AND HE LOOKED UP, &c. The Lord was still in the Temple, showing that this prophetic discourse is not the same as that spoken later on the Mount of Olives. They are similar to Luke 21:11, when the Lord goes back and speaks of what shall happen "before all these things". See App-165. LOOKED UP. Greek... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO. CERTAIN POOR WIDOW. a certain poor widow also. POOR. Greek. _penichros =_ one who works for daily bread. Occurs only here. MITES. Greek. _lepta._ See App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]
MORE. _As_. matter of proportion.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. out of. (Greek. _ek._ App-104. UNTO. Greek. _eis,_ as in Luke 21:1. OFFERINGS. gifts. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the chest containing them. GOD. See App-98. PENURY. lack, or want. LIVING. livelihood. Greek. _hies._ App-170.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. about. Greek. _peri._ App-104. THE TEMPLE. Greek. _hieron._ See note on Matthew 23:18. GIFTS. dedicated gifts. Greek. Plural of _anathema._ Occurs only here. Compare Josephus, _Bell. Jud._ V.. 4.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. are gazing at. Greek. _theoreo.App-133._ in. Greek. _en.App-104._ ONE STONE UPON ANOTHER. stone upon (Greek. _epi._ App-104.) stone. NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY: i.e. "the some" of Luke 21:5. Not any of the Apostles. See App-155. MASTER. Teacher. See App-98. Luke 21:1. WHEN... WHAT? Note the two questions here, and the three on the later occasion. See App-155. SIGN. the sign. Greek. _to semeion._ App-176. SHALL COME TO PASS?. may be about to take p... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID, &c. See App-155. TAKE HEED. Greek. _blepo._ App-133. NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. DECEIVED. misled. FOR MANY, &c. This was speedily fulfilled. It was the first sign as to "when" (Luke 21:7). Compare 1 John 2:18, "the last hour. " IN. Greek. _epi._ App-104. TIME. season. DRAWETH. ha... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMOTIONS. unrest. Occurs only here, and 1 Corinthians 14:33; 2 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 12:20; James 3:16. BE NOT TERRIFIED. be not scared. Greek. _ptoeo._ Occurs only here and Luke 24:37. FIRST. See the Structure, above. THE END. Greek. _totelex._ Not the sunteleia. Compare Matthew 24:3 a... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAID HE, &c. Matthew 24:7; Matthew 24:8; Mark 13:8. Nation, &c. Quoted from Isaiah 19:2. AGAINST. Greek. _epi._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN DIVERS. Greek. _kata._ App-104. FAMINES, AND PESTILENCES. Greek. _limoi kai loimoi._ Figure of speech _Paronomasia (App-6),_ for emphasis, like Eng. "dearths and deaths". fearful sights. things that fill with fear. Greek. Plural of _phobetron._ Occurs only here, but in Septuagint Isaiah 19:17. I... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE ALL THESE. The Lord goes back, here, instead of continuing, as in Matthew 24:8; Matthew 24:9, and Mark 13:9. See App-155. BEFORE. Greek. _pro._ App-104. ON. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. TO. unto. Greek. _eis._ App-104. BEFORE. up to. Greek. _epi._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
TURN. turn out. FOR. Greek. _eis._ App-101. A TESTIMONY. Compare Philippians 1:1, Php 1:28. 2 Thessalonians 1:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. Greek. _eis._ App-104. meditate. Compare Luke 12:11.Matthew 10:19; Matthew 10:20. ANSWER. Compare 1 Peter 3:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
A MOUTH AND WISDOM. Note the Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6). a mouth, yea,. wise mouth. Mouth, too, put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is spoken by it. Compare Exodus 4:11; Exodus 4:12.Jeremiah 1:9; Isaiah 6:7. TO GAINSAY, &c. See Acts 4:14; Acts 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
BETRAYED. delivered up. BY. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton (App-6),_ for emphasis. OF. from among. Greek. ek. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. by. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. FOR. on account OF. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Luke 21:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. by no means. Greek _ou me._ App-105. HAIR, &c. Compare Matthew 10:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
