Luke 21:23

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 21:5-24

21:5-24 When some were speaking about the Temple, how it was adorned with lovely stones and offerings, Jesus said, "As for these things at which you are looking--days will come in which not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be pulled down." They asked him, "Teacher, when, then, will these things be? And what will be the sign when these things are going to happen?" He said, "Take care that you are not led astray. Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and, 'The... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 21:23

But woe unto them that are with-child ,.... See Gill on Matthew 24:19 . For there shall be great distress in the land ; of Judea. The Greek word αναγκη , here used, properly signifies "necessity", but here intends afflictions and distress; in which sense it is often used by the Septuagint, as in Psalm 107:6 and it is also by the Targumists adopted into their language, and used in the same sense F4 Vid. Targum in Gen xxii. 14. & xxxviii. 25. & Targum Sheni in Esth. v. 1.... 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 21:20-24

The true signs which his people are to be on the watch for. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 21:7-36

The account of the destruction of Jerusalem contained in this chapter has been fully considered in the notes at Matthew 24:0. All that will be necessary here will be an explanation of a few words that did not occur in that chapter.Luke 21:9Commotions - Insurrections. Subjects rising against their rulers.Luke 21:11Fearful sights - See Matthew 24:7.Luke 21:12, Luke 21:13Synagogues, and into prisons - See the notes at Mark 13:9-10.Luke 21:14Settle it, therefore, in your hearts - Fix it firmly in... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 21:5-28

131. The coming crisis (Matthew 24:1-31; Mark 13:1-27; Luke 21:5-28)Through his parables and other teachings, Jesus had spoken a number of times of his going away and his return in glory, which would bring in the climax of the age, the triumph of his kingdom and final judgment. His disciples apparently connected these events with the predicted destruction of Jerusalem. Therefore, when Jesus spoke of the destruction of the temple, his disciples immediately connected this with the return of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 21:23

in = upon. Greek. epi. App-104 . land. Greek. ge. App-129 . wrath . See 1 Thessalonians 2:16 . upon = among. Greek. en. App-104 . But all the texts read "to". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 21:23

Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath upon this people.As Ash observed:(These) touches depict the horror of a nation scattered by God's wrath (Deuteronomy 28:64). The siege would work particular hardship upon pregnant women and those with babies still nursing.[23]There is no way to entertain any reasonable doubt either: (1) that Jesus uttered this prophecy, or (2) that it came to pass as he said.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 21:23

23. woe unto—"alas for." with child, c.—from the greater suffering it would involve as also "flight in winter, and on the sabbath," which they were to "pray" against (Matthew 24:20), the one as more trying to the body, the other to the soul. "For then shall be tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world, nor ever shall be"—language not unusual in the Old Testament for tremendous calamities, though of this it may perhaps be literally said, "And except those days should be... read more

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