discourse containing Jesus’ teaching (chaps. 24–25) and is directed to the disciples. The focus of 24:1–35 is Jesus’ predictions about the temple’s destruction (introduced in 23:37–39). In 24:3 the disciples respond to Jesus’ initial claim of the temple’s fall with a two-pronged question—the first about the time of the temple’s destruction, and the second about the sign of his return at the end of the age. Jesus responds to the first question in 24:3–35, while the latter question is addressed in 24:36–51. Allusions to Daniel 7:13–14, which function here as Jesus’ claim of vindication for his temple predictions (24:30–31), have already been introduced in 10:23 and 16:27–28 and will be reiterated at 26:64 during Jesus’ trial before the high priest.
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Commentary
Enduring Word Bible Commentary Matthew Chapter 24 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik works through the desolating sacrilege, the great tribulation, and the warning about false messiahs.
Matthew 24:15 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic and modern commentary voices on the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet.
Matthew 24 Commentary (Precept Austin) Precept Austin
Detailed verse-by-verse evangelical notes and word studies on the Olivet Discourse.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Matthew Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on Matthew's setting and its eschatological discourse.
BibleProject: Overview of Matthew 14-28 BibleProject
An animated overview of the second half of Matthew, including the Olivet Discourse.
BibleProject: The Day of the Lord BibleProject
A theme video on the biblical day of the Lord that illuminates the apocalyptic imagery of Matthew 24.
Matthew 24:15 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek word-by-word text with parsing for terms like abomination, tribulation, and coming.
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Jesus foretells the abomination of desolation and a great tribulation, warning against false christs; his own coming will be unmistakable, like lightning flashing across the sky (Matthew 24:15–28).
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