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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 21:29-38

132. A warning to be alert always (Matthew 24:32-51; Mark 13:28-37; Luke 21:29-38)Just as the first leaves on a fig tree indicate that summer is coming, so when the disciples see the false messiahs, the persecution and the approach of the Roman armies, they will know that the destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish nation is upon them. People of Jesus’ day would see the fulfilment of these things in their own lifetime (Matthew 24:32-35; Luke 21:29-33).As for the day when the Son of man will... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 21:34

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. A medical word used for the nausea after drunkenness, from which is the Latin crapula. Occurs only here. The English is from the Old French surfait or sorfait = excess. drunkenness . Greek. methe. Occurs only here, Romans 13:13 .Galatians 1:5 , Galatians 1:21 . cares . See... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 21:34

But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare: for so shall it come upon all them that dwell upon the face of the earth. But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.Take heed to yourselves ... means that men should give more attention to their own spiritual... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 21:34

Luke 21:34. Your hearts be overcharged— The word βαρυνθωσιν property signifies, burdened, or pressed down; and elegantly and strongly expresses the hateful consequences of intemperance; and the load that it brings on those rational faculties which peculiarly distinguish us from the beasts of the field. See Horat. Sat. 2: lib. 2: line 77. The reader will observe that St. Luke's account of this discourse is very short, in comparison with that of St. Matthew and St. Mark; for the obvious reason,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 21:34

34-37. surfeiting, and drunkenness—All animal excesses, quenching spirituality. cares of this life—(See on :-; :-). 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 21:34-35

"That day" is the day of His return, not the destruction of Jerusalem, since it would come on all earth-dwellers (Luke 21:35). Jesus did not want His disciples to be unprepared for His return. He did not want them to be so self-indulgent and selfish that they disregarded His return. In that case it might catch them as a trap. Even though believers should be able to anticipate the Lord’s return by the signs that precede it (Luke 21:10-11; Luke 21:25-26), they may become so entangled in the... 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

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 21:29-38

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 21:34

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 21:34

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 21:34

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 21:34

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

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 21:34-35

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

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

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