Luke 21:22
Because these are days of vengeance to fulfill all things that are written.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if thou will not hearken to the voice of LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Deuteronomy 32:34Is not this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures?
Psalms 69:22Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them (LXX/NT).
Isaiah 34:8For LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Isaiah 63:4For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come.
Jeremiah 51:6Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life. Be not cut off in her iniquity, for it is the time of LORD's vengeance; he will render to her a recompense.
Matthew Henry on Luke 21:21-29
Judgments Predicted. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judæa flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the… Read the whole commentary →