Luke 21

Luke 21 is the twenty-first chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the teachings and a miracle of Jesus Christ.^[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this Gospel as well as Acts.^[2]

Text

• The original text is written in Koine Greek.
• Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Papyrus 75 (written about AD 175-225)
  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
  • Codex Washingtonianus (ca. AD 400)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; extant: verses 21-38)
• This chapter is divided into 38 verses.

Structure

This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

• Luke 21:1-4 = The Widow’s Two Mites (Mark 12:41-44)
• Luke 21:5-36 = Second Coming Prophecy (Matthew 24:1-31, Mark 13:1-27)
  • Luke 21:5-6 = Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple (Matthew 24:1-2; Mark 13:1-2)
  • Luke 21:7-19 = The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age (Matthew 24:3-14; Mark 13:3-13)
  • Luke 21:20-24 = The Destruction of Jerusalem (Matthew 24:15-21; Mark 13:14-19)
  • Luke 21:25-28 = The Coming of the Son of Man (Matthew 24:29-31; Mark 13:24-27)
  • Luke 21:29-34 = Parable of the Budding Fig Tree (Matthew 24:32-35; Mark 13:28-31)
  • Luke 21:35-36 = The Importance of Watching
• Luke 21:37-38 = Jesus teaching

Parable of the Budding Fig Tree

A fig tree

This parable was told by Jesus Christ and in the New Testament is found in Matthew 24:32-35, Mark 13:28-31, and Luke 21:29-33. This parable, about the Kingdom of God, involves a fig tree, as does the equally brief parable of the barren fig tree, with which it should not be confused. Luke presents this parable as eschatological in nature:^[3] like the leaves of the fig tree, the signs spoken of in the Olivet discourse of Luke 21:5-28 ^[4] indicate the coming of the Kingdom of God.

See also

• Jerusalem
• Ministry of Jesus
• Olivet Discourse
• Parables of Jesus
• Other related Bible parts: Matthew 24, Mark 12, Mark 13

References

1. ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
2. ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
3. ↑ Bernard Brandon Scott, Hear Then the Parable: A commentary on the parables of Jesus, Fortress Press, 1989, ISBN 0-8006-2481-5, pp. 338-340.
4. ↑ Luke 21:5-28

External links

• Luke 21 NIV