28And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. …
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. …
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
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…
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