The Skeptics Annotated Bible (763 page)

35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

(23.35) “Upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias.” Jesus blames the Jews (who were then living) for “all the righteous blood” from Abel to Zecharias, whom he mistakenly calls “the son of Barachias” (see 2 Chr 24.20)
266 Who was Zechariah's father?
35 Has there ever been a righteous person?

36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

(23.36) “All these things shall come upon this generation.” Jesus predicts the end of the world within the lifetime of his listeners.

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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

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.

(24.3-51) The end of the world will be signaled by wars, famines, disease, and earthquakes (6-7). And that's just “the beginning of sorrows” (8). Next believers will be hated and killed by unbelievers (9), believers will hate and betray each other (10), false prophets will fool people (11), iniquity will abound and love wax cold (12). But hey, if you make through all that, you'll be saved (13).

Only one more thing will happen before the end comes: the gospel will be preached throughout the world (14). Well, that and the abomination of desolations will stand in the holy place (15), many false Christs and false prophets will show great signs and wonders (24), the sun and moon will be darkened and the stars will fall (29), the sign of the son of Man will appear in the sky, everyone on earth will mourn, and then, finally, the great and powerful son of Man will come in all his glory (30).

Oh, and all these things will happen within the lifespan of Jesus' contemporaries (34).

Or maybe not. Jesus was talking about things he knew nothing about (36). (See Mark 13.32.)

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?

(24.3) “Tell us … what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?”

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

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

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.

(24.6) “Wars and rumours of wars”

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

(24.7) “Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes.”

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

(24.8) “These are the beginning of sorrows.”

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.

(24.9) “Then shall they … kill you: and ye shall be hated.”

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

(24.10) “Then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.”

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

(24.11) “Many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.”

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

(24.12) “Iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.”

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

(24.13) “He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”