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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:11

Great earthquakes . These seem to have been very frequent during the period; we hear of them in Palestine, Italy, Greece, Asia Minor, Crete, Syria. Famines and pestilences . The Jewish and pagan historians of this time—Josephus, Suetonius, Taecitus, and others—enumerate several memorable instances of these scourges in this eventful time. Fearful sights and great signs . Among the former may be especially enumerated the foul and terrible scenes connected with the proceedings of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:12

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you. The Master continues his prophetic picture. From speaking generally of wars, and disasters, and tumults, and awful natural phenomena, which would mark the sad age in which his hearers were living, he proceeded to tell them of things which would surely befall them. But even then, though terrible trials would be their lot, they were not to be dismayed, nor to dream that the great catastrophe he had been predicting... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:13

Afterwards. "No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness." Concerning any course we take the question how it affects us now is not so important as is the question to what it leads, or, in the words of the text, "to what it turns." And while that which is very pleasant often "turns to" much that is painful and bitter, or even shameful (see Revelation 10:10 ), on the other hand, that which... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:14-19

Inevitable trial and unfailing resources. Here we have one more illustration of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ toward his apostles. So far was he from encouraging in them the thought that their path would be one of easy conquest and delightful possession, that he was frequently warning them of a contrary experience. It was not his fault if they failed to anticipate hardship and suffering in the neat' future; he told them plainly that his service meant the cross, with all its pain and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:15

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Instances of the splendid fulfillment of this promise are supplied in the "Acts" report of St. Stephen's speech ( Acts 7:1-60 .), and St. Paul's defense spoken before the Roman governor Felix ( Acts 25:1-27 .) and before King Agrippa ( Acts 26:1-32 .). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:16

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends . His disciples must be prepared to pay, as the price of their friendship with him, the sacrifice of all home and domestic life and peace. How often in the records of the early Christians are these terrible sufferings added to public persecution! Literally, his own would have very often to give up mother, father, friends, for his sake . And some of you shall they cause to be put to death . This was literally... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:17

And ye shall be hated of all men for my Name's sake . All the records of early Christianity unite in bearing witness to the universal hatred with which the new sect were regarded by pagans as well as Jews. The words of the Roman Jews reported in Acts 28:22 well sum this up, "As concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against" (see, too, Acts 24:5 and 1 Peter 2:12 ). The Roman writers Tacitus, Pliny, and Suctonius, bear the same testimony. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:18

But there shall not an hair of your head perish . Not, of course, to be understood literally; for comp. Luke 21:16 . Bengel's comment accurately paraphrases it: "Not a hair of your head shall perish without the special providence of God, nor without reward, nor before the due time." The words, too, had a general fulfillment; for the Christian community of Palestine, warned by this very discourse of the Lord's, fled in time from the doomed city, and so escaped the extermination which... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:19

In your patience possess ye your souls . Quiet, brave patience in all difficulty, perplexity, and danger, was the attitude pressed upon the believers of the first days by the inspired teachers. St. Paul constantly strikes this note. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 21:1-4

See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41-44.Luke 21:4Penury - Poverty. See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41-44. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:14-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 21:1-4

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