The times of the Gentiles] i.e. the time of the rejection of Israel, and of Gentile predominance both in the affairs of the world and in the Kingdom of God. The times of the Gentiles will come to an end, when Israel is converted (Romans 11:25).
37, 38. Christ's daily teaching. He lodges at the Mount of Olives (Matthew 21:17; Mark 11:19). See on Mt.
Verse Luke 21:24. _THEY SHALL FALL BY THE EDGE OF THE SWORD_] Those who perished in the siege are reckoned to be not less than _eleven_ _hundred thousand_. See Matthew 24:22. _AND SHALL BE LED AWAY...
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...
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), for emphasis. EDGE. mouth (Genesis 34:26 m.) LED AWAY CAPTIVE. Josephus speaks of 1,100,000 slain and 97,000 taken away to Egyptian mines and e...
_fall by the edge of the sword_ Literally, "_mouth of the sword." Genesis 34:26; Genesis 34:1_,100, Genesis 34 Jews are said to have perished in the war and siege. "It seems as though the whole race h...
ΣΤΌΜΑΤΙ ΜΑΧΑΊΡΗΣ. A Hebraism, though στόμα in the sense of ‘edge’ is also classical (comp. δίστομος). 1,100,000 Jews are said to have perished in the war. “It seems as though the whole race had appoin...
SIGNS OF THE END...
20. And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the mid...
ΠΕΣΟΎΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать. ΑΊΧΜΑΛΩΤΙΣΘΉΣΟΝΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass. от_ ΑΙΧΜΑΛΩΤΊΖΩ (G163) брать в плен, ΈΣΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Luke 21:7. ΠΑΤΟΥΜΈΝΗ _praes. p...
AND THEY SHALL FALL BY THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, &C.— There are three particulars denounced in this verse, and all of them were remarkably fulfilled. I. That they should _fall by the edge of the sword;_...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Jerusalem Surrounded by Armies Scripture_ Luke 21:20-24 But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand. 21 Then let them that are in J...
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...
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...
(20-24) WHEN YE SHALL SEE JERUSALEM COMPASSED WITH ARMIES. — See Notes on Matthew 23:15; Mark 13:14. This is St. Luke’s equivalent, possibly chosen as more intelligible for his Gentile readers, for “t...
AND THEY SHALL FALL BY THE EDGE OF THE SWORD. — There is nothing in the parallel prophecies of the other two Gospels that answers to this special description, and it is possible, as suggested above, t...
_Jerusalem's judgment day_ (Matthew 24:15-21; Mark 13:14-19)....
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...
And they shall fall by the (f) edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. (f...
Whoever reads Josephus's history of the calamities which befall Jerusalem before its destruction, will find none of these terrible menaces unfulfilled. Seventy thousand were carried away captives in t...
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
_The true Sign, and the Catastrophe._ “ _But when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh._ 21. _Then let them which are in Judoea flee to the mount...
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:...
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 THEY SHALL FALL BY THE EDGE OF THE SWORD,.... Or "mouth of the sword", an Hebraism; see the Septuagint in Judges 1:8. The number of those that perished by the famine and sword, were eleven hundred...
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Ver. 2...
_And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations_ The fulfilment of this part of the prophecy, we have _Bell., Luke 7:16_, where Josephus describes the sac...
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...
BY THE EDGE OF THE SWORD; eleven hundred thousand were slain. LED AWAY CAPTIVE; ninety-seven thousand were carried into captivity. TRODDEN DOWN; desolated, oppressed. This has been done successively...
A special prophecy concerning Jerusalem:...
AND THEY SHALL FALL BY THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, AND SHALL BE LED AWAY CAPTIVE INTO ALL NATIONS; AND JERUSALEM SHALL BE TRODDEN DOWN OF THE GENTILES, UNTIL THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES BE FULFILLED. Here is...
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 21:23...
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh For after He had declared that "Jerusalem was to be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles should be fulfilled,"[131]...
Luke 21:24 And G2532 fall G4098 (G5699) edge G4750 sword G3162 and G2532 captive G163 (G5701) into...
“And they will fall by the edge (literally ‘mouth') of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are...
THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE AND THE SCATTERING OF THE JERUSALEMITES (IN THE GREAT TRIBULATION MENTIONED BY MATTHEW) (21:20-24). The only sign that will be given of the events leading u...
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 21:24. THEY SHALL FALL, etc. Peculiar to Luke. The reference is, of course, to ‘this people.' ‘According to Josephus, the number of the slain amounted to 1,100,000; 97,000 were carried away as sl...
Luke 21:20-24. THE DIRECT PREDICTION OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. See on Matthew 24:15-22; Mark 13:14-20. There is no parallel in Luke's report to...
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...
EDGE OF THE SWORD (στοματ μαχαιρης). Instrumental case of στοματ which means "mouth" literally (Genesis 34:26). This verse like the close of verse Luke 21:22 is only in Luke. Josephus (_War_, VI. 9....
TRODDEN DOWN OF THE GENTILES The "times of the Gentiles" began with the captivity of Judah under Nebuchadnezzar (2 Chronicles 36:1); since which time Jerusalem has been under Gentile overlordship....
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 21:24 THE EDGE OF THE SWORD. Compare Jeremiah 21:7; Hebrews 11:37....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 21:20 In vv. Luke 21:8 the audience is Jesus’ followers (“you”). Here it is described as “those,” “women,” “this people,” and “they,” indicating that Jesus’ followers are not the one...
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...
Daniel 12:7; Daniel 9:27; Deuteronomy 28:64; Isaiah 5:5; Isaiah 63:18
Edge [σ τ ο μ α τ ι]. Lit., the mouth. So Wyc. Either in the sense of the foremost part, or picturing the sword as a devouring monster. In Hebrews 11:33; Hebrews 11:34, the word is used in both senses...
They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive — Eleven hundred thousand perished in the siege of Jerusalem, and above ninety thousand were sold for slaves. So terribly was th...