Luke 21:22

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
For	ὅτι hoti	G3754	demonstrative · conjunction
these	αὗταί hautai	G3778	the he (she or it) · demonstrative pronoun — nominative plural feminine
be	εἰσί eisí	G1526	they are
the days	ἡμέραι hēmerai	G2250	day · noun — nominative plural feminine
of vengeance	ἐκδικήσεως ekdikēseōs	G1557	vindication · noun — genitive singular feminine
that all things	πάντα panta	G3956	all · adjective — accusative plural neuter
which	τοῦ tou	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — genitive singular neuter
are written	γεγραμμένα.¶ gegrammena	G1125	to "grave" · verb — perfect passive participle, accusative plural neuter
may be fulfilled	πληρόω plēróō	G4137	to make replete

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Cross-references

Hosea 9:7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for…
Isaiah 65:12-16 Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake…
Isaiah 34:8 For it is the day of the LORD’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
Isaiah 63:4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Jeremiah 51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengean…
2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Daniel 9:24-27 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make re…
Mark 13:19-20 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:20-28

Having given them an idea of the times for about thirty-eight years next ensuing, he here comes to show them what all those things would issue in at last, namely, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the utter dispersion of the Jewish nation, which would be a little day of judgment, a type and figure of Christ's second coming, which was not so fully spoken of here as in the parallel place (Mt. 24), yet glanced at; for the destruction of Jerusalem would be as it were the destruction of the world to those whose hearts were bound up in it. I. He tells them that they should see Jerusalem besieged, compassed with armies (Luk 21:20), the Roman armies; and, when they saw this, they might conclude that…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 21:20

by armies--encamped armies, that is, besieged: "the abomination of desolation" (meaning the Roman ensigns, as the symbols of an idolatrous, pagan, unclean power) "spoken of by Daniel the prophet" (Dan 9:27) "standing where it ought not" (Mar 13:14). "Whoso readeth [that prophecy] let him understand" (Mat 24:15). Then . . . flee, &c.--EUSEBIUS says the Christians fled to Pella, at the north extremity of Perea, being "prophetically directed"; perhaps by some prophetic intimation still more explicit than this, which still would be their chart.

Adam Clarke on Luke 21:22

These be the days of vengeance - See on Mat 24:21 (note).

John Gill on Luke 21:22

For these be the days of vengeance,.... Of God's vengeance on the Jewish nation, for their rejection and crucifixion of the Messiah; that all things which are written may be fulfilled; as in Moses and the prophets; see

John Calvin on Luke 21:20-24

Luke 21:20-24 Matthew 24:15-28 Mark 13:14-23 Luke 21:20-24 15. When therefore you shall see the abomination of desolation, which is described by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place, (let him that readeth understand,) 16. Then let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17. Let not him who is on the housetop go down to carry anything out of his house; 18. And let not him who is in the field return to carry away his clothes. 19. But woe to the women with child, and to them that give suck in those days. 20. And pray that your flight may not be in the winter, nor on the sabbath. [134] 21. For there will then be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of th…

The Church Fathers

And these are the days of vengeance, that is, the days exacting vengeance for our Lord's blood.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Watchfulness · 36:18-21; — 36:18-21;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:20-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 21:20

Adam Clarke on Luke 21:22

John Gill on Luke 21:22

John Calvin on Luke 21:20-24

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:20-28

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 21:20

Adam Clarke on Luke 21:22

John Gill on Luke 21:22

John Calvin on Luke 21:20-24

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 21:22