Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 21:11

"and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven." — Luke 21:11 (ASV)

Famines and pestilences.—The mention of the latter is, as far as the best manuscripts are concerned, a feature peculiar to Saint Luke. Others, however, give the same combination in Matthew 24:7. The Greek nouns are all but identical in sound (limos = famine, and loimos = pestilence), and there is accordingly a kind of rhythmical emphasis of sound which cannot be reproduced in English.

Fearful sights.—The Greek word, literally things of terror, is peculiar to Saint Luke. He omits here the beginning of troubles or travail-pangs, which we find in Saint Matthew and Saint Mark.