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Luke 21:28
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
The account of the destruction of Jerusalem contained in this chapter has been fully considered in the notes at Matthew 24. All that will be necessary here will be an explanation of a few words that d...
CHAPTER 21 _ 1. The Widow's Mite. (Luke 21:1)_ 2. The Destruction of the Temple Predicted. (Luke 21:5) 3. The Disciple's Question Concerning the Future. (Luke 21:7) 4. Things to Come. ...
THE ESCHATOLOGICAL DISCOURSE (Mark 13*, Matthew 24*). Lk. follows Mk., though with certain modifications and amplifications. In Mt., Mk. is blended with Q, but Lk. has already used the Q material in c...
THE PRECIOUS GIFT (Luke 21:1-4)...
And there will be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on earth the nations will be in distress and will not know what to do in the roaring of the sea and of the wave, while men's hearts will swoon...
LOOK UP. Greek. _anakupto. watching_ with outstretched neck. Occurs only here, Luke 13:11, and John 8:7; John 8:10. FOR. because. REDEMPTION. deliverance from the tribulation. See...
28. Hope for the Faithful. 28. _look up_ The -earnest expectation" (_apokaradokia_-watching with outstretched neck") of the creature, Romans 8:19; Romans 8:23. This verb _anakuptein_only occurs in Luk...
28. HOPE FOR THE FAITHFUL 28. ἈΝΑΚΎΨΑΤΕ. The ‘earnest expectation’ (ἀποκαραδοκία—‘watching with outstretched neck’) of the creature, Romans 8:19; Romans 8:23. This verb ἀνακύπτειν only occurs in Luke...
Ver 28. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws nigh. 29. And he spoke to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 3...
ΆΡΧΟΜΈΝΩΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΆΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G757) начинать, с _inf. Gen. abs._ ΓΊΝΕΣΘΑΙ _praes. med. (dep.) inf., см._ Luke 21:7. ΑΝΑΚΎΨΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΑΝΑΚΎΠΤΩ (G352) стоять...
THEN LOOK UP,— "Look upwards, and lift up your heads with joy and assurance; for as soon as you see the first appearance of these sights, you may comfortably conclude that your redemption draweth nigh...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Instruction About The Destruction of Jerusalem Scripture_ Luke 21:28-32 But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption dr...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Precise Signs of Destruction (Luke 21:20-32) 20But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. 21Then let those who are in J...
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, Far the exposition, see the notes at Mark 13:1....
8-7 Compare Mat_24:1-3; Mar_13:1-4; Mic_3:12. 6 The present interval being an absolute secret, we must banish it from our view entirely when considering the prophetic forecast here given. It is contai...
GREAT PROPHECY OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND THE SECOND ADVENT (Matthew 24:1; Mark 13:1). See on Mt. St. Luke distinguishes these two events more clearly than the other evangelists (Luke 21:24). He als...
THE WIDOW'S MITE. PROPHECY OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND THE SECOND ADVENT 1-4. The widow's mite (Mark 12:41). See on Mk....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 21 THE WIDOW’S *OFFERING 21:1-4 V1 Jesus looked up and watched the rich men. They dropped their money into the boxes in the *Temple. V2 He also saw a...
LOOK UP. — The Greek word, literally, _bend up,_ or _turn up,_ meets us here and in Luke 13:11, and nowhere else in the New Testament, except in the doubtful passage of John 8:7; John 8:10. REDEMPTION...
(25-33) AND THERE SHALL BE SIGNS IN THE SUN. — See Notes on Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24, where the “signs” are defined as the “sun being darkened, and the moon not giving her light.” DISTRESS OF NATIONS...
_Signs of the advent_ (Matthew 24:29-31; Mark 13:24-27)....
THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN IN GLORY Luke 21:20-28 This paragraph clearly has its first reference to the fall of Jerusalem, which took place a.d. 70. The directions given by our Lord were of the gre...
Here we have another illustration of the fact that nothing could escape the Master's vigilance. Of the gifts being cast into the treasury He was the true Appraiser. He saw the widow as she cast in her...
CHAPTER 20 COMING OF THE LORD Matthew 24; Matthew 25; Mark 13; Luke 21. It is now in the afternoon, on Wednesday, preceding the arrest of our Savior about midnight the ensuin
It might be thought that after this saying relative to the Parousia (Luke 21:26-27), which is strictly speaking a digression, Jesus returns to the principal topic of this discourse, the destruction of...
2. _The Discourse: Luke 21:8-36_. The four points treated by Jesus are: 1 _st._ The apparent signs, which must not be mistaken for true signs (Luke 21:8-19); 2 _d._ The true sign, and the destruction...
THIRD CYCLE: THE PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, LUKE 21:5-38. This piece contains a question put by the disciples (Luke 21:5-7), the discourse of Jesus in answer to their question (Luke 21:...
_The Application._ “ _When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh._ 29. _And He spake to them a parable: Behold the fig-tree, and al...
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
_REDEMPTION_ ‘And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.’ Luke 21:28 Redemption dawns, as order out of chaos, and rides tri...
