Luke 21:32 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 21:32

Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all things be accomplished.

KJV

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

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Commentary

1 voice

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 1 (604)

All these things are confirmed with great certainty when the sentence is added which says: "Amen I say to you, this generation shall not pass away until all things come to pass. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

The subject of this portion of our Lord's great prophecy, is His own second coming to judge the world. The strong expressions of the passage appear inapplicable to any event less important than this. To confine the words before us, to the taking of Jerusalem by the Romans, in an unnatural straining of Scripture language. We see, firstly, in this passage — how terrible will be the circumstances accompanying the second coming of Christ. Our Lord tells us that "there will be signs in the sun, moon and stars.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀμὴν	Amēn	Amen	G281 →
λέγω	legō	I say	G3004 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
οὐ	ou	certainly	G3756 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
παρέλθῃ	parelthē	may have passed away	G3928 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
γενεὰ	genea	generation	G1074 →
αὕτη	hautē	this	G3778 →
ἕως	he'ōs	until	G2193 →
ἂν	an	when	G302 →
πάντα	panta	all [these things]	G3956 →
γένηται.	genētai	may happen.	G1096 →

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
Matthew 24:34
Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
leads to
- Mark 13:30–31
  Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 21:32–33
  Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 16:28
  Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 23:36
  Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Matthew 16:28
Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
leads to
- Mark 9:1
  Then Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 9:27
  But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
- Matthew 10:23
  When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Mark 13:30
Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
leads to
- Matthew 24:34
  Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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01Commentary

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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