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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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Albert Barnes
On Luke 21:24
18th Century
Theologian
Shall fall, etc. No less than one million one hundred thousand perished in the siege of Jerusalem.
Shall be led away captive
AT Robertson
On Luke 21:24
Edge of the sword (στοματ μαχαιρης). Instrumental case of στοματ which means "mouth" literally (Genesis 34:26). This v…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 21:24
19th Century
Bishop
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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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 21:19–24
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 21:24
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…
John Gill
On Luke 21:24
17th Century
Pastor
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword
Or "mouth of the sword", an Hebraism; see the Septuagint in ([Reference Judges 1:…
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…