Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Luke 21

Luk 21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

rich men

Mar 12:41-44; Luk 6:24; Luk 12:16-21; Luk 16:19-31; Luk 18:23-27; Luk 19:2-10.

Luk 21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

a certain poor widow

Luk 18:3; 2Co 6:10.

mite

One mite = 1 - 4 farthing, or 1 - 8 cent.

Luk 21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

cast in more

2Co 8:12.

Luk 21:4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

cast in all

Luk 18:12; 2Co 5:14-15.

Luk 21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,

the temple

Mat 24:1; Mar 13:1; Jhn 2:19-21.

Luk 21:6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

shall not be left one stone upon another

Luk 19:44.

Luk 21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

And he said

See Scofield Matthew 24:3, note on the Olivet discourse.

be not deceived

2Co 11:13-15; 2Th 2:3; 2Ti 3:13.

Luk 21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.

wars and commotions

2Ch 15:5-6; Mat 24:6-7; Mar 13:7.

by and by

i.e. come yet.

Luk 21:10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

Nation shall rise against nation

Hag 2:21-22; Zec 14:2-3; Rev 6:4.

Luk 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

earthquakes

Rev 6:5-6, 12.

Luk 21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

lay their hands on you

Mat 10:16-22; Jhn 16:2; 1Pe 4:12-14.

into prisons

Act 4:3; 5:18; 12:4; 16:24.

for my name's sake

1Pe 2:13.

Luk 21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

a testimony

Phl 1:12-13, 28; 2Th 1:4-5.

Luk 21:14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

not to meditate before

Mat 10:19; Mar 13:11; Luk 12:11.

Luk 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

not be able to gainsay nor resist

Act 6:10.

Luk 21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

ye shall be betrayed

Mic 7:6; Mar 13:12.

shall they cause to be put to death

Act 7:59; 12:2.

Luk 21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

ye shall be hated

Mat 10:22; Jhn 7:7.

Luk 21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

not an hair of your head

Mat 10:30.

Luk 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.

In your patience

Heb 10:36.

Luk 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

when ye shall see

Verses 20, 24 are not included in the report of the Olivet discourse as given by Matthew and Mark. Two sieges of Jerusalem are in view in that discourse. Luk 21:20-24 refers to the siege by Titus, A.D. 70, when the city was taken, and verse 24 literally fulfilled. But that siege and its horrors but adumbrate the final siege at the end of this age, in which the "great tribulation" culminates. At that time the city will be taken, but delivered by the glorious appearing of the Lord (Rev 19:11-21). The references in Mat 24:15-28; Mar 13:14-26 are to the final tribulation siege; Luk 21:20-24 to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus. In Luke the sign is the compassing of Jerusalem by armies (Luk 21:20); in Matthew (Mat 24:15); Mark (Mar 13:14) the sign is the abomination in the holy place (2Th 2:4).

Jerusalem compassed with armies

Israel (prophecies). Act 2:29-32. (Gen 12:2, 3; Rom 11:26.)

Luk 21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

all things which are written may be fulfilled

Hos 9:7; Isa 65:12-15.

Luk 21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

times of the Gentiles

The "times of the Gentiles" began with the captivity of Judah under Nebuchadnezzar (2Ch 36:1-21), since which time Jerusalem has been under Gentile overlordship.

Times of the Gentiles. Luk 21:20-24; Deu 28:28-68. (Luk 21:24; Rev 16:19.)

Luk 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

there shall be signs

Isa 13:9-10, 13; Mat 24:29; Mar 13:24; 2Pe 3:10, 12.

Luk 21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Men's hearts failing them for fear

Luk 23:30; Rev 6:12-17.

earth

oikoumene = inhabited earth.

the powers of heaven shall be shaken

Mat 24:29.

Luk 21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Son of man

Scofield Matthew 8:20, note.

coming

Christ (Second Advent). Luk 21:25-28; Luk 24:25-26. (Deu 30:3; Acts 1:9-11.)

in a cloud

Mat 24:29-31; Mar 13:24-27; 2Th 1:7-10; Rev 1:7.

Luk 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

redemption

Scofield Romans 3:24, note; Romans 8:19, 23.

Luk 21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

parable

Parables (N.T.). Luk 21:29-31. (Mat 5:13-16; Luk 21:29-31).

Luk 21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

the kingdom of God is nigh

Heb 10:37; Jas 5:8-9.

Luk 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

my words shall not pass away

Isa 40:8; Isa 51:6; Mat 24:35; Heb 1:11; 1Pe 1:23, 25.

Luk 21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

take heed to yourselves

Rom 13:13; 1Th 5:6; 1Pe 4:7.

cares of this life

Luk 14:18-20; Luk 17:28.

Luk 21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

as a snare shall it come

1Th 5:2; 2Pe 3:10; Rev 3:3; 16:5.

Luk 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Watch ye therefore

Mat 24:42; 25:13; Mar 13:33.

pray always

Luk 18:1.

worthy to escape

Luk 17:33-37; Rev 7:3.

stand before the Son of man

Psa 1:5; Eph 6:13.

Luk 21:37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.

in the day time he was teaching in the temple

Jhn 8:1-2.

at night he went out

Luk 22:39.