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Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

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A Call to Watchfulness, Not Fear

Commentators explain that Jesus's prediction of wars is not a timetable for us to calculate the end. Instead, these signs are meant to keep believers spiritually alert and watchful. As one scholar notes, the point is not to satisfy our curiosity but to encourage us to live in a state of readiness and trust, without being terrified by world events.

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Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On Luke 21:10–11

19th Century

Preacher

Someone says, perhaps, "All this we have experienced countless times; yet Christ has not come." Exactly so, for these signs are not sent to satisfy…

Expositor's Bible Commentary

Expositor's Bible Commentary

On Luke 21:10

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…

John Gill

John Gill

On Luke 21:10

17th Century

Pastor

Then he said to them, nation shall rise
(See Gill on Matthew 24:7).

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Luke 21:5–28

17th Century

Minister

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…