Witnessing Until Time End of the Age in Matt 24:3 & 13 – 14

Yahshua was giving his disciples “signs אות of your coming בואך and signs ואות the end קץ the age העולם” Matt 24:3.

The Hebrew עולם (Strong’s H5769) that means ‘time out of mind’ past or future is translated ‘age’ in NASB and NIV, which aligns with the meaning of the Hebrew. It is translated ‘world’ in KJV and NLT, which misleads people to believe that the prophecies in Matt 24 will be fulfilled at the end of the world. [Notice that the Hebrew תבל (Strong’s H8398) that means ‘world’ is found in Matt 24:14 below!]

Yahshua said in Matt 24:13 – 14 “The adhering to והמחכה witness until עד time עת end קץ self הוא will be saved יושע. And you will call out ותקרא in proclamation of בשורת the kingdom המלכות these things הזאת in world בתבל all כלה for witnesses לעדות to all לכל the nations הגוים and after ואחר will come יבוא the end הקץ.”

Similarly, Yahshua said in Mat 10:22 “You will be הייתם hated שנואים by all לכל Adam אדם for sake of למען my name שמי and the one והמחכה witness until עד time עת end קץ themself הוא will be saved יושע.”

The Hebrew עד (Strong’s H5707) means ‘witness’, that includes an element of continuousness, ‘as far as, even to, up to, until, while’ H5704 (1260 occurrences). Both of these meanings, ‘witness until’, fit the context of Matt 24:13. 

Witnessing includes the actions of observing to know the truth, and attesting to it, but is translated ‘endure’ in KJV, ‘perseveres’ in Berean Standard Bible, which are passive.

The Hebrew עת (Strong’s H6258) that means ‘time, now’ is not translated in Matt 24:13, which tells us that Yahshua is referring to the Apostles generation.

As Yahshua stated in In Matt 24: 34 – 35 “Truly אמן say אמר I אני to you לכם, that כי not לא will go beyond יעבר the generation הדור this הזה until עד leader אשר will be them יהיו all כל toward god אלה. The heavens השמים and the earth והארץ will cross over יעברו, and my words ודברי not לא will cross over יעברון.

The Hebrew עבר means ‘pass over, through, by, pass on’ (Strong’s H5674), or ‘beyond, across’ (Strong’s H5676), is translated ‘pass, pass away’ in Matt 24:34 & 35, making it sound like that generation would ‘pass away’, and the heavens and the earth ‘pass away’.

We are not absolved of responsibility to be witnesses because we were not there to hear Yahshua’s words and see his miracles! We must be like the Berean’s who in Acts 17:11 “received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true”. We must hear the word, understand it, to bear fruit thirty, sixty, even a hundred-fold, as Yahshua explained in the parable of the sower in Matt 13:18 – 23.