What verses in the Bible indicate that Apostles expected Christ to come back very soon?
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As was noted, I don't think there are many. Rev 1:1 comes to mind and "shortly." Another one might be,
1 Cor 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; 30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; 31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
The problem is whether these things are to be understood spiritually as did the early church fathers, or as earthly historical events, which is the preference of many modern scholars. To see how the church fathers handled terms like "this generation" (Mat 24:34, Mark 13:30-31, Luke 21:32-33) check the Catena Aurea.
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