Beasly-Murray, G.R.
(On Christ's Coming in Psalm 18; Nature of Christ's Return)
"The Lord of heaven and earth thus comes in all his glory, shaking the world to its foundations, causing the mountains to heave and the ocean floor to be exposed - all for the aid of one sick man! This is a clear expression of the association of the Hebrews' mind when he though of the coming of God to aid his people: the stepping forth of the Creator evokes the trembling of the whole creation." (p. 6)
(On Matthew 10:23)
"Thus, from early times scholars have acknowledged that the saying has to do with the parousia of Jesus. Today the majority of scholars unhesitatingly adopt this viewpoint." (Jesus and the Kingdom of God, p. 286)
(On Mark 13:30 ; Matthew 24:34 ; "Generation Means Race" Theory)
"The meaning of 'this generation' is now generally acknowledged. While in earlier Greek genea meant 'birth,' 'progeny,' and so 'race,' in the sense of those descended from a common ancestor, in the LXX it commonly translates the term dor, meaning 'age,' 'age of man,' or 'generation' in the sense of contemporaries. On the lips of Jesus 'this generation' always signifies the contemporaries of Jesus, but at the same time always carries an implicit criticism. For Mark the eschatological discourse expounds the implication of the prophecy of judgment in verse 2, and so implies the perversity of 'this generation,' which must suffer the doom predicted.
"This generation is not to pass away until 'all these things happen' (tauta panta genetai). The first term, tauta, appeared previously in verse 29: 'When you see these things happening...' A clearer precedent for tauta panta, however, appears in the question of the disciples in verse 4: 'When will all these things be, and what is the sign when all these things will be completed?' The response to the request for a sign has been given, above all in verses 14-15; the question concerning the 'when' is answered in verse 30. In view of Mark's setting of the statement, however, it is difficult to exclude from 'all these things' the description of the parousia in verses 24-27" (pp. 333-334).
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