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馬太福音第24章
1耶穌出了聖殿，正走的時候，門徒進前來，把殿宇指給他看。
2耶穌對他們說：「你們不是看見這殿宇嗎？我實在告訴你們，將來在這裡沒有一塊石頭留在石頭上，不被拆毀了。」
James Tissot – The Prophecy of the Destruction of the Temple (La prédication de la ruine du Temple)(1886~96)(Public Domain, Brooklyn Museum)
3耶穌在橄欖山上坐著，門徒暗暗地來說：「請告訴我們，甚麼時候有這些事？你降臨和世界的末了有甚麼預兆呢？」
4耶穌回答說：「你們要謹慎，免得有人迷惑你們。
5因為將來有好些人冒我的名來，說：『我是基督』，並且要迷惑許多人。
Luca Signorelli’s 1501 depiction of the face of antichrist, from the Orvieto Cathedral(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Herrad von Landsberg – Antichrist (left, shown with attributes of a king)(1180)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Antichrist – a fresco from Osogovo Monastery, Republic of Macedonia(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. by Edal Anton Lefterov, Wikimedia Commons)
Lucas Cranach d. Ä. – The Antichrist(1521)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Dürer, Albrecht – The Antichrist(1498)Stultifera navis (Ship of Fools) by Sebastian Brant, published by Johann Bergmann in Basel(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Kondratii Selivanov, (ru:Кондратий Селиванов) founder of Skoptsy-movement, Drawing from early 19th cantury(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
6你們也要聽見打仗和打仗的風聲，總不要驚慌；因為這些事是必須有的，只是末期還沒有到。
7民要攻打民，國要攻打國；多處必有饑荒、地震。
David Roberts – The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70(1850)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard – Saladin à Jérusalem(1830~50)Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, Brittany, France(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)
Jan Matejko – The Battle of Grunwald(1878)National Museum in Warsaw(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Elizabeth Thompson Lady Butler – Scotland Forever!(1881)Leeds Art Gallery, UK(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Chinese Civil War. Military Museum(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication photo by Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China, Wikimedia Commons)
The Famine in India: Natives Waiting for Relief at Bangalore (original caption). Scan of image from The Illustrated London News (no artist given), Saturday, October 20, 1877.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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James Mathony – The scene at Skibbereen, west Cork, in 1847. From a series of illustrations by Cork artist James Mahony (1810–1879), commissioned by Illustrated London News 1847.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – Nebuchadnezzar camp outside Jerusalem. Famine in the city(1372)Petrus Comestor’s “Bible Historiale” (manuscript “Den Haag, MMW, 10 B 23”)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Carlo Ademollo – Dopo il terremoto / After the Earthquake(c.1900)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
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Tetsugoro Yorozu – 地震の印象 / Impression of the Earthquake(1924)Iwate Museum of Art, Japan(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Luigi Mayer – “Ancient bath near the fountain of the Paliki” (Painting from 1810, propably destroyed in an earthquake later)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
8這都是災難（災難：原文是生產之難）的起頭。
9那時，人要把你們陷在患難裡，也要殺害你們；你們又要為我的名被萬民恨惡。
10那時，必有許多人跌倒，也要彼此陷害，彼此恨惡；
Carl Theodor von Piloty – Nero Views the Burning of Rome(c.1861)(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)
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Bird, Frederic Mayer; Harrison, Benjamin – he story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times(1893)(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Caravaggio – Crucifixion of St. Peter(1600)Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
