Luke 21:28
But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
27And then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with great power and majesty.
29And he spoke to them in a similitude. See the fig tree, and all the trees:
Cross References
Isaiah 12:1And thou shalt say in that day: I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, for thou wast angry with me: thy wrath is turned away, and thou hast comforted me.
Isaiah 60:1Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Romans 8:19For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the revelation of the sons of God.
Ephesians 1:14Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of acquisition, unto the praise of his glory.
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 →