Bible Commentary

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 20. Jerusalem compassed with armies ] See on Luk 19:43, and Jos. B.J. v. 2, 6, 12. Some regard this as the “abomination that maketh desolate.” Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges After our Saviours ascension, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 21:20”

In your patience possess ye your souls. 19. In your patience possess ye your souls ] Rather, with the better reading, By your patience ye shall gain your souls or lives. Mar 13:13. The need of patience and endurance to the end is very prominently inculcated in the N. T., Rom 5:3 ; 2Th 3:4; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 21:19”

But there shall not a hair of your head perish. 18. not a hair of your head ] for they are “all numbered,” Mat 10:30. The previous verse (Luk 21:16) is of course sufficient to shew that the meaning is spiritual here, not literal as in Act 27:34. shall…perish ] i.e. not without the special … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 21:18”

And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name’s sake. 17. hated of all men ] Luk 2:34, Luk 6:22; Joh 17:14; 1Pe 4:14 ; 1Pe 4:16. “As concerning this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against,” Act 28:22. “We have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 21:17”

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and [some] of you shall they cause to be put to death. 16 . ye shall be betrayed ] In consequence of the disunions prophesied in Luk 1:34, Luk 12:53; Mat 10:21. some of you ] of the four to whom … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 21:16”

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 15. I will give you a mouth ] as in Exo 4:11-12; Jer 1:9; Isa 6:6. God, as Milton says, ‘sendeth forth His cherubim with the hallowed fire of His altar to touch the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 21:15”

Settle [it] therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: 14. not to meditate before ] Luk 12:11; Mat 10:19-20. The meaning is that they were neither to be anxious about the form of their Apologia, not to make it skilfully elaborate.^_ Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 21:14”

And it shall turn to you for a testimony. 13. for a testimony ] See Mar 13:9. “In nothing terrified by your adversaries, which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation,” Php 1:28. “A manifest token of the righteous judgment of God,” 2Th 1:5. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 21:13”

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. 12. they shall lay their hands on you, &c.] The best comment on the whole verse is found in Act 4:3; Act … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 21:12”

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. 11. 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 ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 21:11”