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 bore the Son of man. The Arabic has, "That you may be strengthened in flight."
Stand before the Son of Man. So Wisdom 5:1 "They shall stand with great constancy." "To those therefore who give themselves up to vigils, prayers, and good works, that day shall not be a snare, but a festival," says Theophylact.
Verse Luke 21:36. _WATCH YE THEREFORE, AND PRAY ALWAYS_] Perhaps we should connect ες παντι καιρω, _continually_, with αγρυπνειτε, _watch_, as it appears to be the most natural order. Indeed the word...
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)...
And there will be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on earth the nations will be in distress and will not know what to do in the roaring of the sea and of the wave, while men's hearts will swoon...
WATCH. See on Mark 13:33. AND PRAY. praying. ALWAYS. sin (Greek. _en._ App-104.) every season. SHALL COME TO PASS. are about to come to pass. stand. See Psalms 1:5.Malachi 3:2....
_pray always_ Luke 18:1; Ephesians 6:18. Render, WATCH YE AT ALL TIMES, MAKING SUPPLICATION. _accounted worthy_ See on Luke 20:35. Another reading is _"ye may prevail_" (_katischusete)._ to stand be...
ΚΑΤΙΣΧΎΣΗΤΕ. אBLX Copt. Ti[363] W. H[364] &c. καταξιωθῆτε ACD, La[365]; but probably derived from Luke 20:35. [363] Ti. Tischendorf. [364] W. H. Westcott and Hort. [365] La. Lachmann. Between 38 and...
PARABLE OF THE FIG-TREE. DUTY OF WATCHFULNESS...
VER 34. AND 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 SH...
ΆΓΡΥΠΝΕΪ́ΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΆΓΡΥΠΝΈΩ (G69) бодрствовать, бдеть, быть настороже, быть внимательным; делать усилия, чтобы понять, в чем состоит будущая угроза (LN, 1:333; GELTS, 5). ΔΕΌΜΕΝΟΙ _...
TO STAND BEFORE THE SON OF MAN.— This does not seem to be merely the counter-part of _escaping the things_ spoken of before: there were thousands of the Jews, that, by one providence or another, escap...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Christ's Coming at the End of the World Scripture_ Luke 21:33-36 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 But take heed to yourselves, lest haply...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Portends the Second Coming (Luke 21:33-38) 33Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. 34 But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed...
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....
32 It is evident that all these things did not take place in that generation. Nor did the Lord say that they would. He simply said that they _ should_. He could not at that time reveal to them the fai...
GREAT PROPHECY OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND THE SECOND ADVENT (Matthew 24:1; Mark 13:1). See on Mt. St. Luke distinguishes these two events more clearly than the other evangelists (Luke 21:24). He als...
THE WIDOW'S MITE. PROPHECY OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND THE SECOND ADVENT 1-4. The widow's mite (Mark 12:41). See on Mk....
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...
PRAY ALWAYS. — The word is not the same commonly used for “pray,” but occurs once only in the other Gospels (Matthew 9:38). St. Luke uses it fifteen times in the Gospel and Acts together, and St. Paul...
ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ, in every season. κατισχύσητε, that ye may have power, “prevail” (R.V [180]). καταξιωθῆτε (T.R.), “may be accounted worthy” (A.V [181]), also gives a very good meaning, even in some res...
_General exhortation to watchfulness_, peculiar to Lk.; each evangelist having his own epilogue. ἐν κραιπάλῃ καὶ μέθῃ : this seems to be a phrase similar to ἠχοῦς καὶ σάλου sound and wave for sounding...
THE NEED OF CONSTANT WATCHFULNESS Luke 21:29-38 The summer of the world is yet before us! _This_ is but the springtide, when the seeds are beginning to sprout, but the winds are cold. Ah, halcyon da...
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...
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to (i) stand before the Son of man. (i) You will appear before him in a co...
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 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 al...
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:...
Here, as in chap. 12, the life of the disciples is apparently to be prolonged till the Parousia. The reason is, that that period is ever to remain the point on which the believer's heart should fix (L...
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and...
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...
WATCH YE THEREFORE, AND PRAY ALWAYS,.... Watch against every sin, snare, and temptation; particularly, against the above things, surfeiting, drunkenness, and worldly cares; pray continually, for fresh...
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. Ver. 36. _That ye may be accounted worthy_...
_Take heed_, &c. Here our Lord cautions them against the security and sensuality, to which, if they should yield, they would unfit themselves for the trying times that were approaching, and would rend...
Warning to be ready for Christ's coming. Matthew 24:36-51....
ALWAYS; habitually. ESCAPE ALL THESE THINGS; the woes that would come on the wicked. STAND; stand with acceptance....
A final warning:...
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....
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...
29-38 Christ tells his disciples to observe the signs of the times, which they might judge by. He charges them to look upon the ruin of the Jewish nation as near. Yet this race and family of Abraham...
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Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all those things, and to stand before the Son of man; "[137]...
Luke 21:36 Watch G69 (G5720) therefore G3767 pray G1189 (G5740) always G1722 G3956 G2540 that...
‘But you, watch at every season, making supplication, that you may prevail to escape all these things that will come about, and to stand before the Son of man.” Rather than partying, and becoming drun...
CONCLUDING WORDS (21:29-38). Jesus now sums up the conclusions which result from what He has been saying. In His summing up He stresses the signs that will indicate the ‘nearness' of the Kingly Rule...
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...
Luke 21:36. BUT WATCH YE. This is the main exhortation, and the mode of the watching is further described, AT ALL TIMES MAKING SUPPLICATION. ‘At all times,' in effect, belongs both to the watching and...
Luke 21:34-36. CONCLUDING WARNING. Peculiar to Luke in this form, though the same thoughts occur in Matthew 24:42-51; Mark 13:32-37....
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...
BUT WATCH YE (αγρυπνειτε δε). Αγρυπνεω is a late verb to be sleepless (α privative and υπνος, sleep). Keep awake and be ready is the pith of Christ's warning.THAT YE MAY PREVAIL TO ESCAPE (ινα κατ...
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...
WATCH YOURSELVES! Only Luke gives this exact wording. See notes on Matthew 24:38-51....
_Watch ye, therefore, and pray always_ CHRISTIAN PREPARATION FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD The subject of our inquiry to-day will be--“What practical effect ought the doctrine of the Lord’s second comi...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 21:36 TO ESCAPE ALL THESE THINGS. That is, to avoid being harmed by the difficult times before Christ’s return. ⇐...
Jesus tells about his return Matthew 24:36-51; Mark 13:32-37; Luke 21:34-36; Luke 12:39-46;...
_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...
1 Corinthians 16:13; 1 John 2:28; 1 Peter 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8;...
Watch. See on Mark 13:33....
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 t...