Be not terrified (μη πτοηθητε). First aorist passive subjunctive with μη from πτοεω an old verb to terrify, from πτοα, terror. In …

Commotions. Insurrections. Subjects rising against their rulers.

Commotions.—The word does not occur in the other Gospels, but is used by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 14:33 (“confusion”)…

Everywhere throughout the Scriptures there is this double message of our Lord – "Watch, for I may come at any moment.

Expect me to come, and …

St. Gregory the Great: God foretells the woes that will precede the destruction of the world, so that they may be less disturbi…

Warning against deception. The opening of the discourse resembles, with several exceptions, that in Mt 24 and Mk 13. Luke does not mention that Jes…

But when you shall hear of wars and commotions Or seditions and tumults; "wars" may design the wars of the Romans, agains…

With much curiosity, those around Christ ask about the time when the great desolation would occur. He answers with clarity and fullness, to the ext…