Luke 21:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Luke 21:20 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 19:43
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
Daniel 9:27
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Mark 13:14
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not,(let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Matthew 24:15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,(whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Luke 21:7
And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?

Topics

Archery Armies Battle Israel, Prophecies Concerning Nation War Warfare Watchfulness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 (Matt. 24:1…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20-21. 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” (Da 9:27) “standing where it ought not” (Mr 13:14). “Whoso readeth [that prophecy] let him understand” (Mt 24:15). Then ... flee, &c.--Eusebius says the Christians fled to Pella, at the north extre…