{"id":25836,"date":"2022-09-24T11:19:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-2128\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T11:19:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T16:19:12","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-2128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-2128\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 21:28"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 28. <\/strong> Hope for the Faithful.<\/p>\n<p><strong> 28<\/strong>. <em> look up<\/em> ] The &lsquo;earnest expectation&rsquo; ( <em> apokaradokia<\/em> &lsquo;watching with outstretched neck&rsquo;) of the creature, <span class='bible'>Rom 8:19<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rom 8:23<\/span>. This verb <em> anakuptein<\/em> only occurs in <span class='bible'>Luk 13:11<\/span>. Comp. <span class='bible'>Mat 24:31<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P><B>28. redemption<\/B>from theoppression of ecclesiastical despotism and legal bondage by the totalsubversion of the Jewish state and the firm establishment of theevangelical kingdom (<span class='bible'>Lu 21:31<\/span>).But the words are of far wider and more precious import. Matthew (<span class='bible'>Mt24:30<\/span>) says, &#8220;And then shall appear <I>the sign<\/I> of theSon of man in heaven,&#8221; evidently something distinct fromHimself, mentioned immediately after. What this was intended to mean,interpreters are not agreed. But as before Christ came to destroyJerusalem, some appalling portents were seen in the air, so beforeHis personal appearing it is likely that something <I>analogous<\/I>will be witnessed, though of what nature it is vain to conjecture.<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown&#8217;s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>And when these things begin to come to pass<\/strong>,&#8230;. When the first of these signs appears, or any one of them:<\/p>\n<p><strong>then look up and lift up your heads<\/strong>; be cheerful and pleasant; do not hang down your heads as bulrushes, but erect them, and put on a cheerful countenance, and look upwards, from whence your help comes; and look out wistfully and intently, for your salvation and deliverance:<\/p>\n<p><strong>for your redemption draweth nigh<\/strong>; not the redemption of their souls from sin, Satan, the law, the world, death, and hell; for that was to be obtained, and was obtained, before any of these signs took place; nor the redemption of their bodies at the last day, in the resurrection, called the day of redemption; for this respects something that was to be, in the present age and generation; see<\/p>\n<p> <span class='bible'>Lu 21:32<\/span> but the deliverance of the apostles and other Christians, from the persecutions of the Jews, which were very violent, and held till these times, and then they were freed from them: or by redemption is meant, the Redeemer, the son of man, who shall now come in power and glory, to destroy the Jews, and deliver his people; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, &#8220;for he draws nigh who shall save you&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>Look up <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>). First aorist active imperative of <span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>, to raise up. Here of the soul as in <span class='bible'>John 8:7<\/span>; <span class='bible'>John 8:10<\/span>, but in <span class='bible'>Lu 13:11<\/span> of the body. These the only N.T. examples of this common verb.<\/P> <P><B>Redemption <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>). Act of redeeming from <span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>. The final act at the second coming of Christ, a glorious hope. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Robertson&#8217;s Word Pictures in the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P>Look up. See on ch. <span class='bible'>Luk 13:11<\/span>. Graphic, as implying being previously bowed down with sorrow. <\/P> <P>Redemption [<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">] <\/SPAN><\/span>. See on lettest depart, ch. 2 29.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Vincent&#8217;s Word Studies in the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <strong>&#8220;And when these things begin to come to pass,&#8221; <\/strong>(archomenon de touton ginesthai) &#8220;Then when these things begin to occur or happen,&#8221; these end time Gentile dispensation events and church age events, <span class='bible'>Rom 11:26<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh 14:1-3<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>2) <strong>&#8220;Then look up, and lift up your heads;&#8221; <\/strong>(anakupsate kai eparate tas kephalas humon) &#8220;You all stand erect and lift up your heads,&#8221; with faith, hope, and joy; Stand respectfully, as a church people, like a subject before a king, or a soldier before a general, attentive to receive his orders, or to go forth to meet the Inspector General of Heaven&#8217;s army, <span class='bible'>Mat 24:42<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mat 24:44<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>3) <strong>&#8220;For your redemption draweth nigh.