Luke 21:33

You can be certain that these things that I have told you about will happen. That they will happen is more certain than that the earth and sky will continue to exist.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

In Context

32Keep this in mind: All the things that I have just now described will happen before all the people who have observed the things that I have done have died.

34“But be on guard. Do not be getting drunk with carousing or let yourselves be distracted by worries concerning your lives [SYN] {or let worries concerning your lives [SYN] distract you}. If you do wrong things like those, you may be suddenly surprised by my return [MTY], like a trap suddenly catches an animal in it.

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Cross References

Psalms 102:26The earth and the heavens/sky will disappear, but you will remain. They will wear out like clothes wear out. You will get rid of them like people get rid of old clothes, and they will no longer exist,

Isaiah 51:6Look up at the sky, and look at the earth, and see what they are like now, because some day the sky will disappear like [SIM] smoke, and the earth will wear out like [SIM] old clothes wear out, and people on the earth will die like gnats/flies. But I will rescue/save you, and you will remain free forever, and I will rule you righteously/fairly forever.

Matthew 24:35You can be certain that these things that I have told you about will happen. You can be more certain of that than you can be certain that the earth and sky [LIT] will continue to exist.”

1 Peter 1:25but God’s message endures/lasts forever. This message that endures/lasts is the message about Christ that was proclaimed to you.

Revelation 20:11Then I saw a huge white throne on which God was sitting. He was so awesome that the earth and the sky disappeared from his presence completely; they were completely destroyed { God completely destroyed them}.

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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