The Meaning of Matthew 24:33 Explained

Matthew 24:33

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

YLT: so also ye, when ye may see all these, ye know that it is nigh -- at the doors.

Darby: Thus also ye, when ye see all these things, know that it is near, at the doors.

ASV: even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at the doors.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So  likewise  ye,  when  ye shall see  all  these things,  know  {5720} that  it is  near,  [even] at  the doors. 

What does Matthew 24:33 Mean?

Context Summary

Matthew 24:29-39 - Words That Must Be Fulfilled
The preceding portion of this prophecy is by all interpreters applied to the destruction of Jerusalem. But on the portion that follows there is a considerable division of opinion.
Perhaps it is wisest, between Matthew 24:28-29, to interpolate the Christian centuries during which the gospel is being preached to the Gentiles, according to Romans 11:25, (but that whole chapter should be considered). Just as one who looks across a mountainous country may count the successive ranks of sierras or ranges, but does not record the valleys that lie between, so our Lord, who speaks as the last of the Hebrew prophets, does not stop to notice the story of the Church, but confines Himself to the events which are specially Hebrew.
Probably the present age will be ushered out by scenes not unlike those of the preceding one; and immediately afterward the Lord will set up His reign, and there shall be a new heaven and a new earth. The Advent will be sudden, Matthew 24:36; and will find men unprepared, Matthew 24:38. The Jewish people will exist as a people till then, Matthew 24:34. [source]

Chapter Summary: Matthew 24

1  Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;
3  what and how great calamities shall be before it;
29  the signs of his coming to judgment
36  And because that day and hour are unknown,
42  we ought to watch like good servants, expecting our Master's coming

What do the individual words in Matthew 24:33 mean?

Thus also you when you see all these things know that near He is at [the] doors
οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ὅταν ἴδητε πάντα ταῦτα γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐστιν ἐπὶ θύραις

οὕτως  Thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: οὕτως  
Sense: in this manner, thus, so.
καὶ  also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: καί  
Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but.
ἴδητε  you  see 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 2nd Person Plural
Root: εἶδον 
Sense: to see with the eyes.
ταῦτα  these  things 
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Plural
Root: οὗτος  
Sense: this.
γινώσκετε  know 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural
Root: γινώσκω  
Sense: to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel.
ὅτι  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: ὅτι  
Sense: that, because, since.
ἐγγύς  near 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ἐγγύς  
Sense: near, of place and position.
ἐστιν  He  is 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.
ἐπὶ  at 
Parse: Preposition
Root: ἐπί  
Sense: upon, on, at, by, before.
θύραις  [the]  doors 
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Plural
Root: θύρα  
Sense: a door.

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