Luke 21:26-28

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 21:20-28

Having given them an idea of the times for about thirty-eight years next ensuing, he here comes to show them what all those things would issue in at last, namely, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the utter dispersion of the Jewish nation, which would be a little day of judgment, a type and figure of Christ's second coming, which was not so fully spoken of here as in the parallel place (Matt. 24:1-51), yet glanced at; for the destruction of Jerusalem would be as it were the destruction of the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 21:25-37

21:25-37 And there will be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on earth the nations will be in distress and will not know what to do in the roaring of the sea and of the wave, while men's hearts will swoon from fear and from foreboding of the things that are coming on the world. The power of the heavens will be shaken; and then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud, with power and much glory. When these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your hearts for your deliverance... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 21:26

Men's hearts failing them for fear ,.... Of what these signs in the heaven, earth, and sea portend: and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth ; on the land of Judea: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken ; See Gill on Matthew 24:29 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 21:27

And then shall they see the son of man ,.... See Gill on Matthew 24:30 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 21:28

And when these things begin to come to pass ,.... When the first of these signs appears, or any one of them: then look up and lift up your heads ; be cheerful and pleasant; do not hang down your heads as bulrushes, but erect them, and put on a cheerful countenance, and look upwards, from whence your help comes; and look out wistfully and intently, for your salvation and deliverance: for your redemption draweth nigh ; not the redemption of their souls from sin, Satan, the law, the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 21:26

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, οικουμενῃ . See this translation of the word vindicated in the note on Luke 2:1 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 21:28

Verse 28 Luke 21:28.And when these things begin to take place. Luke expresses more clearly the consolation by which Christ animates the minds of his followers; for, though this sentence contains nothing different from the words of Matthew, which we have just now explained, yet it shows better for what purpose the angels will come, as we are told, to gather the elect. For it was necessary to contrast the joy of the godly with the general sorrow and distress of the world, and to point out the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:5-38

Preliminaries of the second advent. It would seem that, as an interlude amid his diligent teaching in Jerusalem, Jesus and the disciples, on their way back to Bethany, had paused on the Mount of Olives and contemplated the temple. The building was a superb one, and so well put together that the disciples and people generally believed it would last till doomsday. Hence, amid their admiration for the gorgeous pile, came their question about the end of the world, which would, they believed,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:25-27

The prophecy of the coming of the Son of man in glory. The signs which shall precede this advent. And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory . The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:28

And when these things begin to come to pan, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh . There is no doubt that the first reference in this verse is to the earlier part of the prophecy—the fate of the city and the ruin of the Jewish power. "Your redemption'' would then signify "your deliverance from the constant and bitter hostility of the Jewish authority." After a.d. 70 and the fall of Jerusalem, the growth of Christianity was far more rapid than it had been... read more

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