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New Testament ,
The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ,
According To Luke Chapter 21
1 The widow's liberality above her riches.
5 Of the time of the destruction of the Temple.
19 and Jerusalem.
25 The signs going before the last judgment.
1 And (*) (1) as he beheld, he saw the rich
men which cast their gifts into the treasury.
(*) Mark 12:42 .
(1) The poor may exceed in bounty and
liberality even the richest, according to
God's judgment.
2 And he saw also a certain poor widow
which cast in thither two mites.
3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that
this poor widow hath cast in more than they
all.
4 (*) For they all have of their superfluity
cast into the offerings of God; but she of her
penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
(*) God esteemeth not the gift or alms by the
quantity or value, but by the heart and
affection.
5 (*) (2) Now as some spake of the Temple,
how it was garnished with goodly stones,
and with (a) () consecrated things, he said,
(*) Luke 19:43; Matthew 24:1; Mark 13:1 .
(2) The destruction of the Temple is foretold,
which that true spiritual building may be built
up, whose head builders must and ought to
be circumspect.
(a) There were things that were hanged
upon walls and pillars.
() Or, gifts.
6 Are these the things that ye look upon?
The days will come wherein a stone shall not
be left upon a stone, that shall not be thrown
down.
7 Then they asked him, saying, Master, but
when shall these things be?
And what sign shall there be when these
things shall come to pass?
8 (*) And he said, () Take heed, that ye be
not deceived, for many will come (b) in my
Name, saying, I am Christ, and the time
draweth near; follow ye not them therefore.
(*) Ephesians 5:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:3 .
() Christ then maketh answer of that, which
was more necessary for them, and not to the
question they demanded.
(b) Using my Name.
9 (3) And when ye hear of wars and
seditions, be not afraid; for these things must
first come, but the end followeth not by and
by.
(3) The true Temple of God is built up even
in the midst of incredible tumults, and most
sharp miseries, through invincible patience, so
that the end thereof cannot be but most
happy.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,
11 (*) And great earthquakes shall be in
divers places, and hunger, and pestilence,
and fearful things, and great signs shall there
be from heaven.
(*) Matthew 24:7; Mark 13:18 .
12 But before all these, they shall lay their
hands on you, and persecute you, delivering
you up to the Synagogues, and into prisons,
and bring you before Kings and rulers for my
Name's sake.
13 And this shall turn to you, for a (c) (*)
testimonial.
(c) This shall be the end of your troubles and
afflictions, they shall be witnesses both
before God and man, as well of the
treacherous and cruel dealing of your
enemies, as also of your constancy; A noble
saying, that the afflictions of the godly and
holy men pertains to the witness of the truth.
(*) This their sufferance shall both be a
greater confirmation to the Gospel, and also
by their constancy the tyranny of their
enemies shall at length be manifest before
God and man.
14 (*) Lay it up therefore in your hearts, that
ye premeditate not what ye shall answer.
(*) Luke 12:12; Matthew 10:19; Mark 13:11 .
15 For I will give you a mouth, and wisdom
where against all your adversaries shall not
be able to speak nor (*) resist.
(*) For though they were so impudent to
resist, yet truth ever gaineth the victory.
16 Yea, ye shall be betrayed also of your
parents, and of your brethren, and kinsmen,
and friends, and some of you shall they put
to death.
17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my
Name's sake.
18 (*) Yet there shall not one hair of your
heads perish.
(*) Matthew 10:30 .
19 By your patience (d) (*) possess your
souls.
(d) Though you are compassed about on all
sides with many misery, yet notwithstanding
be valiant and courageous, and bear out
these things manfully.
(*) That is, live joyfully and blessedly, even
under the cross.
20 ¶ (*) (4) And when ye see Jerusalem
besieged with soldiers, then understand that
the desolation thereof is near.
(*) Daniel 9:27; Matthew 14:15; Mark 13:14
(4) The final destruction of the whole city is
foretold.
21 Then let them which are in Judea, flee to
the mountains, and let them which are in the
midst thereof, depart out, and let not them
that are in the country, enter therein;
22 For these be the days of vengeance, to
fulfill all things that are written.
23 But woe be to them that be with child,
and to them that give suck in those days; for
there shall be great distress in this land, and
(e) (*) wrath over this people.
(e) By wrath, those things are meant, which
God sendeth when he is displeased.
(*) God's wrath against this people shall
appear by the calamities and plagues,
wherewith he will punish them.
24 And they shall fall on the (f) edge of the
sword, and shall be led captive into all
nations, and Jerusalem shall be trodden
under foot of the Gentiles, until the (*) time
of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
(f) Word for word, mouth, for the Hebrew
call the edge of a sword the mouth, because
the edge biteth.
(*) He meaneth their iniquities to receive
likewise their punishment afterward.
25 (*) (g) Then there shall be signs in the
sun, and in the moon, and in the stars, and
upon the earth trouble among the nations,
with perplexity, the sea and the waters shall
roar.
(*) Isaiah 13:10; Ezekiel 32:7;
Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24 .
(g) When the times are expired, appointed
for the salvation of the Gentiles and
punishment of the Jews; And so he passeth
from the destruction of Jerusalem, to the
history of the latter judgment.
26 (5) And men's hearts shall fail them for
fear and for looking after those things which
shall come on the world, for the powers of
heaven shall be shaken.
(5) After divers tempest, the Lord will at the
length plainly appear to deliver his Church.
27 And then shall they see the Son of man
come in a cloud, with power and great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come to
pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, (*)
for your () redemption draweth near.
(*) Romans 8:23 .
() The effect of that redemption which Jesus
Christ hath purchased, shall then fully
appear.
29 (6) And he spake to them a parable,
Behold, the fig tree, and all trees,
(6) We must be sober and watchful both day
and night for the Lord's coming, that we be
not taken at unawares.
30 When they now shoot forth, ye seeing
them, know of your own selves, that summer
is then near.
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things
come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of
God is near.
32 Verily I say unto you, This age shall not
(*) pass, till all these things be done:
(*) For all these things come within fifty
years after.
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but
my words shall not pass away.
34 (*) Take heed to yourselves, lest at
anytime your hearts be oppressed with
surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of
this life, and lest that day come on you at
unawares.
(*) Romans 13:13 .
35 For as a (*) snare shall it come (h) on all
them that dwell on the face of the whole
earth.
(*) To catch and entangle them,
wheresoever they be in the world.
(h) On all men wheresoever they be.
36 Watch therefore, and pray continually,
(*) that ye may be counted worthy to escape
all these things that shall come to pass, and
that ye may (i) stand before the Son of man.
(*) Or, that ye may be made worthy.
(i) You may so appear that you will abide
the countenance and sentence of the Judge
without fear.
37 ¶ Now in the daytime he taught in the
Temple, and at night he went out, and abode
in the mount, that is called the mount of
Olives.
38 And all the people came in the morning to
him, to hear him in the Temple.
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