What does Matthew 24:35 mean?

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Matthew 24:35, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Matthew 24:33-37

  1. 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
  2. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
  3. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
  4. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
  5. 37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

24:35 Jesus’ words are as sure as God’s own (see 5:18; Isa 40:8; 55:11; 59:21).

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About the book of Matthew

Author
anonymous; early church tradition credits the apostle Matthew
When
c. AD 60 to 80
Period
Vida de Jesus, c. 5 a.C. a 33 d.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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