Luke 21:28._And when these things begin to take place. _Luke expresses more clearly the consolation by which Christ animates the minds of his followers; for, though this sentence contains nothing diff...
The Lord's discourse in chapter 21 displays the character of the Gospel in a peculiar manner. The spirit of grace, in contrast with the Judaic spirit, is seen in the account of the poor widow's offeri...
AND WHEN THESE THINGS BEGIN TO COME TO PASS,.... When the first of these signs appears, or any one of them: THEN LOOK UP AND LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; be cheerful and pleasant; do not hang down your heads...
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. Ver. 28. _Look up_] You that shall then be found alive shall soon be caught up, 1...
_Then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud_ They shall see the accomplishment of what Daniel foretold, by the figurative expression of, “the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven;” for...
Signs of Christ's coming-parable of the fig-tree. For the exposition of these verses and their twofold reference, see notes on Matthew 24:29-35....
THE WIDOW'S TWO MITES (vs.1-4) The first four verses are a continuation of the sublect of Chapter 20. If the scribes had no regard for widows, God takes full account of them. Rich men may donate larg...
5-28 With much curiosity those about Christ ask as to the time when the great desolation should be. He answers with clearness and fulness, as far as was necessary to teach them their duty; for all kn...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 21:27...
Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments For the Lord says, "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."[154]...
Luke 21:28 Now G1161 things G5130 begin G756 (G5734) happen G1096 (G5738) up G352 (G5657) and...
PROPHECY CONCERNING THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE, THE SCATTERING OF THE JEWS, AND THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN (21:5-36). This passage connects with the last in that the disciples begin to discuss th...
“But when these things begin to come about, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” So the final consequence of the sufferings and tragedies of the ages will be the comin...
Luke 21:28. BUT WHEN THESE THINGS, _1e,,_ those spoken of in Luke 21:25-26, since the coming of the Son of man (Luke 21:27) would be instantaneous. BEGIN TO COME TO PASS. This suggests their continua...
Luke 21:25-33. THE SIGNS OF THE COMING OF THE END. See on the paragraph in general, the notes on Matthew 24:29-35; Mark 13:24-31. The only variations are in the signs mentioned in...
The discourse of our Lord about the last times, is here connected most closely with the prediction of the destruction of the temple (Luke 21:5-6). There is no allusion to the mount of Olives, where, a...
LOOK UP (ανακυψατε). First aorist active imperative of ανακυπτω, to raise up. Here of the soul as in John 8:7; John 8:10, but in Luke 13:11 of the body. These the only N.T. examples of this common...
REDEMPTION (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:24). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 8:19). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 8:23). _...
Luke 21:1. And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that...
CONTENTS: The widow's mite. Discourse on the course of the age and return of the Lord. CHARACTERS: Jesus, widow, disciples. CONCLUSION: As the time draws near when the Kingdom of God shall be fully e...
Luke 21:5. _Some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts._ This conversation occurred as they were going out of the temple. Mark 13:1. On mount Olivet the Lord delivered t...
WHEN WILL THIS BE? This parallels _Matthew 24._ See notes on each section at the reference in _Matthew 18_. BUT NOT A SINGLE HAIR FROM YOUR HEADS WILL BE LOST. Every Christian escaped from Jerusalem b...
_Master, but when shall these things be?_ JUDAISM OVERTHROWN I. THE MASTER’S WARNING CONCERNING FALSE CHRISTS. 1. Many will assume the daring _role. _ (1) Some saying, “I am Christ.” (2) Others s...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 21:25 SIGNS IN SUN AND MOON AND STARS and THE POWERS OF THE HEAVENS WILL BE SHAKEN describes great changes in the skies (see note on Matt. 24:29)....
JESUS TELLS ABOUT HIS RETURN MATTHEW 24:29-35; MARK 13:24-31; LUKE 21:25-33; MATTHEW 24:29 Immediately after the tribulatio
CHAPTER 21 VER. 18. _But there shall not an hair of your head perish._ "Because," says S. Gregory, "what was said about death was hard, comfort is added at once, from the joy of the resurrection, when...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 21:7. AND THEY ASKED HIM.—St. Mark tells us (Luke 13:3) that the questioners were the apostles Peter, John, James and Andrew. The discourse that follows is related by the two fir...
EXPOSITION LUKE 21:1 _The_ _widow_'_s mite. _We find this little sketch only here and in St. Mark (Mark 12:41). The Master was sitting—resting, probably, after the effort of the great denunciation of...
And he looked up, and he saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites (Luke 21:1-2). A mite was one-sixteenth of a penny. I...
Ephesians 1:14; Ephesians 4:30; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 25:9
Look up. See on ch. Luke 13:11. Graphic, as implying being previously bowed down with sorrow. Redemption [α π ο λ υ τ ρ ω σ ι ς]. See on lettest depart, ch. 2 29....
Now when these things — Mentioned Luke 21:8, Luke 21:10, &c, begin to come to pass, look up with firm faith, and lift up your heads with joy: for your redemption out of many troubles draweth nigh, by...