PATIENCE. patient endurance. POSSESS YE. ye shall possess. Occurs only here, and Luke 18:12.Matthew 10:9; Acts 1:18; Acts 8:20; Acts 22:28; 1 Thessalonians 4:4. SOULS. lives. App-110.... [ Continue Reading ]
JERUSALEM. This is the point of the Lord's prophecy, in Luke. There is nothing of this in Matthew or Mark. See App-155. WITH. by. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. KNOW. get to know. App-132. IS NIGH. has drawn near.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT. her. COUNTRIES. fields. THEREINTO. into (Greek. _eis._ App-104.) her.... [ Continue Reading ]
VENGEANCE. Quoted from Hosea 9:7. See Daniel 9:26; Daniel 9:27. and Josephus, _Bell. Jud._ v. 10. ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN. These and no more nor less. As in Acts 3:21. ARE WRITTEN. have been, and stand written. FULFILLED. As in Luke 21:24. Not the same word as in Luke 21:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. LAND. Greek. _ge._ App-129. WRATH. See 1 Thessalonians 2:16. UPON. among. Greek. _en._ App-104. But all the texts read "to".... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), for emphasis. EDGE. mouth (Genesis 34:26 m.) LED AWAY CAPTIVE. Josephus speaks of 1,100,000 slain and 97,000 taken away to Egyptian mines and elsewhere _(Bell. lad. vi._ 9). TRODDEN DOWN. Not the future tense of the verb _(pateo),_ but the fu... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), for emphasis. AND THERE SHALL BE, &c. The Lord here passes over the intervening present dispensation, and takes up the yet future time of the end, enlarged on later in Matthew 24:29.Mark 13:24. UPON. _Greek. epi._ App-104. EARTH. Greek. _ge._... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN'S. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123. FAILING. fainting. Greek _apopsucho._ Occurs only here. Luke used three compounds of the simple verb (_psucho,_ Matthew 24:12), all peculiar to him: e.g. "cool", Luke 16:24. "gave up the ghost", Acts 5:5; Acts 5:10; Acts 12:23. FOR. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEE. Greek. _opsomai._ App-133. THE SON OF MAN. App-98. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOK UP. Greek. _anakupto. watching_ with outstretched neck. Occurs only here, Luke 13:11, and John 8:7; John 8:10. FOR. because. REDEMPTION. deliverance from the tribulation. See Zechariah 14:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Look YE. App-133. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. already. SHOOT FORTH. sprout. YE SEE AND KNOW. seeing (Greek. _blepo._ App-133.) ye get to know. Greek. _ginosko._ App-132. OF. from [experience]. Greek. _apo._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO LIKEWISE YE. so ye also. COME. coming. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. See App-114.... [ Continue Reading ]
VERILY. See note on Matthew 5:18. This generation. See note on Matthew 11:16. TILL ALL BE FULFILLED. till (Greek. _eos an)_ all may possiblyto pass. (Not the same word as "fulfilled" in Luke 21:24.) Had the nation repented at Peter's call, in Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19, "all that the prophets had spoken... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAVEN. the heaven. shall pass away. Compare Psalms 102:26. Isa 51:6. 2 Peter 3:7; 2 Peter 3:10. WORDS. utterances. Greek. p1. of _logos._ See note on Mark 9:32. Compare Isaiah 40:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEARTS. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for the whole person. OVERCHARGED. weighed down. Greek. _baruno._ Only here. Compare Luke 9:32; 2 Corinthians 5:4. SURFEITING. Greek. _kraipale._. medical word used for the nausea after drunkenness, from which is the Latin _crapula... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. SNARE. Compare Ecclesiastes 9:12.Isaiah 24:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IN THE DAY TIME. by day,. parenthetic statement referring to His custom during these last six days. See App-156. abode -used to lodge. IN. into: i.e. into its protecting shelter. Occurs only here, and Matthew 21:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME EARLY IN THE MORNING. Greek. _orthrizo._ Occurs only here. Supply the Relative _Ellipsis_ thus: "[rising] early in the morning, came". TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]