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Luke 21:9
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified; for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified; for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
Verse Luke 21:9. _COMMOTIONS_] Seditions and civil dissensions, with which no people were more agitated than the Jews....
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)...
When some were speaking about the Temple, how it was adorned with lovely stones and offerings, Jesus said, "As for these things at which you are looking--days will come in which not one stone here wil...
COMMOTIONS. unrest. Occurs only here, and 1 Corinthians 14:33; 2 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 12:20; James 3:16.
_wars and commotions_ The best comment on the _primary_fulfilment of this Discourse is the _Jewish War_of Josephus, and the Annals and History of Tacitus (_Ann._xii. 38, xv. 22, xvi. 13), whose narrat...
ΠΟΛΈΜΟΥΣ ΚΑῚ�. The best comment on the _primary_ fulfilment of this Discourse is the _Jewish War_ of Josephus, and the _Annals_ and _History_ of Tacitus (_Ann._ XII. 38, xv. 22, xvi. 13), whose narrat...
SIGNS OF THE END...
VER 9. BUT WHEN YOU SHALL HEAR OF WARS AND COMMOTIONS, BE NOT TERRIFIED: FOR THESE THINGS MUST FIRST COME TO PASS, BUT THE END IS NOT BY AND BY. 10. THEN SAID HE TO THEM, NATION SHALL RISE AGAINST NAT...
ΆΚΟΎΣΗΤΕ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. _Conj._ с ΌΤΑΝ (G3752) в indef. _temp. прид._ ΠΌΛΕΜΟΣ (G4171) вооруженный конфликт, война, битва, столкновение (BAGD). ΑΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΊΑ (G181) беспокойс...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Preliminary Signs of Destruction (Luke 21:5-19) 5And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, 6As for these things which...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Prediction of the Destruction of Jerusalem Scripture_ Luke 21:5-9 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and offerings, he said, 6 As for these t...
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...
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....
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...
NOT BY AND BY] i.e. not at once. 13. Testimony] It shall be an opportunity for you to bear witness to Me....
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...
(7-19) MASTER, BUT WHEN SHALL THESE THINGS BE? — See Notes on Matthew 24:3; Mark 13:3. St. Luke omits the Mount of Olives as being the scene of the question and the prophecy, and the names of the ques...
COMMOTIONS. — The word does not occur in the other Gospels, but is used by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 14:33 (“confusion”), 2 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 12:20 (“tumults”). Its exact meaning is...
_Signs prelusive of the end_ (Matthew 24:4-8; Mark 13:5-11). βλέπετε, etc., take heed that ye be not _deceived_. This the keynote not to tell when, but to protect disciples from delusions and terrors....
ἀκαταστασίας, unsettled conditions, for ἀκοὰς πολέμων in Mt. and Mk., and perhaps intended as an explanation of that vague phrase. Hahn refers to the French Revolution and the Socialist movement of th...
DAYS THAT TRY MEN'S SOULS Luke 21:5-19 When we ask speculative questions, the Master bids us take heed to _ourselves._ His predictions in this passage were literally fulfilled in the events which cul...
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...
(3) But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end [is] not by and by. (3) The true temple of God is built up even in the midst...
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
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 Signs which are not such._ “ _But He said, Take heed that ye be not deceived; for many shall come in my name, saying, I am he, and the time draweth near. Go ye not therefore after them._ 9. _And...
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...
And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. But when ye shall hear of wars and commo...
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...
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...
BUT WHEN YE SHALL HEAR OF WARS AND COMMOTIONS,.... Or seditions and tumults; "wars" may design the wars of the Romans, against the Jews; and the "commotions", or seditions, the internal troubles among...
But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end _is_ not by and by. Ver. 9. See Matthew 24:6, &c....
_They asked him, When shall these things be_, &c. All the particulars in these verses are noticed and explained, Matthew 24:3, and Mark 13:3....
Destruction of Jerusalem. Matthew 24:1-22. For the principles on which this prophecy is to be interpreted, and the double reference contained in it to the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the w...
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...
Ver. 9-11. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 24:6", SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 24:7", and SEE POOLE ON "MARK 13:8". Time is the best interpreter of prophecies: what shall be seen of these before the end of the world w...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV "Wars," I observe, "and kingdom against kingdom, and nation against nation, and pestilence, and famines, and earthquakes, and fearful sights, and great signs from he...
Luke 21:9 But G1161 when G3752 hear G191 (G5661) wars G4171 and G2532 commotions G181 not G3361 terrified...
THE COMING DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE (21:5-24). The destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD is now for us a simple fact of history of which today many are unaware, and most see it as almost a...
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...
VIOLENT POLITICAL EVENTS AND NATURAL CATASTROPHES WILL NOT BE SIGNS OF THE COMING DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE, NOR OF THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN (21:8-11). Despite the warning of these verses each suc...
“And when you shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified, for these things must necessarily come about first, but the end is not immediately.” He then emphasises that as well as messiahs and del...
Luke 21:8-11. THE OPENING WARNING. See on Matthew 24:4-8; Mark 13:5-8. The varia tions are slight: AND THE TIME (_i.e.,_ of the kingdom) IS AT HAND ...
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...
BE NOT TERRIFIED (μη πτοηθητε). First aorist passive subjunctive with μη from πτοεω an old verb to terrify, from πτοα, terror. In the N.T. only here and Luke 24:37.FIRST (Πρωτον). It is so easy to...
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 21:7 WHEN WILL THESE THINGS BE, AND WHAT WILL BE THE SIGN? See notes on Matt. 24:3; Mark 13:4....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 21:5 Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem (vv. Luke 21:5) and the coming of the Son of Man (vv....
JESUS TELLS ABOUT THE FUTURE MATTHEW 24:1-28; MARK 13:1-23; LUKE 21:5-24; MATTHEW 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple
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...
Isaiah 51:12; Isaiah 51:13; Isaiah 8:12; Jeremiah 4:19; Jeremiah 4:20
Commotions [α κ α τ α σ τ α σ ι α ς]. From aj, not, and kaqisthmi, to establish. Hence disestablishments; unsettlements. Rev., tumults. Be not terrified [μ η π τ ο η θ η τ ε]. Only here and ch. 24 37...
Commotions — Intestine broils; civil wars....