Luke 21:35

For as a snare will it come on all that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

In Context

34But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares.

36But watch at all times, and pray that ye may be able to escape all the things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:12For man knoweth not his time. As fishes that are taken in a destructive net, and as birds that are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in a time of distress, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Jeremiah 48:43Terror and the pit and the snare are upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith Jehovah.

Acts 17:26And he made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having fixed appointed times, and the bounds of their habitation;

Matthew Henry on Luke 21:30-38

Judgments Predicted. 29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts… Read the whole commentary →

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