&#8221; <\/strong>(dioti engizes he apolutrosis humon) &#8220;Because your final redemption (or release) draws near,&#8221; <span class='bible'>Heb 10:36-37<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mar 13:34-37<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Luk 21:34-36<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rom 8:19<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rom 8:23<\/span>. Your final and complete deliverance from all that sin has ever done to you in body, mind, and spirit, will then be realized.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span class='bible'>Luk 21:28<\/span><\/p>\n<p>.  And when these things begin to take place.  Luke expresses more clearly the consolation by which Christ animates the minds of his followers; for, though this sentence contains nothing different from the words of Matthew, which we have just now explained, yet it shows better for what purpose  the angels will come,  as we are told,  to gather the elect.  For it was necessary to contrast the joy of the godly with the general sorrow and distress of the world, and to point out the difference between them and the reprobate, that they might not view with horror the coming of Christ. We know that Scripture, when it speaks not only of the last judgment, but of all the judgments which God executes every day, describes them in a variety of ways, according as the discourse is addressed to believers or to unbelievers. <\/p>\n<p> To what purpose is the day of the Lord to you?  says the prophet Amos, (<span class='bible'>Amo 5:18<\/span>.) <\/p>\n<p> It is a day of darkness and gloominess,  (154) not of light; of sorrow, not of joy; of destruction, not of salvation. On the other hand, Zechariah (<span class='bible'>Zec 9:9<\/span>) bids the  daughter of Zion rejoice  on account of the coming  of her  King;  and justly, for&#8212;as Isaiah (<span class='bible'>Isa 35:4<\/span>) tells us&#8212;the same day which brings wrath and vengeance to the reprobate brings good-will and  redemption  to believers. <\/p>\n<p> Christ therefore shows that, at his coming, the light of joy will arise on his disciples, that they may rejoice in the approaching salvation, while the wicked are overwhelmed with terror. Accordingly, Paul distinguishes them by this mark, that they  wait for  the  day  or  coming of the Lord,  (<span class='bible'>1Co 1:7<\/span>) for that which is their  crown,  and perfect happiness, and solace, is delayed till  that day,  (<span class='bible'>2Ti 4:8<\/span>.) It is therefore called here (as in <span class='bible'>Rom 8:23<\/span>)  redemption;  because we shall then obtain truly and perfectly the consequences of the deliverance obtained through Christ. Let our ears therefore be awake to the sound of the  angel&#8217;s trumpet,  which will then sound, not only to strike the reprobate with the dread of death, but to arouse the elect to a second life; that is, to call to the enjoyment of life those whom the Lord now quickens by the voice of his Gospel; for it is a sign of infidelity, to be afraid when the Son of God comes in person for our salvation. <\/p>\n<p>  (154) Our author &#8212; quoting from memory, as he frequently does &#8212; appears to have incorporated the words of the prophet Amos, (<span class='bible'>Amo 5:18<\/span>,)  To what end is it for you? the day of the Lord is darkness, and not light,  with a parallel passage in Joel, (<span class='bible'>Joe 2:1<\/span>) for  the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness.  &#8212;  Ed.  <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Calvin&#8217;s Complete Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Appleburys Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instruction About The Destruction of Jerusalem<br \/>Scripture<\/p>\n<p><span class='bible'>Luk. 21:28-32<\/span> But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.<\/p>\n<p>29 And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees: 30 when they now shoot forth, ye see it and know of your own selves that the summer is now nigh. 31 Even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh. 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>Comments<\/p>\n<p>But when these things begin to come to pass.<span class='bible'>Luk. 21:28<\/span> is usually treated as belonging to the paragraph about the coming of Christ. If, however, we make it the beginning of the new paragraph about the destruction of Jerusalem which ends at <span class='bible'>Luk. 21:32<\/span>, it refers to the things the disciples were to see as that destruction drew near.