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Mat 24:14.[1039] Τοῦτο τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον τῆς Βασιλείας, THIS Gospel of the Kingdom) sc. which Jesus preached.-ἥξει, shall come) The verb ἥκειν does not signify merely to approach, but to arrive, nay, actually to be present.[1040]-τὸ τέλος, the end) spoken of in the following verses, on which account we find οὖν, therefore, in the next verse. Before that end, Peter, Paul, and others alluded to in Mat 24:9, had concluded their apostolate.
[1039] κηρυχθήσεται) This was accomplished before the destruction of Jerusalem. Col 1:23.-V. g.
[1040] ἔρχομαι denotes progress to, or arrival at, a place; ἥκω, that the progress has been effected, and the arrival taken place; so that ἥκω must be rendered, not I come, but I am come.-(I. B.)