Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 21:11
Fearful sights and signs from heaven — Of which Josephus gives a circumstantial account.
Fearful sights and signs from heaven — Of which Josephus gives a circumstantial account.
LUKE 21:11 kai. avpV ouvranou/ shmei/a mega,la e;stai {C} Amid the variety of readings that have very little internal probability to commend one above another, the Committee was content to follow th...
Verse Luke 21:11. _FEARFUL SIGHTS_] What these were the reader will find in detail on Matthew 24:7....
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...
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...
THE PRECIOUS GIFT (Luke 21:1-4)...
IN DIVERS. Greek. _kata._ App-104. FAMINES, AND PESTILENCES. Greek. _limoi kai loimoi._ Figure of speech _Paronomasia (App-6),_ for emphasis, like Eng. "dearths and deaths". fearful sights. things th...
_earthquakes_ Tac. _Hist._I. 2. For such physical portents at great crises see Thuc. i. 23; Tac. _Ann._xii. 43, 64, _Hist._i. 56; Liv. xliii. 13, &c. _famines_ Acts 11:28. The original gives the comm...
ΣΕΙΣΜΟΊ. Tac. _Hist._ I. 2. For such physical portents at great crises see Thuc. I. 23; Tac. _Ann_. XII. 43, 64, _Hist._ I. 56; Liv. XLIII. 13, &c. ΛΙΜΟΊ. Acts 11:28. The original gives the common _pa...
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...
ΣΕΙΣΜΌΣ (G4578) землетрясение, ΚΑΤΆ ΤΌΠΟΥΣ (G2596; G5117) везде, в разных местах, дистрибутивное использование предлога ΛΙΜΌΣ (G3042) голод, ΛΟΙΜΌΣ (G3061) чума, язва, болезнь. О медицинском использ...
FEARFUL SIGHTS, &C.— Josephus, in his relation of the signs and prodigies which preceded the taking of Jerusalem, mentions that a star hung over the city like a sword, and [an appearance like] a comet...
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...
FAMINES AND PESTILENCES. — The mention of the latter is, as far as the best MSS. are concerned, a feature peculiar to St. Luke. Others, however, give the same combination in Matthew 24:7. The Greek no...
(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...
καὶ κατὰ τόπους : the καὶ thus placed ([172] [173] [174]) dissociates κ. τ. from σεισμοί and connects it with λοιμοὶ καὶ λιμοὶ : not earthquakes, but pestilences and famines here, there, everywhere. λ...
_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....
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...
Terrors from heaven. Josephus, in his history of this war, in which Jerusalem was destroyed by Titus, (lib. vii. chap. 12) relates, at length, many of the prodigies which were the forerunners of the d...
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 GREAT EARTHQUAKES SHALL BE IN DIVERS PLACES, AND FAMINES AND PESTILENCES,.... Matthew 24:7. AND FEARFUL SIGHTS; or "terrible things"; whether heard, or seen, as dreadful thunderings, and lightnin...
_Fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven_ Of these, Josephus has given us a particular account, _Bell., Luke 7:12_. “There was a comet in the form of a fiery sword, which for a year...
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...
FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS SHALL THERE BE; these words had their primary fulfilment in the fearful appearances which were seen previous to the destruction of Jerusalem, and which are particularly...
Tokens of the end:...
AND GREAT EARTHQUAKES SHALL BE IN DIVERS PLACES, AND FAMINES, AND PESTILENCES; AND FEARFUL SIGHTS AND GREAT SIGNS SHALL THERE BE FROM HEAVEN. It is a characteristic of prophecy that there is rarely an...
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 21:9...
Revelation of Saint John the Theologian And I said: Lord, when shall these things come to pass? and what do those times bring? And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John.[4]...
Luke 21:11 And G5037 be G2071 (G5704) great G3173 earthquakes G4578 in G2596 places G5117 and G2532 famines...
“And there will be great earthquakes, and in many and various places famines and pestilences, and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.” And along with wars will come natural events, grea...
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...
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...
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...
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...
FAMINES AND PESTILENCES (λοιμο κα λιμο). Play on the two words pronounced just alike in the _Koine_ (itacism).AND TERRORS (φοβηθρα τε). The use of τε... τε in this verse groups the two kinds of w...
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...
Luke 21:25; Matthew 24:29; Matthew 24:30...
Earthquakes. See on Matthew 13:8. Famines and pestilences [λ ι μ ο ι κ α ι λ ο ι μ ο ι]. Some texts reverse the order of the words. A paronomasia or combination of like - sounding words : limoi, loim...