<\/p>\n<p>There are good reasons for treating it in this way: (1) It does not contradict the plain suggestion that the coming of Christ will be at an unknown time. (2) It makes Jesus instruction to the disciples to look up and lift up their heads because their redemption was drawing near mean something to them, for some of them would be alive when the destruction of Jerusalem would occur. (3) It avoids the assumption that Jesus led the disciples to expect His coming in their lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>your redemption draweth nigh.Redemption means release. It may refer to the release from slavery to sinthe most common use of the term in the New Testament. It may refer to the release from the conditions imposed on creation because of the sin of man (<span class='bible'>Rom. 8:18-25<\/span>). In this context, it refers to the disciples release from the distress that led to the destruction of Jerusalem. Those who were in Judea who fled from the approaching doom, as Jesus told them to do, were able to save their lives (<span class='bible'>Luk. 21:21<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>And he spake to them a parable.The parable of the Fig Tree is ordinarily interpreted as having to do with the second coming of Christ, In that case, the signs that Jesus had been telling His disciples about would indicate the approach of His coming, just as the new growth on the tree indicates the coming of summer. But if we make it a part of the paragraph that begins at <span class='bible'>Luk. 21:28<\/span>for the reasons given aboveit refers to the approaching destruction of Jerusalem which did occur in 70 A. D. The point of the parable is: There are signs that indicate the nearness of something that is about to happen. The distress signals that Jesus pointed out enabled His disciples to see the approaching storm that fell with terrible devastation on the city that rejected her King.<\/p>\n<p>know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh.Consistency demands that this verse be interpreted in harmony with its context. If the whole context refers to the second coming of Christ, then the kingdom of God will naturally refer to the heavenly phase of the kingdom. But Luke used the expression The kingdom of God is come high unto you in a different sense in <span class='bible'>Luk. 10:9<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Luk. 10:11<\/span>. On their first mission, the disciples were to heal the sick and say to them, The kingdom of God has come nigh unto you. Gods rule as King had come to bless those who accepted His messengers. But those who rejected their message were also to be reminded that the kingdom of God was nigh. That is, that the judgment of God was about to come on them is seen in the fact that Jesus continued to say, It shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city. It seems logical, then, to think of the coming of the kingdom of God in connection with the destruction of Jerusalem as His judgment on that city.<\/p>\n<p>In the parable of the Kings Son, Jesus told about those who rejected the invitation of the king and said, The king was wroth and sent his armies and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. The kingdom of GodHis kingly authority and ruledid come upon that city in judgment.<\/p>\n<p>Another problem is presented by the text as Matthew gives it: When you see all these things, know ye that he (or it) is nigh, even at the doors (<span class='bible'>Mat. 24:33<\/span>). The subject of the verb is not given in the Greek. It may be the neuter pronoun as in the King James or the masculine as in the American Standard and R. S. V. If we say, he is near, we relate the whole context to the coming of Christ and are involved in the difficulties suggested by that interpretation. But if we say it is near, we relate it to the destruction of Jerusalem, the theme of the discourse, and avoid these problems.<\/p>\n<p>If we translate Itmeaning the destruction of Jerusalemis near, We must interpret Lukes statement, the kingdom of God is nigh to mean that Gods judgment was about to come on that wicked city.<\/p>\n<p>This generation shall not pass away.Some assume that this refers to the Jews as a race and that they are to continue as a people until the coming of Christ. It is well known that they have continued through the centuries since the destruction of Jerusalem without a central governmentonly a few of them are now in Israeland without a common place of worship. They have undergone terrible persecutions. They are identifiable wherever they are found. But to use generation in this strained manner is to overlook the fact that Jesus was talking to His disciples about the generation to which they belonged. The destruction of Jerusalem was to occur within the lifetime of some of them.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: College Press Bible Study Textbook Series<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(28) <strong>Look up.<\/strong>The Greek word, literally, <em>bend up,<\/em> or <em>turn up,<\/em> meets us here and in <span class='bible'>Luk. 13:11<\/span>, and nowhere else in the New Testament, except in the doubtful passage of <span class='bible'>Joh. 8:7<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Joh. 8:10<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redemption.<\/strong>The word, familiar as it is to us, is, in the special form here used, another of those characteristic of St. Pauls phraseology (<span class='bible'>Rom. 3:24<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rom. 8:23<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Co. 1:30<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Eph. 1:7<\/span>, <em>et al.<\/em>)<em>.