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Luke 21:24 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. "
Luke 21:24
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath to this people.
24 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
25 “There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
26 men fainting for fear and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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Luke 21:1
"He looked up and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury."
Luke 21:2
"He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins."
Luke 21:3
"He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,"
Luke 21:4
"for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on.”"
Luke 21:5
"As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,"
Luke 21:6
"“As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.”"
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