Luke 21:10 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 21:10

Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

BSB

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ASV

Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 35 (604)

The final tribulation is preceded by many tribulations, and through the frequent evils that come before, the perpetual evils that will follow are indicated. And therefore after wars and seditions the end does not come immediately, because many evils must run before, so that they may be able to announce evil without end. But since so many signs of disturbance have been mentioned, we ought to touch briefly upon the consideration of each one, because it is necessary that we suffer some things from heaven, some from earth, some from the elements, some from men.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

God has various ways of punishing a provoking people. The four sorts of judgments which the Old-Testament prophets so often speak of are threatened by the New-Testament prophets too; for, though spiritual judgments are more commonly inflicted in gospel times, yet God makes use of temporal judgments also.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

These words no doubt received a partial fulfillment in the days when Jerusalem was captured by the Romans, and the Jews were led into captivity. It was a season of unparalleled desolation to Judea, and the countries round about Judea. The last days of the Jewish dispensation, were wound up by a struggle which for bloodshed, misery, and tribulation, has never been equaled since the world began. But the words before us have yet to receive a more complete accomplishment. They describe the time which shall immediately precede the second coming of Jesus Christ.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τότε	tote	Then	G5119 →
ἔλεγεν	elegen	He was saying	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
ἐγερθήσεται	egerthēsetai	Will rise up	G1453 →
ἔθνος	ethnos	nation	G1484 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	against	G1909 →
ἔθνος	ethnos	nation	G1484 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
βασιλεία	basileia	kingdom	G932 →
ἐπὶ	epi	against	G1909 →
βασιλείαν,	basileian	kingdom,	G932 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 12:27
The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 7:31
  and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
- Matthew 24:35
  Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Revelation 21:1
  Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
- Revelation 11:15
  Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
Through
Mark 13:8
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
leads to
- Matthew 24:8
  All these are the beginning of birth pains.
- Psalms 48:6
  Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
  While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
- Isaiah 37:3
  to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke