2007-04-30 04:19:45 · 6 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In Mt 24:34-36, Mk 13:30, and Lk 21:32 the apostles ask Jesus when the second coming will be. He responds that there will be lots of signs and that
"Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. But of that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone."
The question, of course, is what Jesus meant by 'this generation.' Apparently the word genea ("generation'') was sometimes used as a synonym of genos ("race,'' "stock,'' "nation,'' "people''). Although this meaning for genea was not common, it is documented in other texts around that time period, and so is a possible interpretation. If you'd like a more in-depth discussion of this passage, take a look at this web site: http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/was-jesus-wrong-about-his-second-coming.html .
2007-04-30 05:14:24 · answer #1 · answered by Caritas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said in Mark 13:32 that only the Father knows that time. Jesus gave no dates.
It is clear that we are in the last days, however, since the Holy Spirit has been poured out upon us. Joel 2:28-29
2007-04-30 04:29:23 · answer #2 · answered by me m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In those times when people made a statemeant like He did saying " I tell you none of you here will die before I the Son of Man returns" sometimes meant their descendants. Like when Jacob gave his blessings to his 12 sons. he did not mean all these things would come to pass in their literal life time, but in their descendants. some of the prophesy are just now coming true. There was also a distinct difference in the "Son of Man" and The Son of God" He may have just been referring to his bodily resurrection.
2007-04-30 04:37:38 · answer #3 · answered by Connie D 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-10 15:23:40 · answer #4 · answered by bickley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Jesus did not know himself, when he would return.
He did point out that certain signs would herald his imminent return and that the generation living to see these signs,would also witness his return.
2007-04-30 04:27:56 · answer #5 · answered by bonsai bobby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Jesus, when He was here as man did not know when He would return. That decision was God's.
2007-04-30 04:26:11 · answer #6 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