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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.
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A Sobering Prophecy Fulfilled
Commentators confirm that Jesus's prediction of falling "by the edge of the sword" and being "led captive" was horrifically fulfilled in the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Historians like Josephus recorded over a million deaths and nearly 100,000 people taken into captivity, serving as a stark reminder that Jesus's words of judgment came to pass.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Shall fall, etc. No less than one million one hundred thousand perished in the siege of Jerusalem.
Shall be led away captive
Edge of the sword (στοματ μαχαιρης). Instrumental case of στοματ which means "mouth" literally (Genesis 34:26). This v…
19th Century
Anglican
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword.—There is nothing in the parallel prophecies of the other two Gospels that a…
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Baptist
And it is so even to this day. Here is another instance in which the Lord instructed his people to expect his coming, and yet at the same time told…
The destruction of Jerusalem. The reference to Jerusalem (v.20) need not be construed as a vaticinium ex eventu (a prophecy put in the mouth of Jes…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword Or "mouth of the sword", an Hebraism; see the Septuagint in ([Reference Judges 1:…
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