Luke 21:33

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Heaven	οὐρανὸς ouranos	G3772	the sky · noun — nominative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
earth	γῆ gē	G1093	soil · noun — nominative singular feminine
shall pass away	παρελεύσονται, pareleusontai	G3928	to come near or aside · verb — future middle deponent indicative, 3rd person plural
but	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
my	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
words	λόγοι logoi	G3056	something said (including the thought) · noun — nominative plural masculine
shall	παρελεύσονται. pareleusontai	G3928	to come near or aside · verb — future middle deponent indicative, 3rd person plural
not	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
pass away	παρέρχομαι parérchomai	G3928	to come near or aside

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Cross-references

Isaiah 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Mark 13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old…
Psalms 102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall…
Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
1 Peter 1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
2 Peter 3:7-14 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perditi…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:29–end

Here, in the close of this discourse, I. Christ appoints his disciples to observe the signs of the times, which they might judge by, if they had an eye to the foregoing directions, with as much certainty and assurance as they could judge of the approach of summer by the budding forth of the trees, Luk 21:29-31. As in the kingdom of nature there is a chain of causes, so in the kingdom of providence there is a consequence of one event upon another. When we see a nation filling up the measure of their iniquity, we may conclude that their ruin is nigh; when we see the ruin of persecuting powers hastening on, we may thence infer that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand, that when the opposition gi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 21:32

This generation--not "this nation," as some interpret it, which, though admissible in itself, seems very unnatural here. It is rather as in Luk 9:27.

Adam Clarke on Luke 21:32

This generation - This race of men; but see on Mat 24:34 (note), and Mar 13:30 (note).

John Gill on Luke 21:32

Verily I say unto you, this generation,.... See Gill on Matthew 24:34. See Gill on Matthew 24:35. All the Oriental versions read here as there, "all these things"; before related.

John Calvin on Luke 21:29-36

Luke 21:29-33 Matthew 24:32-36 Mark 13:28-32 Luke 21:29-33 32. Now learn a similitude from the fig-tree. When its branch is already tender, and putteth forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh. 33. In like manner, when you shall see all these things, know you that it is nigh, at the door. 34. Verily I say to you, This generation shall not pass away till all these things be done. 35. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36. But of that day and hour no man knoweth, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father alone. 28. Now learn a similitude from the fig-tree. When its branch is still tender, and putteth forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh. 29. In…

The Church Fathers

(ut sup.) Or else, The heaven and earth shall pass away, &c. As if He says, All that with us seems lasting, does not abide to eternity without change, and all that with Me seems to pass away is held fixed and immoveable, for My word which passeth away utters sentences which remain unchangeable, and abide for ever.
— Gregory the Dialogist ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

But by the heaven which shall pass away we must understand not the æthereal or the starry heaven, but the air from which the birds are named "of heaven." But if the earth shall pass away, how does Ecclesiastes say, The earth standeth for ever? (Ecc. 1:4.) Plainly then the heaven and earth in the fashion which they now have shall pass away, but in essence subsist eternally.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(If you examine) the whole passage of this Gospel Scripture, from the inquiry of the disciples down to the parable of the fig-tree you will find the sense in its connection suit in every point the Son of man, so that it consistently ascribes to Him both the sorrows and the joys, and the catastrophes and the promises; nor can you separate them from Him in either respect.
— Tertullian, Against Marcion Book IV

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Dictionary and topics

Earth · 5:18;24:3,14,29-31,35-39; — 5:18;24:3,14,29-31,35-39;
Providence Of God, The · Is exercised in: Bringing His words to pass — Is exercised in: Bringing His words to pass
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 21:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 21:32

Adam Clarke on Luke 21:32

John Gill on Luke 21:32

John Calvin on Luke 21:29-36

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:29–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 21:32

Adam Clarke on Luke 21:32

John Gill on Luke 21:32

John Calvin on Luke 21:29-36

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 21:33