Didn't they go over the cities of Israel?

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According to St. Matthew, Lord Jesus said to Apostles: “But when they persecute you in this city, flee you into another: for truly I say to you, You shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.”(Matthew10:23)

Didn’t they go over the cities of Israel? If yes, Why Christ didn’t come?
 
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According to St. Matthew, Lord Jesus said to Apostles: “But when they persecute you in this city, flee you into another: for truly I say to you, You shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.”(Matthew10:23)

Didn’t they go over the cities of Israel? If yes, Why Christ didn’t come?
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Indeed, a mystery of mysteries. Obviously he was not referring to his second coming.
 
I got the impression from the Gospel and from the letters of St. Paul that the Jews mostly rejected Christianity and persecuted it, that very few of the towns of Israel were evangelized.

Also, I believe Jesus’ prophecy.
 
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According to St. Matthew, Lord Jesus said to Apostles: “But when they persecute you in this city, flee you into another: for truly I say to you, You shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.”(Matthew10:23)

Didn’t they go over the cities of Israel? If yes, Why Christ didn’t come?
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**Matthew 10: 23
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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O javid, Apostles have not gone through all the towns of Israel, they all be killed. I read Peter die in torture also. I have thought it might be our Lord told them when they be persecuted to death. our Lord will come at that time to take them to heaven before they have gone through over the cities of Israel. Think of it: our Redeemer, kind and merciful, And He would not want His apostles to suffer too much to flee all over the cities of Israel. He would come and take them to Heaven.

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Do not think this is sure right, and this just my thoughts and one possibility.
 
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But context shows he is talking about his second coming.
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I presume by “second coming” you mean Jesus’ coming in glory at the end of the world. I find nothing in the context of Mt. 10:23 that indicates Jesus is talking about His final coming at the end of the world. The context I see is Our Lord’s instruction and counsel to the 12 apostles for their first preaching mission alone - without Jesus along.
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Could you please point out which verse/s in Matthew 10 you think show the context is Jesus instructing/talking the apostles about His final coming at the end of the world.

10:5 These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, "Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, 10:6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
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10:16 "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
10:17 Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues,
10:18 and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles.
10:19 When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour;
10:20 for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
10:21 Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;
10:22 and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
10:23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes.
10:24 "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master; 10:25 it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-el’zebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
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11:1 And when Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.
 
I don’t know Greek or Hebrew, but perhaps “Son of Man comes” can be interpreted as God’s justice. That did occur with the destruction of the temple around 70 AD.
 
I think this coming is a reference to him coming in his father’s judgement in A.D. 70 on Jerusalem. Jesus used this language about A.D. 70 several times, and in the olivet discourse he significantly fused them together.
 
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