17 And you will be hated by all men, because of me.
They will do all this to you because of my name--because they have no knowledge of him who sent me.
Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.
And you will be hated by all men, because of my name; but he who goes through to the end will have salvation.
It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.
For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.
For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
Because to you it has been given in the cause of Christ not only to have faith in him, but to undergo pain on his account:
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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,