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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 21:29-33

We had this same parable both in Matthew and Mark. See Poole on "Matthew 24:32", and following verses to Matthew 24:35. See Poole on "Mark 13:28", and following verses to Mark 13:31. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 21:7-38

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 21:7. And they asked Him.—St. Mark tells us (Luke 13:3) that the questioners were the apostles Peter, John, James and Andrew. The discourse that follows is related by the two first evangelists as having been uttered on the Mount of Olives. St. Luke does not mention the place, and but for the parallel reports of the discourse we might have supposed that it was given in the Temple. There is, however, a break after Luke 21:7, which agrees with the change of place. We are,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Luke 21:29-31

DISCOURSE: 1572THE BUDDING FIG-TREELuke 21:29-31. And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees; when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.IT was no small advantage to our Lord’s stated followers, that they could ask him more particularly respecting any thing which they did not perfectly understand. Of this privilege... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Luke 21:28

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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 21:1-38

Chapter 21And he looked up, and he saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites ( Luke 21:1-2 ).A mite was one-sixteenth of a penny. In other words, it took sixteen mites to make a penny. Two mites would be an eighth of a penny. Now here are these rich people putting in their great gifts and this certain poor little widow goes up...and there in the temple the offering things are sort of like a horn and they would drop... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 21:1-38

Luke 21:5 . Some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts. This conversation occurred as they were going out of the temple. Mark 13:1. On mount Olivet the Lord delivered the luminous predictions which follow in the rest of the chapter. Matthew 24:3. Like the holy patriarchs, he died overflowing with the prophetic spirit. Luke 21:15 . I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay. Proof of this we have in the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 21:7-28

Luke 21:7-28Master, but when shall these things be?Judaism overthrownI. THE MASTER’S WARNING CONCERNING FALSE CHRISTS. 1. Many will assume the daring role. (1) Some saying, “I am Christ.” (2) Others saying, “The time draweth near.” 2. There is danger of being deceived. “Take heed,” etc. II. THE MASTER’S INSTRUCTION IN RESPECT TO WHAT MUST PRECEDE HIS COMING. 1. The great events which must precede. (1) Political commotion. (2) Physical changes. (3) Social distresses. 2. The persecution that must... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 21:29-33

Luke 21:29-33Behold the fig-tree and all the treesThe parable of the fig-treeI.TEACHING OF THE PARABLE. 1. Shows course and sequence of events as certain and necessary as the processes of nature. All is in progress. Be sure of the issue. Be alive to the tokens of its approach. 2. The incongruity of the comparison is its instruction. Its purpose to fix attention not on an end, but on a beginning; not on what going, but on what coming; not on tokens of dissolution, but on hidden life stirring... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 21:28

28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. Ver. 28. Look up ] You that shall then be found alive shall soon be caught up, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 , and fully freed from all evils and enemies. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 21:29

29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; Ver. 29. See Matthew 24:32 ; Mark 13:28 ; read more

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