William Holman Hunt – A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids(1850)Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Japanese artist, unknown – Christian Martyrs Of Nagasaki, is known as “元和大殉教図” in Japan.(17th century)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Wolfgang Kilian (Kupferstecher) – Die Märtyrer von Nagasaki(1628)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
John Joseph Kilpin Fletcher – Illustration of Christian martyrs burned at the stake by Ranavalona I in Madagascar(1900)The sign of the cross in Madagascar.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous – An 1858 illustration from the French newspaper, Le Monde Illustré, of the torture and execution of a French missionary in China by slow slicing (lingchi).(1858)Le Monde illustré, 27 février 1858,(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – ST. STEPHEN IS STONED TO DEATH.(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – CRUCIFIXION OF ST ANDREW 32(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – ST. SEBASTIAN SHOT WITH ARROWS.(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – MARTYRDOM OF RICHARD WOODMAN AND OTHERS. AT LEWES.(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – RAWLINS WHITE KNEELING AT THE STAKE(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – KERBY SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE IN REPLY TO DR RUGHAM 404(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – SAUNDERS WIFE AND CHILD VISIT HIM IN PRISON 428(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – CHRISTIAN MARTYRS GIVEN TO THE LIONS IN THE COLOSSEUM AT ROME(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – THE CITY OF BEZIERES TAKEN AND THE PEOPLE SLAIN I90(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – THE TURKS. LED BY MOHAMMED II . TAKE CONSTANTINOPLE 228(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – THE SHERIFF TELLS MRS. LEWIS SHE HAS BUT ONE HOUR TO LIVE. 546(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – ROWLAND TAYLOR PARTS FROM HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN. 448(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – STRANGLED IN A SPANISH PRISON 252(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – PERPETUA AND FELICITAS GORED BY A BULL IN THE ARENA(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – EULALIA GIVEN TO THE SOLDIERS. Il6(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – THE BURNING OP JOHN HUSS. 27O(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – Emperor Valerian persecuted the Christians for more thanthree years.(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – WALDENSES TAKE REFUGE IN A CAVE AND ARE SMOTHERED TO DEATH 184(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – THOMAS HAWKES KEEPS HIS PROMISE TO HIS FRIENDS 468(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – CRANMERS DEATH:—THIS UNWORTHY RIGHT HAND. 508(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – NEROS TORCHES 40(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – BURNING OF ELEVEN MEN AND TWO WOMEN. The Thirteen Martyrs of Stratford-le-Bow in 1556.(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – ZOE IS CRUELLY PUT TO DEATH FOR REFUSING TO WORSHIP MARS 98(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – TERRIBLE PERSECUTION OP THE CHRISTIANS BY THE KING OF PERSIA 134(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – PALMERS MOTHER TURNS HIM FROM HER DOOR. 5 18(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – JOHN PHILPOT IN NEWGATE PRISON. 490(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – EXECUTION OF SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE. 332(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – MASSACRE OF HUGUENOTS AT PARIS ON THE EVE OF ST BARTHOLOMEW 292(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – AN AUTO DE FE IN SPAIN: THE CONDEMNED GOING TO THE STAKE 256(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – JEROME OF PRAGUE IN THE STOCKS. 