Luke 21:7
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New International Version
"Teacher," they asked, "when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?"


English Standard Version
And they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?”


New American Standard Bible
They questioned Him, saying, "Teacher, when therefore will these things happen? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?"


King James Bible
And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?


Holman Christian Standard Bible
Teacher," they asked Him, "so when will these things be? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?"


International Standard Version
Then they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things take place, and what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?"


American Standard Version
And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when therefore shall these things be? and what'shall be the sign when these things are about to come to pass?


Douay-Rheims Bible
And they asked him, saying: Master, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when they shall begin to come to pass?


Darby Bible Translation
And they asked him saying, Teacher, when then shall these things be; and what is the sign when these things are going to take place?


Young's Literal Translation
And they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, when, then, shall these things be? and what is the sign when these things may be about to happen?'


Commentaries
21:5-28 With much curiosity those about Christ ask as to the time when the great desolation should be. He answers with clearness and fulness, as far as was necessary to teach them their duty; for all knowledge is desirable as far as it is in order to practice. Though spiritual judgements are the most common in gospel times, yet God makes use of temporal judgments also. Christ tells them what hard things they should suffer for his name's sake, and encourages them to bear up under their trials, and to go on in their work, notwithstanding the opposition they would meet with. God will stand by you, and own you, and assist you. This was remarkably fulfilled after the pouring out of the Spirit, by whom Christ gave his disciples wisdom and utterance. Though we may be losers for Christ, we shall not, we cannot be losers by him, in the end. It is our duty and interest at all times, especially in perilous, trying times, to secure the safety of our own souls. It is by Christian patience we keep possession of our own souls, and keep out all those impressions which would put us out of temper. We may view the prophecy before us much as those Old Testament prophecies, which, together with their great object, embrace, or glance at some nearer object of importance to the church. Having given an idea of the times for about thirty-eight years next to come, Christ shows what all those things would end in, namely, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the utter dispersion of the Jewish nation; which would be a type and figure of Christ's second coming. The scattered Jews around us preach the truth of Christianity; and prove, that though heaven and earth shall pass away, the words of Jesus shall not pass away. They also remind us to pray for those times when neither the real, nor the spiritual Jerusalem, shall any longer be trodden down by the Gentiles, and when both Jews and Gentiles shall be turned to the Lord. When Christ came to destroy the Jews, he came to redeem the Christians that were persecuted and oppressed by them; and then had the churches rest. When he comes to judge the world, he will redeem all that are his from their troubles. So fully did the Divine judgements come upon the Jews, that their city is set as an example before us, to show that sins will not pass unpunished; and that the terrors of the Lord, and his threatenings against impenitent sinners, will all come to pass, even as his word was true, and his wrath great upon Jerusalem.

Lu 21:5-38. Christ's Prophecy of the Destruction of Jerusalem and Warnings to Prepare for His Second Coming, Suggested by It—His Days and Nights during His Last Week.

5-7. (See on [1713]Mt 24:1-3.)

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