Matthew 24:28 - Wherever the corpse may be (1st century historical fulfillment?)
Matthew 24:28 (1st century historical fulfillment?)
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Matthew 24:28: "Wherever the corpse may-be, there the eagles will-be-gathered."
The same Greek words that are used in the different passages will be CAPITALIZED.
Eagles?
It is written in Matthew 24:28: "Wherever the corpse may-be, there the EAGLES will-be-gathered".
In the 1st century, EAGLES would not have been in a separate family from the vultures, as both would have been recognized as carrion eaters that quickly descended upon corpses.
One of the curse for disobedience in the Law of Moses was that the LORD would bring upon Israel another nation like an EAGLE: "the LORD will bring upon you a nation from afar, from (the) end of the earth, like (the) violent rush of an EAGLE, a nation whose voice you will not hear" (Deuteronomy 28:49).
1st century events
The 1st century historian Josephus recorded that in the 1st century during the Jewish War, another nation than Israel, the Romans, was surrounding the inhabitants of Jerusalem, leaving its inhabitants to die from famine, which had for consequence many dead bodies (corpses) in it.
The 1st century historian Josephus wrote in "The Wars of the Jews":
War 6:369 (6.7.2): "Nor was there any place in the city that had no dead bodies in it, but what was entirely covered with those that were killed either by the famine or the rebellion; and all was full of the dead bodies of such as had perished, either by that sedition or by that famine."
The 1st century historian Josephus recorded that when the Romans were gathering around the inhabitants of Jerusalem, they also had ensigns of an EAGLE which Roman soldiers carried on flags and often painted on their shields.
The 1st century historian Josephus wrote in "The Wars of the Jews":
War 3:123 (3.6.2): "Then came the ensigns encompassing the eagle, which is at the head of every Roman legion, the king, and the strongest of all birds, which seems to them a signal of dominion, and an omen that they shall conquer all against whom they march;"
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