Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 21:5-9
1. The setting and the warning about being misled 21:5-9 (cf. Matthew 24:1-6; Mark 13:1-6) read more
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Thomas Constable
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 21:7
Jesus hearers-specifically Peter, James, John, and Andrew (Mark 13:3)-then asked Him when the destruction would take place and what sign would precede it. They did not ask for a sign because they disbelieved Jesus but because they wanted a warning of the disaster. The destruction of the temple would constitute the end of Judaism as they knew it. When the Babylonians destroyed the first temple in 586 B.C., the result was dispersion and disaster for the Jews. Now Jesus announced that another... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 21:8-9
Jesus proceeded immediately to warn His hearers about being misled about the time of the temple’s destruction. There would be false messiahs who would appear and predict the imminent destruction of the temple (cf. Acts 5:36; Acts 21:38). They should not assume that wars and disturbances were signs of the coming destruction either. Those things would happen, but their occurrence would not signal the immediate destruction of the temple. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 21:10-11
Luke’s interruption of Jesus’ teaching suggests a break of some kind in His thought. It seems clear from what follows, in Luke 21:11 especially, that Jesus now broadened His perspective from the wars that would precede the destruction of Jerusalem to include later wars. He was referring specifically to the wars that would precede His return to the earth. The disciples may not have understood this difference when Jesus spoke these words, but by the time Luke wrote his Gospel the difference had... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 21:10-19
2. The need for faithful perseverance 21:10-19 (cf. Matthew 24:7-10; Mark 13:8-13) read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 21:12-15
Before the calamities of the Tribulation, Jesus’ disciples would experience persecution from their enemies spoken of generally here as "they." Jesus proceeded to describe what His disciples could expect from the time He spoke until His return. He warned them about what to expect so they would not yield to persecution.They would undergo examinations from hostile Jews in synagogues (cf. Matthew 10:17; Mark 13:9), and they would experience confinement in prisons. Gentiles also would arrest them... 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 21:7-19
(7-19) Master, but when shall these things be?—See Notes on Matthew 24:3-14; Mark 13:3-13. St. Luke omits the Mount of Olives as being the scene of the question and the prophecy, and the names of the questioners, the latter being given by St. Mark only. The variations in the report throughout imply an independent source—probably oral—of information, as distinct from transcription either from one of the Gospels or from a document common to both of them. On the whole, he agrees much more with St.... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 21:12
12. brought before, &c.—The book of Acts verifies all this. read more