Luke 21:11| saw
| See note 411 in Mark 12.
Luke 21:1a| rich| vv. 1-4: Mark 12:41-44
Luke 21:1b| casting| 2|Kings 12:9
Luke 21:12| gifts
| Things offered to God (so in v. 4).
Luke 21:1c| treasury| Matt. 27:6;| John 8:20
Luke 21:21| impoverished
| A stronger word than poor, indicating a penniless condition.
Luke 21:2a| lepta| cf. Luke 12:59
Luke 21:3a| poor| 2|Cor. 8:2
Luke 21:4a| living| Luke 8:43
Luke 21:51| And
| For vv. 5-19, see notes in Matt. 24:1-13 and Mark 13:1-13.
Luke 21:5a| temple| vv. 5-19: Matt. 24:1-13;| Mark 13:1-13
Luke 21:52| beautiful
| The things for God that have a beautiful appearance but no reality will be rejected by God.
Luke 21:53| consecrated
| Or, votive gifts.
Luke 21:6a| stone| Luke 19:44
Luke 21:7a| when| cf. Acts 1:6-7
Luke 21:8a| See| Mark 13:33;| Col. 2:8
Luke 21:8b| name| Jer. 14:14
Luke 21:11a| earthquakes| Rev. 6:12
Luke 21:11b| famines| Acts 11:28;| Rev. 6:8
Luke 21:11c| signs| cf. Luke 11:16
Luke 21:12a| delivering| vv. 12-17: Matt. 10:17-22
Luke 21:12b| prisons| Acts 5:18;| 12:4;| 16:24;| 22:19;| 26:10
Luke 21:12c| bringing| Acts 16:19;| 18:12
Luke 21:12d| kings| 1|Pet. 2:13-14
Luke 21:14a| take| Luke 12:11
Luke 21:15a| mouth| Exo. 4:12;| Jer. 1:9
Luke 21:15b| resist| Acts 6:10
Luke 21:161| delivered
| Or, betrayed. So throughout the book.
Luke 21:17a| hated| Luke 6:22;| John 15:18-19
Luke 21:18a| hair| Matt. 10:30;| cf. 1|Sam. 14:45
Luke 21:19a| endurance| Rom. 5:3;| Heb. 10:36;| James 1:3
Luke 21:191| possess
| Or, acquire, keep intact.
Luke 21:201| But
| For vv. 20-28, see notes in Matt. 24:15-31.
Luke 21:20a| see| vv. 20-28: Matt. 24:15-31;| Mark 13:14-27
Luke 21:20b| surrounded| Luke 19:43
Luke 21:22a| vengeance| Isa. 34:8
Luke 21:23a| pregnant| cf. Luke 23:29
Luke 21:231| distress
| Or, necessity.
Luke 21:23b| wrath| 1|Thes. 2:16
Luke 21:24a| trampled| Rev. 11:2
Luke 21:241| Gentiles
| Or, nations.
Luke 21:24b| fulfilled| cf. Rom. 11:25
Luke 21:25a| sun| Joel 2:31;| Acts 2:20;| Rev. 6:12-13
Luke 21:25b| roaring| Psa. 65:7
Luke 21:261| fainting
| Lit., stopping breathing.
Luke 21:262| inhabited
| Referring to the earth at the time of the great tribulation, which will come in the last three and a half years of this age (Matt. 24:21; Rev. 3:10).
Luke 21:26a| shaken| Heb. 12:26
Luke 21:27a| Son| Matt. 26:64;| Dan. 7:13;| Rev. 14:14;| John 1:51
Luke 21:27b| coming| Acts 1:9-11;| Rev. 1:7
Luke 21:27c| glory| Matt. 25:31
Luke 21:28a| redemption| Rom. 8:23;| Eph. 4:30
Luke 21:291| And
| For vv. 29-33, see notes in Matt. 24:32-35.
Luke 21:29a| fig| vv. 29-33: Matt. 24:32-35;| Mark 13:28-31
Luke 21:32a| this| Matt. 23:36
Luke 21:33a| pass| Luke 16:17;| Matt. 5:18;| Rev. 21:1
Luke 21:33b| words| Psa. 119:89;| Isa. 40:8;| 1|Pet. 1:25
Luke 21:34a| take| Luke 8:18
Luke 21:341| debauchery
| Indicating a drunken hangover.
Luke 21:34b| drunkenness| Rom. 13:13;| Matt. 24:49
Luke 21:34c| anxieties| Matt. 13:22
Luke 21:342| suddenly
| Or, unexpectedly.
Luke 21:34d| snare| Eccl. 9:12;| Isa. 24:17;| Rom. 11:9;| 1|Tim. 3:7;| 6:9;| 2|Tim. 2:26
Luke 21:351a| dwelling| Rev. 3:10;| 6:10;| 8:13;| 11:10;| 13:8, 14;| 17:2, 8
| Lit., sitting.
Luke 21:36a| watchful| Matt. 24:42;| 25:13;| 26:38, 41;| Acts 20:31;| 1|Cor. 16:13;| Eph. 6:18;| Col. 4:2;| 1|Thes. 5:6;| 1|Pet. 5:8;| Rev. 3:2;| 16:15
Luke 21:36b| beseeching| Luke 18:1;| Rom. 12:12;| Col. 4:12;| 1|Thes. 5:17;| 1|Pet. 4:7
Luke 21:361| prevail
| Have strength and ability. The strength and ability to escape the great tribulation come from watchfulness and beseeching.
Luke 21:362| escape
| To be taken, raptured, before the great tribulation (Matt. 24:21; Luke 17:34-36 and note 342), which will be a severe trial upon the whole inhabited earth (Rev. 3:10). To be thus raptured is to be kept “out of the hour of trial, which is about to come on the whole inhabited earth, to try them who dwell on the earth” (Rev. 3:10).
Luke 21:363| all
| All the things of the great tribulation.
Luke 21:364c| stand| cf. Psa. 1:5;| Rev. 6:17;| Eph. 6:13
| Corresponding with standing in Rev. 14:1, indicating that the raptured overcomers will stand before the Savior on Mount Zion in the heavens before the great tribulation (cf. Rev. 12:5-6, 14).
Luke 21:37a| teaching| Matt. 26:55
Luke 21:37b| went| Matt. 21:17
Luke 21:37c| Olivet| Luke 22:39;| Matt. 26:30
Luke 21:38a| morning| John 8:2