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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 21:36

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 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 21:36

Luke 21:36. 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, escaped temporal destruction, who could with no propriety be said to stand before the Son of man at his coming. This latter clause therefore, which seems to be an advance upon the former, is an allusion to the expression in Psalms 1:5.Nahum 1:6; Nahum 1:6. (see also Wis 5:1.) and, in that... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 21:36

36. Watch . . . pray, &c.—the two great duties which in prospect of trial are constantly enjoined. These warnings, suggested by the need of preparedness for the tremendous calamities approaching, and the total wreck of the existing state of things, are the general improvement of the whole discourse, carrying the mind forward to Judgment and Vengeance of another kind and on a grander and more awful scale—not ecclesiastical or political but personal, not temporal but eternal—when all safety... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 21:5-36

D. Jesus’ teaching about the destruction of the temple 21:5-36The emphasis in Luke’s version of this important discourse concerning the future, the Olivet Discourse, is a warning and an encouragement to persevere. Jesus gave this teaching so His disciples would be ready for the coming of the kingdom (cf. Luke 21:34-36). Luke had already reported much teaching about the future (Luke 12:35-48; Luke 17:20-37). However some lessons bore repetition, such as the place of signs in signaling the end... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 21:28-38

VI. JESUS’ MINISTRY IN JERUSALEM 19:28-21:38Luke’s account of Jesus’ passion highlights Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem and His teaching there before His arrest. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 21:34-36

6. The concluding exhortation to watchfulness 21:34-36 (cf. Matthew 24:42; Mark 13:33-37)Luke concluded his account of the Olivet Discourse with Jesus’ exhortation to remain ready for what He had predicted. Jesus’ words presupposed an interval before His coming, but He allowed that His coming might occur in the lifetime of His hearers. Nothing that He said precluded the passing of millennia before His coming. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 21:36

Praying brings spiritual strength to maintain alertness. It enables disciples to withstand their temptations to depart from God’s will and consequently stand before the Son of Man, when He returns, without shame. Faithful perseverance in the midst of persecution is in view (cf. Luke 21:19).The people who first heard Jesus give this exhortation needed to trust in Him and commit themselves to remaining true to Him since hard times lay ahead of them. This was especially true of Jesus’ disciples.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 21:1-38

The Widow’s Mite. Prophecy of the Fall of Jerusalem and the Second Advent1-4. The widow’s mite (Mark 12:41). See on Mk.5-36. 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 also describes Jerusalem as being ’surrounded by armies.’ This greater definiteness is held by some to indicate that St. Luke wrote after the fall of Jerusalem, and added... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 21:36

(36) 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 six times (2 Corinthians 5:20; 2 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Corinthians 10:2, et seq.). It is not used by any other New Testament writer.That ye may be accounted worthy . . .—See Note on Luke 20:35. The better MSS., however, give, “that ye may have strength to escape.”To stand before the Son of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Luke 21:1-38

The Presence of Christ (For Advent) Luke 21:5-6 This discourse of our Lord is one of the most difficult for us to follow and apply, and yet it has made a vivid impression on the imagination of the world. Our Advent hymns and services are full of reminiscences of it, while, like so much else in Holy Scripture, it has suffered from an irreverent literalism which has at times imposed too great a strain on the imagination until faith has closed her wings and dropped heavily to the earth. The Day... read more

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