Luke 21:1-4
_And he looked up_ From those on whom his eyes were fixed before; _and saw the rich men casting their gifts_, &c. See on Mark 12:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he looked up_ From those on whom his eyes were fixed before; _and saw the rich men casting their gifts_, &c. See on Mark 12:41.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones_ Such as no engine 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 anot... [ Continue Reading ]
_They asked him, When shall these things be_, &c. All the particulars in these verses are noticed and explained, Matthew 24:3, and Mark 13:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven_ Of these, Josephus has given us a particular account, _Bell., Luke 7:12_. “There was a comet in the form of a fiery sword, which for a year together did hang over the city. Before the first revolt and war, the people being gathered together... [ Continue Reading ]
_But before all these_ Before the appearing of the false Christs before the rumours of wars the earthquakes, famines, and pestilences that were to be in divers places; _they shall lay their hands on you_, &c. “How fully the particulars foretold in this verse were accomplished, we learn from the Roma... [ Continue Reading ]
_It shall turn to you for a testimony_ The persecutions which you suffer shall become a glorious proof both of your innocence and of their guilt in rejecting the gospel. _Settle it, therefore, in your hearts_, &c. As the Holy Ghost will assist you in your defences, let it be a fixed point with you,... [ Continue Reading ]
_And when ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed with armies,_ &c. The admonition here given to them who were in the midst of Jerusalem to depart out of it, and to them who were in the countries not to enter thereinto, shows that the encompassing of Jerusalem with armies, spoken of in the prophecy, was... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations_ The fulfilment of this part of the prophecy, we have _Bell., Luke 7:16_, where Josephus describes the sacking of the city. “And now, rushing into every lane, they slew whomsoever they found without distinc... [ Continue Reading ]
_There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon_, &c. These seem to be highly figurative expressions, signifying the decaying of all the glory, excellence, and prosperity of the nation; and the prevalence of universal sadness, misery, and confusion. _And upon the earth_ Or, _upon the land_, as the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud_ They shall see the accomplishment of what Daniel foretold, by the figurative expression of, “the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven;” for the destruction of the Jewish nation by the Roman armies, and, in after ages, of other persecuting a... [ Continue Reading ]
_Behold the fig-tree_ 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. _When they now shoot forth, ye know of your own selves_ Though none teach you; _that summer is now nigh at hand_ See note on Matthew 24:32. _... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 render those times a great surprise and terror to them; nay, and involve themselves in the ruin about to... [ Continue Reading ]
_And in the day-time he was teaching in the temple_ “His daily custom at this, and it may be at other passovers, was to spend the day in the city, most commonly in the temple, where he always found a great concourse of hearers, and in the evening to retire to the mount of Olives, where he lodged in... [ Continue Reading ]