274(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – IRENE BURNED AT THESSALONICA 120(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – WALDENSES DROWNED AT VENICE(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – JOHN NOYES ARRESTED AT THE DOOR OF HIS HOUSE. 552(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – THE ARREST AT THE SARACENS HEAD. 560(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – ST. ALBAN REFUSES TO KNEEL TO THE STATUE OF JUPITER. 102(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – TORTURES OF THE INQUISITION:— THE ROPE AND PULLEY. 238(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – THE MEN OP ROSA ROLL DOWN STONES UPON THEIR ENEMIES. 212(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – SEVERUS IS SCOURGED FOR REFUSING TO WORSHIP VENUS. 142(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – MARTYRDOM OF ST. LAWRENCE 88(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – EDMUND TYRREL AND ROSE ALLEN. 54(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – THE PERSIANS TAKE ANTIOCH AND CRUELLY TORTURE THE CHRISTIANS.(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – BISHOP BONIFACE IS SLAIN BY BARBARIANS. I70(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – SIMSON REFUSES TO TELL THE NAMES OF HIS FRIENDS. 564(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – JOHN FETTY AND HIS SON IN THE LOLLARDS TOWER. 570(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – TORTURES OF THE INQUISITION:-THE RACK. 244(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – RICHARD YEOMAN AND JOHN DALE ON THE WAY TO BURY. 582(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – SIXTY HUGUENOTS SLAIN IN A CHURCH AT VASSY. 302(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – DEATH OP COUNT SIMON OP MONTFORT. 202(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – THE PRINCE OP WALES TRIES TO SAVE BADBY PROM THE FIRE. 330(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – BURNING OF CICELY ORMBS, AT NORWICH. 53(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – MARCUS IS HUNG IN A TREE AND STUNG TO DEATH BY WASPS (1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – THOMAS HINSHAW MALTREATED AT FULHAM. 576(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – CRANMERS CONFESSION 506(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – BURNING TYNDALES TESTAMENTS AT ST PAULS. LONDON. 356(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – RIDLEY AND LATIMER ARE BURNED AT OXFORD 486(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – WILLIAM TYNDALE, TRANSLATOR OP THE ENGLISH BIBLE. IS STRANGLED 364(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – JOHN LAMBERTS TRIAL BEFORE KING HENRY VIII. 372(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
Foxe, John – TELEMACHUS SEPARATES THE GLADIATORS AND LOSES HIS OWN LIFE. 158(1907)Foxe’s Christian martyrs of the world; the story of the advance of Christianity from Bible times to latest periods of persecution(no known copyright restrictions, Wikimedia Commons)
11且有好些假先知起來，迷惑多人。
Hans Leonhard Schäufelein – Christ Warning the Disciples of False Prophets, from Das Plenarium(1517)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City(Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication, Wikimedia Commons)
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Keppler, Udo J. – A wolf from Wolfert’s Roost(1904)Library of Congress(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Francis Barlow – The wolf in sheep’s clothing(1687)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Anonymous, England – Douce Apocalypse – Bodleian Ms180 – p.052 false prophet causes men to be marked(c.1265-70)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
