Luke 21:18
And, a hair of your head, in nowise shall perish,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
In Context
17And ye will be hated by all, because of my name:
19By your endurance, shall ye gain your lives for a possession.
Cross References
1 Samuel 14:45But the people said unto Saul—Shall, Jonathan, die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far be it! By the life of Yahweh, there shall not fall a hair of his head to the ground, for, with God, hath he wrought this day. So the people delivered Jonathan, that he died not.
2 Samuel 14:11Then said she: Let the king, I pray thee, remember Yahweh thy God; so that the blood-redeemer may not make utter ruin, and that they destroy not my son. And he said—By the life of Yahweh, not one hair of thy son shall fall to the earth.
Luke 12:7But, even the hairs of your head, have all been numbered: Be not afraid: many sparrows, ye excel.
Matthew Henry on Luke 21:6-20
Judgments Predicted. 5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, 6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time… Read the whole commentary →