Luke 21:1
He looked up — From those on whom his eyes were fixed before. Mark 12:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
He looked up — From those on whom his eyes were fixed before. Mark 12:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
Goodly stones — Such as no engines now in use could have brought, or even set upon each other. Some of them (as an eye witness who lately measured them writes) were forty — five cubits long, five high, and six broad; yet brought thither from another country. And gifts — Which persons delivered from... [ Continue Reading ]
I am the Christ; and the time is near — When I will deliver you from all your enemies. They are the words of the seducers.... [ Continue Reading ]
Commotions — Intestine broils; civil wars.... [ Continue Reading ]
Fearful sights and signs from heaven — Of which Josephus gives a circumstantial account.... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 13:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
It shall turn to you for a testimony — Of your having delivered your own souls, and of their being without excuse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Matthew 10:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
Matthew 24:13; Mark 13:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
Not a hair of your head — A proverbial expression, shall perish — Without the special providence of God. And then, not before the time, nor without A full reward.... [ Continue Reading ]
In your patience possess ye your souls — Be calm and serene, masters of yourselves, and superior to all irrational and disquieting passions. By keeping the government of your spirits, you will both avoid much misery, and guard the better against all dangers.... [ Continue Reading ]
Let them that are in the midst of it — Where Jerusalem stands (that is, they that are in Jerusalem) depart out of it, before their retreat is cut off by the uniting of the forces near the city, and let not them that are in the adjacent countries by any means enter into it.... [ Continue Reading ]
And things which are written — Particularly in Daniel.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 this prophecy fulfilled! And Jerusalem shall be trodden by the Gentiles — That is, inhabited. So it wa... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shall be — Before the great day, which was typified by the destruction of Jerusalem: signs — Different from those mentioned Luke 21:11, &c. Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now when these things — Mentioned Luke 21:8, Luke 21:10, &c, begin to come to pass, look up with firm faith, and lift up your heads with joy: for your redemption out of many troubles draweth nigh, by God's destroying your implacable enemies.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold the fig tree and all the trees — Christ spake this in the spring, just before the passover; when all the trees were budding on the mount of Olives, where they then were.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye know of yourselves — Though none teach you.... [ Continue Reading ]
The kingdom of God is nigh — The destruction of the Jewish city, temple, and religion, to make way for the advancement of my kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
Till all things be effected — All that has been spoken of the destruction of Jerusalem, to which the question, Luke 21:7, relates: and which is treated of from Luke 21:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
Take heed, lest at any time your hearts be overloaded with gluttony and drunkenness — And was there need to warn the apostles themselves against such sins as these? Then surely there is reason to warn even strong Christians against the very grossest sins. Neither are we wise, if we think ourselves o... [ Continue Reading ]
That sit — Careless and at ease.... [ Continue Reading ]
Watch ye therefore — This is the general conclusion of all that precedes. That ye may be counted worthy — This word sometimes signifies an honour conferred on a person, as when the apostles are said to be counted worthy to suffer shame for Christ, Acts 5:41. Sometimes meet or becoming: as when John... [ Continue Reading ]
Now by day — In the day time, he was teaching in the temple — This shows how our Lord employed his time after coming to Jerusalem: but it is not said, he was this day in the temple, and next morning the people came. It does not therefore by any means imply, that he came any more after this into the... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the people came early in the morning to hear him — How much happier were his disciples in these early lectures, than the slumbers of the morning could have made them on their beds! Let us not scruple to deny ourselves the indulgence of unnecessary sleep, that we may morning after morning pla... [ Continue Reading ]