And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
Ver. 13. And it shall turn to you, &c.] While the valour of the martyrs and the savageness of the persecutors strove together, till both, exceeding nature and belief, bred wonder and astonishment in beholders and hearers.
Verse Luke 21:13. _IT SHALL TURN TO YOU FOR A TESTIMONY._] That is, it shall turn out on your part for a testimony _to them_ (your persecutors) that you are thoroughly persuaded of the truth of what y...
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...
TURN. turn out. FOR. Greek. _eis._ App-101. A TESTIMONY. Compare Philippians 1:1, Php 1:28. 2 Thessalonians 1:8....
_for a testimony_ See Mark 13:9. "In nothing terrified by your adversaries, which is to them _an evident token of perdition_, but _to you of salvation,"_Philippians 1:28. "A manifest token of the righ...
SIGNS OF THE END...
ΕἸΣ ΜΑΡΤΎΡΙΟΝ. See Mark 13:9; Philippians 1:28; 2 Thessalonians 1:5....
Ver 12. But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. 13....
ΆΠΟΒΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΒΑΊΝΩ (G576) оборачиваться, с _dat._ преймущества. "Это обернется для вас (возможностью) для свидетельства" (RWP; N01land)....
IT SHALL TURN, &C.— See the note on Matthew 10:18....
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Sufferings at the Destruction of Jerusalem Scripture_ Luke 21:10-19 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; 11 and there shall be...
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...
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...
IT SHALL TURN TO YOU FOR A TESTIMONY. — There are but two writers in the New Testament who use the verb (literally, _to come out_) in this figurative sense. St. Luke is one, and the other is St. Paul,...
(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...
_Signs earlier still_ (Matthew 24:9-14; Mark 13:9-13)....
ἀποβήσεται, it will turn out; as in Philippians 1:19. ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον, for a testimony to you = to your credit or honour; = εἰς μαρτυρίου δόξαν, Theophy. So also Bleek. J. Weiss (Meyer), following...
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...
And it shall turn to you for (c) a testimony. (c) This will be the result of your troubles and afflictions: they will be witnesses both before God and man of the treacherous and cruel dealing of your...
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
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...
_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...
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:...
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...
AND IT SHALL TURN TO YOU FOR A TESTIMONY. By this means they would have an opportunity of leaving their testimony for Christ before kings and rulers; and what they should meet with from them, would be...
_It shall turn to you for a testimony_ The persecutions which you suffer shall become a glorious proof both of your innocence and of their guilt in rejecting the gospel. _Settle it, therefore, in your...
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...
TURN TO YOU FOR A TESTIMONY; it shall give you the opportunity of bearing testimony to my gospel before kings and rulers. This will be a testimony in your behalf of your faithfulness, and against them...
AND IT SHALL TURN TO YOU FOR A TESTIMONY....
Earlier signs:...
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...
That is, your persecution shall TURN TO YOU FOR A TESTIMONY: for a testimony against your adversaries; so as they themselves shall be brought by your confession of me to own me as the true Messiah; an...
Luke 21:13 But G1161 out G576 (G5695) you G5213 as G1519 testimony G3142 Php_1:28;...
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...
“It will turn out to you for a testimony.” But none of these things should disturb them, for it will result in their being able to testify before men concerning Him. It will be a part of their overall...
THE COMING MINISTRY OF THE APOSTLES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES (21:12-19). Meanwhile, while all these things are going on, the Apostles and those who follow them must be involved in testimony to the world,...
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...
Luke 21:13. IT SHALL TURN TO YOU, FOR A TESTIMONY, _i.e.,_ of your faithfulness, giving you an opportunity to testify for the Lord, and ‘against them' (Mark 13:9)....
Luke 21:12-19. PERSECUTION PREDICTED. See on Matthew 24:9-14; Mark 13:9-13. Luke's account shows great independence in this paragraph....
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...
IT SHALL TURN UNTO YOU (αποβησετα υμιν). Future middle of αποβαινω. It will come off, turn out for you (dative of advantage).FOR A TESTIMONY (εις μαρτυριον). To their loyalty to Christ. Besides,...
Luke 21:13 The Testimony of Life. The power and the will to sacrifice self is, after all, the grandest assurance of immortality. The things most essential to the being are those which we set about pr...
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 21:5 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...
1 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:4; 2 Thessalonians 1:5; Philippians 1:28...
It shall turn [α π ο β η σ ε τ α ι]. Lit., turn out; issue....
It shall turn to you for a testimony — Of your having delivered your own souls, and of their being without excuse....