<\/em> It occurs also in <span class='bible'>Heb. 9:15<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Heb. 11:35<\/span>. In its primary meaning here it points to the complete deliverance of the disciples from Jewish persecutions in Palestine that followed on the destruction of Jerusalem. The Church of Christ was then delivered from what had been its most formidable danger.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <em> The Parable of the Fig-tree, <span class='bible'>Luk 21:28-33<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong> 28<\/strong>. <strong> <\/strong> <em> These things.<\/em> The <em> these things <\/em> of the apostles&rsquo; question, <span class='bible'>Mat 24:3<\/span>, namely, the destruction of the temple and city.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Whedon&#8217;s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> &ldquo;But when these things begin to come about, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> So the final consequence of the sufferings and tragedies of the ages will be the coming of Christ to receive His own, and to bring His final judgment on the world. And the result is that as we become aware of such things it should cause us to lift up our heads, recognising that our final redemption draws ever closer. While he suffers with those who suffer, the Christian is not surprised at what is coming on the world, indeed he expects it. Whether it be earthquake, volcanic eruption, hurricane, tsunami, human bombs or whatever, he sees it as a reminder of man&rsquo;s sinfulness and judgment, and as God&rsquo;s reminder that His Son will be coming &lsquo;soon&rsquo;, to take His own to be with Himself, and to bring on the world a judgment which in Scripture is constantly pictured in terms of all these tragedies, and much, much more.<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;Look up.&rsquo; The verb means to raise oneself from a stooping position, to stand upright, and therefore to look with confidence and elation. Out of the trial that will come on him the Christian continually looks up in order to visualise the One Who is coming. He is able to lift up his head because he looks to his coming deliverance by Him.<\/p>\n<p>&lsquo;Your redemption.&rsquo; The final release from the bondage of sin and of the world, which has become a possibility because He gave His life a ransom for many (<span class='bible'>Mar 10:45<\/span>), paying the price for sin (<span class='bible'>1Co 6:20<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Pe 1:18-19<\/span>). See also <span class='bible'>Luk 22:37<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>The comfort of the believers:<\/p>\n<p>v. <strong> 28<\/strong>. <strong> And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>v. <strong> 29<\/strong>. <strong> And He spake to them a parable: Behold the fig-tree and all the trees;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>v. <strong> 30<\/strong>. <strong> when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>v. <strong> 31<\/strong>. <strong> So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>v. <strong> 32<\/strong>. <strong> Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>v. <strong> 33. Heaven and earth shall pass away; but My words shall not pass away.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong> When there is a beginning of all these things, when these tokens begin to be fulfilled. The events upon which the children of the world will gaze with helpless terror should be for the believers a voice awakening in their hearts the most joyful hope and expectation. The heads which have so often been bowed under all manner of misery and persecution should now be lifted up in happy anticipation of the final, glorious deliverance. This admonition Jesus tries to impress by means of a parable. No matter what tree may be chosen for an example, for instance, the fig-tree, the same truth holds good of all of them. When they put forth their leaves, all ordinary people that are acquainted with trees at all immediately known, without further demonstration, that summer must be near. In the same way the believers, seeing these signs which are to precede the coming of Christ to judgment fulfilled, conclude and know at once that the kingdom of God is near, that the final revelation of the Church of Christ in the glories of heaven will take place, that the believers in Him will enter, from the trials and tribulations of the Church Militant into the everlasting bliss of the Church Triumphant. &#8220;Therefore let us also learn this art and new language and become accustomed to it, that we may be able to picture these signs before us in such a comforting way, and look upon them and judge them according to the Word. For if we follow our reason and wisdom, we can do nothing but become terrified and flee before them. For our reason does not like to see things appear dark and unpleasant, that it lightens and thunders, that it roars and is noisy, as though everything would be turned topsy-turvy. But a Christian should pay no attention to that, but take hold of the Word, with which He wants to open our eyes and explain how He means it, as though we were approaching the beautiful summer-time, and as though there were nothing but beautiful roses and lilies that bloom to delight the eye, and that nothing but joy and delight will come after this