John Bengel Commentary - Luke 21:9 - 21:9

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John Bengel Commentary - Luke 21:9 - 21:9


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Luk 21:9. Πολέμους, wars) amongst equals.-ἀκαταστασίας, [Engl. Vers. ‘commotions’] seditions) of inferiors against superiors, and intestine divisions, whereby the κατάστασις, established constitution, of states is swept away. These are the preludes of further wars. It is in this chapter especially that Luke presents to us the words of the Lord in language varied from that in which Matthew and Mark record them: Luk 21:15 [“I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay;” comp. with Mar 13:11, “Take no thought before-hand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate; but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.” Comp. also, Mat 10:19], 20, etc.[221] So also, instead of wars and rumours of wars in Matthew [Luk 24:6] and Mark [Luk 13:7], Luke says here, wars and seditions.

[221] “When ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.” Comp. with Mar 13:14, “When ye shall see the, abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel, standing where it ought not” (in Mat 24:15, “stand in the holy place”); the phrases in Mark being altered from their Jewish form by Luke, into one more intelligible to the Gentiles for whom he wrote.-E. and T.