CHAPTER XXI. _The poor widow casting two mites into the treasury_, 1-4. _the destruction of the temple foretold_, 5, 6. _The signs of this desolation_, 7. _False Christs_, 8. _Wars_, 9, 10. _Earthquakes and fearful sights_, 11. _Persecutions against the godly_, 12-19. _Directions how to esca... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:2. _A CERTAIN POOR WIDOW_] A widow _miserably poor_; this is the proper import of πενιχραν, and her being _miserably poor_ heightened the merit of the action. _TWO MITES._] Which Mark says, Mark 12:42, make a _farthing_ or _quadrans_, the _fourth_ part of an AS, or _penny_, as we ter... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:5. _GOODLY STONES_] Or, _costly stones_. It has been thought by some that this relates not so much to the stones of which the temple was built, as to the _precious stones_ with which it was decorated. For an account of the _stones_ of the temple, Mark 13:1, Mark 13:1. _AND GIFTS_] Or... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:6. One stone upon another This was literally fulfilled. See Matthew 24:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:8. _MANY SHALL COME IN MY NAME_] Usurping my name: calling themselves the Messiah. See Matthew 24:5. Concerning this prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem, and its literal accomplishment, see the notes on Matthew 24:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:9. _COMMOTIONS_] Seditions and civil dissensions, with which no people were more agitated than the Jews.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:11. _FEARFUL SIGHTS_] What these were the reader will find in detail on Matthew 24:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:12. _SYNAGOGUES_] Or, _assemblies_, c. See these all explained on Mark 13:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:13. _IT SHALL TURN TO YOU FOR A TESTIMONY._] That is, it shall turn out on your part for a testimony _to them_ (your persecutors) that you are thoroughly persuaded of the truth of what you teach, and that you are no impostors.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:14. _SETTLE IT THEREFORE_, c.] Matthew 10:19, Matthew 10:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:15. _I WILL GIVE YOU A MOUTH AND WISDOM_] στομα, _a mouth_, must appear plain to every person to be used here for a _ready_ _utterance_, or _eloquence_ in speaking. They shall have an abundance of wisdom to know what to say; and they shall have an irresistible eloquence to say what the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:18. _BUT THERE SHALL NOT A HAIR OF YOUR HEAD PERISH._] A proverbial expression for, Ye shall not suffer any essential injury. Every genuine _Christian_ shall escape when this desolation comes upon the _Jewish_ state.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:19. _IN YOUR PATIENCE_] Rather, _your perseverance_, your faithful continuance in my word and doctrine. _Ye will preserve_ _your souls_. Ye shall escape the Roman sword, and not one of you shall perish in the destruction of Jerusalem. Instead of κτησασθε, _possess_, or _preserve ye_, I... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:22. _THESE BE THE DAYS OF VENGEANCE_] Matthew 24:21, Matthew 24:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:24. _THEY SHALL FALL BY THE EDGE OF THE SWORD_] Those who perished in the siege are reckoned to be not less than _eleven_ _hundred thousand_. See Matthew 24:22. _AND SHALL BE LED AWAY CAPTIVE_] To the number of _ninety-seven_ _thousand_. See Josephus, War, b. vi. c. ix. s. 2, 3, and o... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 25. _THE SEA AND THE WAVES ROARING_] Figuratively pointing out the immense Roman armies by which Judea was to be overrun and destroyed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 26. _MEN'S HEARTS FAILING THEM FOR FEAR_] Or, _Men fainting_ _away through fear_, (αποψυχοντων), _being ready to die_. _COMING ON THE EARTH_] Or, _Coming upon this land_, οικουμενη. See this translation of the word vindicated in _Clarke's note on "_Luke 2:1_"_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 29. _HE SPAKE TO THEM A PARABLE_] Illustrated all these predicted facts by the simile of a fig tree. _See this explained, Clarke "_Matthew 24:32_"_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 31. _THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NIGH AT HAND._] After the destruction of the Jewish state, the doctrine of Christ crucified shall be preached every where, and every where prevail.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 32. _THIS GENERATION_] This race of men; but see on Matthew 24:34, and Mark 13:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 34. _TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES_] See our Lord's parable, relative to this matter, explained, Mark 13:34. _BE OVERCHARGED_] Literally, _be made heavy_, as is generally the case with those who have eaten or drank too much. Take heed that ye be not rendered _secure_ by an improper use of lawful th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:35. _THE FACE OF THE WHOLE EARTH._] Or, _of this whole land_. The land of Judea, on which these heavy judgments were to fall. See Luke 21:25; see also Luke 2:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 _continually_ belongs equally to both _watch_ and _pray_; and no man is safe, at _any time_, who doe... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:37. _AND IN THE DAY TIME_] Or, _every day _- τας ημερας. This probably relates to the _four_ last days of his life already mentioned. _ABODE IN THE MOUNT_] He taught all day in the temple, and withdrew every evening, and lodged in Bethany; a town at the foot, or on the declivity of th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 21:38. _THE PEOPLE CAME EARLY_] He returned early from the mount of Olives, and the people came early in the morning to the temple to hear his teaching. For practical observations on the awful subject of this chapter, see Matthew 24 at the end. See Clarke on Mt 24:51... [ Continue Reading ]