abominably evil way and misfortune in which we now are &#8221; And He gives them a further sign, namely, that this generation, the race of the Jews, will not pass away, will not lose its identity as a separate race, but retain its characteristics among the nations and in their very midst, in spite of all persecutions, until the end of time, until the great Day of Judgment. And so far as the whole discourse is concerned, with its threats and warnings, as well as with its comforting promises, it is true what, the Lord claims for His Word as a whole: Heaven and earth will pass away rather than that a single word of the Lord remain unfulfilled or fall to the ground. In the midst of the return of primeval chaos, in the midst of the destruction of worlds and the very universe itself, the Word of the Lord will stand in eternity as a rock of trust and confidence for all believers.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em><span class='bible'>Luk 21:28<\/span><\/em><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong><em>Then look up,<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong> &#8220;Look upwards, and lift up your heads with joy and assurance; for as soon as you see the first appearance of these sights, you may comfortably conclude that your redemption draweth nigh.&#8221; As the resurrection is the time when we shall in fact be fully redeemed, or delivered from all the sad consequences of sin,and therefore is called, <em>The redemption of our bodies; <\/em>(<span class=''>Rom 8:23<\/span> compare <span class='bible'>Hos 13:14<\/span>.) so, in a less proper sense, the deliverance from the toilsandsorrows,temptationsandinfirmitiesofthissinfuland calamitous life, may on the like principles be called <em>redemption: <\/em>and if we may judge of the length of the apostles&#8217; lives by the extent of their labours, though we know not thetime when many of them died, there is reasonto conjecture, that it was not till about this period; which, bythe way, would be an argument, that they were now most of them young men. The expression, <em>Look up, <\/em>in this verse, admirably suits the load of labour and sufferings, under which the apostles would be depressed in this afflicted state. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> 28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. <strong> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Ver. 28. <strong> Look up<\/strong> ] You that shall then be found alive shall soon be caught up, <span class='bible'>1Th 4:14-18<\/span> , and fully freed from all evils and enemies. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 28.<\/strong> ] <strong> <\/strong> <strong> .,<\/strong> i.e. <strong> the completion of it by My appearing.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Henry Alford&#8217;s Greek Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>look up. Greek. anakupto = watching with outstretched neck. Occurs only here, Luk 13:11, and Joh 8:7, Joh 8:10. <\/p>\n<p>for = because. <\/p>\n<p>redemption = deliverance from the tribulation. See Zec 14:1-4. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>28.] ., i.e. the completion of it by My appearing.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Greek Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Luk 21:28. , when these things are beginning) Comp. the expression, the beginning, in Mat 24:8. For this reason refer these things to Luk 21:8-10, et seqq.: and in this passage He is treating of the preparation for nearer events; but () in Luk 21:34-35, He is treating of the preparation for the last events of all.-  , look up, and lift up your heads) in order that as soon as possible ye may perceive the event answering to your expectation, and may with joy embrace it (welcome it). Comp. ch. Luk 24:5 [Not as the disciples after the resurrection, who, with faces bowed down to the earth, sought the living among the dead]; Job 10:15 [If I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head]. In the LXX. Version  is used to express, to lift up the head; also  , Jdg 8:28.-, deliverance [redemption) from many miseries, Luk 21:12; Luk 21:16-17. Deliverance from the miseries which befell the Jews. [So long, to wit, as the shadows of the Levitical law, along with the City and Temple, were standing, the kingdom of GOD, or the free exercise of the Christian religion, did not as yet enjoy unrestricted scope. This is compared to the loveliness of the summer, Luk 21:30-31 : but old things must first be taken away,-V. g.]<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>redemption <\/p>\n<p>(See Scofield &#8220;Rom 3:24&#8221;), See Scofield &#8220;Rom 8:19&#8221;, See Scofield &#8220;Rom 8:23&#8221; <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>look: Psa 98:5-9, Isa 12:1-3, Isa 25:8, Isa 25:9, Isa 60:1, Isa 60:2 <\/p>\n<p>redemption: Rom 8:19, Rom 8:23, Eph 1:14, Eph 4:30 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: 2Ki 15:37 &#8211; began Isa 35:4 &#8211; behold Jer 51:46 &#8211; lest Mat 16:28 &#8211; see Luk 21:7 &#8211; what Luk 21:9 &#8211; but Rom 13:11 &#8211; for now 1Th 4:18 &#8211; Wherefore<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>REDEMPTION<\/p>\n<p>And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.