17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you `from their company', and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Blessed are ye when `men' shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:
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Commentary on Luke 21 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 21
In this chapter we have,
Luk 21:1-4
This short passage of story we had before in Mark. It is thus recorded twice, to teach us,
Luk 21:5-19
See here,
Luk 21:20-28
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 (Mt. 24), yet glanced at; for the destruction of Jerusalem would be as it were the destruction of the world to those whose hearts were bound up in it.
Luk 21:29-38
Here, in the close of this discourse,