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1: And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. edit

2: And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. edit

3: 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 world? edit

4: And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. edit

5: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. edit

6: 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. edit

7: For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. edit

8: All these are the beginning of sorrows. edit

9: 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. edit

10: And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. edit

11: And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. edit

12: And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. edit

13: But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. edit

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. edit

15: When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) edit

16: Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: edit

17: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: edit

18: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. edit

19: And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! edit

20: But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: edit

21: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. edit

22: And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. edit

23: Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. edit

24: For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. edit

25: Behold, I have told you before. edit

26: 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. edit

27: For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. edit

28: For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. edit

29: 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: edit

30: 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. edit

31: 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. edit

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: edit

33: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. edit

34: Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

Coming Calamities etc - Matt 24:34

1./ The "All Kinds of " interpretation

This interpretation hinges on the word often translated "All" ie PANTA in greek.

If the word "all" is translated as (All kinds of) ie (some of all types) in this verse you get:

I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until PANTA (all kinds of) these things have happened. Matthew 24:34

Proving PANTA can be " All kinds of" in the origonal Greek sometimes.

   Strongs definition of the word "All" ie Greek: PANTA ie PAS    :Strongs number 3956
       1.    used individually
               "each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything"
       2.    used collectively
             .."some of all types" 

so the collective interpretation of PANTA is "some of all types" ie "all kinds of"

Like in the following verses "All" ie PANTA is best translated “all kinds of”. Acts 10:12, 1 Tim 5:10, 1 Tim 6:10, 1 Cor 9:22, 1 Cor 12:6

eg (For the love of money is a root of PANTA [ all kinds of ] evil. 1 Timothy 6:10)

so inserting the above useage of PANTA into this verse

I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all kinds of these things have happened. Matthew 24:34

The above interpretation using "all kinds of " resolves many difficulties.

Note - presumably there is no page division in the origonal text between verse verse 28 and 29. So Jesus was looking at the verses 4 - 32 as a block when he said this generation will certainly not pass away until all kinds of these things have happened. So every single individual event does not have to happen before the generation Jesus talked to passed away. , Nevertheless all types of catastrophes did happen. edit

35: Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. edit

36: But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. edit

37: But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. edit

38: For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, edit

39: And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. edit

40: Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. edit

41: Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. edit

42: Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. edit

43: But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. edit

44: Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. edit

45: Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? edit

46: Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. edit

47: Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. edit

48: But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; edit

49: And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; edit

50: The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, edit

51: And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. edit