Chapter 21:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
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| Matthew Henry
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| McGarvey Pendleton
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| Wesley
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Mark John
Luke 21
Concise Complete
Christ commends a poor widow. (1-4) His prophecy. (5-28)
Christ exhorts to watchfulness. (29-38)
Verses 1-4 From the
offering of this poor widow, learn that what we rightly give for the relief of
the poor, and the support of God's worship, is given unto God; and our Saviour
sees with pleasure whatever we have in our hearts to give for the relief of his
members, or for his service. Blessed Lord! the poorest of thy servants have two
mites, they have a soul and a body; persuade and enable us to offer both unto
thee; how happy shall we be in thine accepting of them!
Verses 5-28 With
much curiosity those about Christ ask as to the time when the great desolation
should be. He answers with clearness and fulness, as far as was necessary to
teach them their duty; for all knowledge is desirable as far as it is in order
to practice. Though spiritual judgements are the most common in gospel times,
yet God makes use of temporal judgments also. Christ tells them what hard things
they should suffer for his name's sake, and encourages them to bear up under
their trials, and to go on in their work, notwithstanding the opposition they
would meet with. God will stand by you, and own you, and assist you. This was
remarkably fulfilled after the pouring out of the Spirit, by whom Christ gave
his disciples wisdom and utterance. Though we may be losers for Christ, we shall
not, we cannot be losers by him, in the end. It is our duty and interest at all
times, especially in perilous, trying times, to secure the safety of our own
souls. It is by Christian patience we keep possession of our own souls, and keep
out all those impressions which would put us out of temper. We may view the
prophecy before us much as those Old Testament prophecies, which, together with
their great object, embrace, or glance at some nearer object of importance to
the church. Having given an idea of the times for about thirty-eight years next
to come, Christ shows what all those things would end in, namely, the
destruction of Jerusalem, and the utter dispersion of the Jewish nation; which
would be a type and figure of Christ's second coming. The scattered Jews around
us preach the truth of Christianity; and prove, that though heaven and earth
shall pass away, the words of Jesus shall not pass away. They also remind us to
pray for those times when neither the real, nor the spiritual Jerusalem, shall
any longer be trodden down by the Gentiles, and when both Jews and Gentiles
shall be turned to the Lord. When Christ came to destroy the Jews, he came to
redeem the Christians that were persecuted and oppressed by them; and then had
the churches rest. When he comes to judge the world, he will redeem all that are
his from their troubles. So fully did the Divine judgements come upon the Jews,
that their city is set as an example before us, to show that sins will not pass
unpunished; and that the terrors of the Lord, and his threatenings against
impenitent sinners, will all come to pass, even as his word was true, and his
wrath great upon Jerusalem.
Verses 29-38
Christ tells his disciples to observe the signs of the times, which they might
judge by. He charges them to look upon the ruin of the Jewish nation as near.
Yet this race and family of Abraham shall not be rooted out; it shall survive as
a nation, and be found as prophesied, when the Son of man shall be revealed. He
cautions them against being secure and sensual. This command is given to all
Christ's disciples, Take heed to yourselves, that ye be not overpowered by
temptations, nor betrayed by your own corruptions. We cannot be safe, if we are
carnally secure. Our danger is, lest the day of death and of judgment should
come upon us when we are not prepared. Lest, when we are called to meet our
Lord, that be the furthest from our thoughts, which ought to be nearest our
hearts. For so it will come upon the most of men, who dwell upon the earth, and
mind earthly things only, and have no converse with heaven. It will be a terror
and a destruction to them. Here see what should be our aim, that we may be
accounted worthy to escape all those things; that when the judgements of God are
abroad, we may not be in the common calamity, or it may not be that to us which
it is to others. Do you ask how you may be found worthy to stand before Christ
at that day? Those who never yet sought Christ, let them now go unto him; those
who never yet were humbled for their sins, let them now begin; those who have
already begun, let them go forward and be kept humbled. Watch therefore, and
pray always. Watch against sin; watch in every duty, and make the most of every
opportunity to do good. Pray always: those shall be accounted worthy to live a
life of praise in the other world, who live a life of prayer in this world. May
we begin, employ, and conclude each day attending to Christ's word, obeying his
precepts, and following his example, that whenever he comes we may be found
watching.
Chapter 21:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
| Lightfoot
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| McGarvey Pendleton
| McGee
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Mark John
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
