20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
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20 But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.
20 `And when ye may see Jerusalem surrounded by encampments, then know that come nigh did her desolation;
20 But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its desolation is drawn nigh.
20 "But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.
20 But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near.
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
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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,