Luke 21:34-36

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 21:29-38

Here, in the close of this discourse, I. Christ appoints his disciples to observe the signs of the times, which they might judge by, if they had an eye to the foregoing directions, with as much certainty and assurance as they could judge of the approach of summer by the budding forth of the trees, Luke 21:29-31. As in the kingdom of nature there is a chain of causes, so in the kingdom of providence there is a consequence of one event upon another. When we see a nation filling up the measure of... 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 21:34

And take heed to yourselves ,.... To your souls and bodies, to your lives and conversations; be upon your watch and guard: lest your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness ; with excessive eating and drinking; for these, as they oppress and burden the stomach, and disorder the body, so they stupefy the senses, and make the mind dull and heavy, and unfit for spiritual and religious exercises; such as reading, meditation, and prayer: and cares of this life ; concealing... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 21:35

For as a snare shall it come ,.... In which a bird is suddenly taken, and cannot get out again; the Persic version renders it, "as lightning and the splendour of the sun"; which break out at once, and enlighten the whole earth; so the destruction of the Jewish nation should be sudden and unavoidable, and universal; for it should come on all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth : or land of Judea; and so it was, for not only Jerusalem, but all Judea, and Galilee, suffered in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 21:36

Watch ye therefore, and pray always ,.... Watch against every sin, snare, and temptation; particularly, against the above things, surfeiting, drunkenness, and worldly cares; pray continually, for fresh supplies of grace: that ye may be counted worthy ; not for watchfulness and prayer, but through the grace and goodness of God: to escape all these things that shall come to pass ; the dreadful miseries and distress, that shall come upon the Jews: and to stand before the Son of man ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 21:34

Take heed to yourselves - See our Lord's parable, relative to this matter, explained, Mark 13:34 ; (note). 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 things: do not make this earth your portion: expect its dissolution, and prepare to meet your God. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 21:36

Watch ye therefore, and pray always - Perhaps we should connect ες παντι καιρῳ , 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 does not attend to this advice as literally as possible. That shall come to pass - That is, the tribulations which are on their way to overwhelm and destroy the Jewish people. These are sufficiently stated in 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 21:28-36

Practical teaching arising the foregoing prophecy respecting the Jerusalem and the " last things. " read more

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