<\/p>\n<p>Luk 21:28<\/p>\n<p>Redemption dawns, as order out of chaos, and rides triumphant on the storm of a shattered world. Is not this the way of God? He knoweth whereof we are made; He remembereth that we are but dust. The infinite pathos of life appeals irresistibly to His infinite pity. And they run ever side by sidewrath and redemption, punishment and pity, doom and restitution.<\/p>\n<p>I. Redemption!Note the expression. It is a word with which we are familiar in the writings of St. Paulas the paying of purchase-money to secure the captives liberty; and it emphasises the fact, which we are so apt to miss, that a purpose of God runs through all which seems to be most turbulent and irresponsible in the dealings of men. And, further, it declares to us that the help we look for is from above, that the life and death of Jesus Christ are not so many lessons on which the reformer may base his precepts, but the working out of a Divine purpose and the extension of Divine help to meet the sore needs of human trouble.<\/p>\n<p>II. It may be true that anxious times are before us in Church and State, but if so there is redemption behind them.There are anxious questions whichever way we turn, portents and signs of wickedness, of immorality, clever enough to steer clear of criminality, and more deadly because more clever; of heartless luxury, of indifference, of the shaking of great principles and the abandonment of fundamental beliefs. And yet here, too, there are signs of coming redemption, the timid leaves of better things are starting forth. It is an immense thing, for instance, to be able to feel that there is a real growth in sincerity. If there is far less official religion than there used to be, or a respectful conformity with despised traditions, there is an immense growth in earnestness. The man who belongs to no party may enjoy the cynical contempt of the gods of Olympus looking down on a struggle which they despise and avoid, but he will carry no weight nor get a hearing for his message. There is a bright side even to the restlessness which is such a characteristic of our times. Those of us who know least of the writings of St. Augustine know the famous passage in his Confessions where he says, We were made, O Lord, for Thee, and our heart is restless until it rests in Thee.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Canon Newbolt.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Church Pulpit Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>Your redemption draweth nigh is equivalent to the gathering of the elect (the faithful) predicted in Mat 24:30-31, at the second coming of Christ.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Luk 21:28. But when these things, 1e,, those spoken of in Luk 21:25-26, since the coming of the Son of man (Luk 21:27) would be instantaneous.<\/p>\n<p>Begin to come to pass. This suggests their continuance, but the close of the verse indicates a brief period.<\/p>\n<p>Look up. The word means to raise ones self from a stooping posture, and is here applied to those previously bowed under tribulations. The idea of joyful hope is of course implied, as in the other phrase: lift up your heads, which however suggests more strongly the idea of expectation.<\/p>\n<p>Because your redemption (completed at and by Christs appearing) draweth nigh. The same events which terrified the world (Luk 21:25-26) are to awaken these feelings in Christians. This is to be our comfort also during the intervening period, if we are cast down by the prospect, or fact, of a general rejection of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Luk 21:29-33 are the same as in the parallel passages.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Vers. 28-36. The Application.When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. 29. And He spake to them a parable: Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees; 30. When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled. 33. Heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away. 34, But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35. For as a snare it shall come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36. Watch ye, therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus draws practical conclusions from the whole of the preceding discourse: 1. In respect of hope, Luk 21:28-33; Luke 2. In respect of watchfulness, Luk 21:34-36. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Godet Commentary (Luke, John, Romans and 1 Corinthians)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>These calamities should have the result that believers living then will realize that the Second Coming is very near. Consequently they should prepare to meet the Lord. The approach of their redemption refers to the approach of the final stage of their redemption, namely, their entering the safety of the kingdom (cf. Psa 111:9; Isa 63:4; Dan 4:34). When Jesus returns, He will remove believers from the Tribulation by ending it. This verse contains encouragement for believers. Lifting up the head is symbolic of hope and rejoicing (cf. Jdg 8:28; Job 10:15; Psa 24:7; Psa 83:3).<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 28. 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