12只因不法的事增多，許多人的愛心才漸漸冷淡了。
13惟有忍耐到底的，必然得救。
14這天國的福音要傳遍天下，對萬民作見證，然後末期才來到。」
A medical missionary attending to a sick African. Oil painting by Harold Copping (1863-1932)Wellcome Images(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license., Wikimedia Commons)
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馬偕行腳(before 1901)國立臺灣大學數位人文研究中心(Public Domain, 探索台灣歷史數位學習知識網)
Kircher, Athanasius – 利瑪竇與徐光啟 Matteo Ricci and Paul Xu Guangqi From La Chine d’Athanase Kirchere de la Compagnie de Jesus: illustre de plusieurs monuments tant sacres que profanes, Amsterdam, 1670. Plate facing p. 201.(Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license., Wikimedia Commons)
Tyndale, Walter Frederick Roofe – 方濟·沙勿略在鹿兒島登陸 The Landing of St. Francis Xavier at Kagoshima(before 1943)Jesuit missionary; Provenance: Private Collection / Peter Newark Pictures.(Public Domain, PBS LearningMedia)
Vatican – 103 Korean martyrs (St. Andrew Kim, First Korean Catholic priest)金大建神父與103位殉道者(Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license., Wikimedia Commons)
Frederic H. Sawyer – The Datto Manib, principal Bagani of the Bagobos, with some wives and followers and two missionaries (c. 1900, Philippines)1900年兩位傳教士在菲律賓(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
Nar Singh – Mughal Emperor Akbar (r. 1556-1605) holds a religious assembly in the Ibadat Khana (House of Worship) in Fatehpur Sikri; the two men dressed in black are the Jesuit missionaries Rodolfo Acquaviva and Francisco Henriques. 蒙兀兒皇帝阿克巴在法塔赫布爾西格里的伊巴達特卡納（宗教場所）舉行宗教集會。 穿著黑衣服的兩個男人是耶穌會傳教士Rodolfo Acquaviva和Francisco Henriques(1605)(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
大災難（ 可 13:14-23 路 21:20-24 ）
15「你們看見先知但以理所說的『那行毀壞可憎的』站在聖地（讀這經的人須要會意）。
16那時，在猶太的，應當逃到山上；
17在房上的，不要下來拿家裡的東西；
18在田裡的，也不要回去取衣裳。
19當那些日子，懷孕的和奶孩子的有禍了。
20你們應當祈求，叫你們逃走的時候，不遇見冬天或是安息日。
21因為那時必有大災難，從世界的起頭直到如今，沒有這樣的災難，後來也必沒有。
22若不減少那日子，凡有血氣的總沒有一個得救的；只是為選民，那日子必減少了。
Mametz Wood – after the autumn advance, ‘the abomination of desolation’.(1916)Imperial War Museums, UK(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
23那時，若有人對你們說：『基督在這裡』，或說：『基督在那裡』，你們不要信！
24因為假基督、假先知將要起來，顯大神蹟、大奇事，倘若能行，連選民也就迷惑了。
25看哪，我預先告訴你們了。
26若有人對你們說：『看哪，基督在曠野裡』，你們不要出去！或說：『看哪，基督在內屋中』，你們不要信！
27閃電從東邊發出，直照到西邊。人子降臨也要這樣。
28屍首在哪裡，鷹也必聚在那裡。」
人子的降臨（ 可 13:24-27 路 21:25-28 ）
29「那些日子的災難一過去，日頭就變黑了，月亮也不放光，眾星要從天上墜落，天勢都要震動。
30那時，人子的兆頭要顯在天上，地上的萬族都要哀哭。他們要看見人子，有能力，有大榮耀，駕著天上的雲降臨。
31他要差遣使者，用號筒的大聲，將他的選民，從四方（方：原文是風），從天這邊到天那邊，都招聚了來。」
Anonymous, Greece – Icon of Second Coming (also used for All Saints Sunday). (c.1700)Private Collection.(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
從無花果樹學個比方（ 可 13:28-31 路 21:29-33 ）
32「你們可以從無花果樹學個比方：當樹枝發嫩長葉的時候，你們就知道夏天近了。
33這樣，你們看見這一切的事，也該知道人子近了，正在門口了。
34我實在告訴你們，這世代還沒有過去，這些事都要成就。
35天地要廢去，我的話卻不能廢去。」
那日那時沒有人知道（ 可 13:32-37 路 17:26-30，34-36 ）
36「但那日子，那時辰，沒有人知道，連天上的使者也不知道，子也不知道，惟獨父知道。
37挪亞的日子怎樣，人子降臨也要怎樣。
38當洪水以前的日子，人照常吃喝嫁娶，直到挪亞進方舟的那日；
39不知不覺洪水來了，把他們全都沖去。人子降臨也要這樣。
40那時，兩個人在田裡，取去一個，撇下一個。
Jan Luyken – The Rapture: One in the Field(1795)Bowyer’s Bible, Bolton, England(Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons)
41兩個女人推磨，取去一個，撇下一個。
James Tissot – The Two Women at the Mill (Les deux femmes au moulin)(1886~96)(Public Domain, Brooklyn Museum)
42所以，你們要警醒，因為不知道你們的主是哪一天來到。
43家主若知道幾更天有賊來，就必警醒，不容人挖透房屋；這是你們所知道的。
44所以，你們也要預備，因為你們想不到的時候，人子就來了。」
Anonymous – Owner of house and thief, Our Lady Queen of Apostles Church, Hamtramck, Michigan, USA(Public Domain, Marysrosaries)
忠心和不忠心的僕人（ 路 12:41-48 ）
45「誰是忠心有見識的僕人，為主人所派，管理家裡的人，按時分糧給他們呢？
46主人來到，看見他這樣行，那僕人就有福了。
47我實在告訴你們，主人要派他管理一切所有的。
48倘若那惡僕心裡說：『我的主人必來得遲』，
49就動手打他的同伴，又和酒醉的人一同吃喝。
50在想不到的日子，不知道的時辰，那僕人的主人要來，
51重重地處治他（或譯：把他腰斬了），定他和假冒為善的人同罪；在那裡必要哀哭切齒了。」