Luke 21:25

"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."

Key Reflection

This passage foretells a period of severe tribulation where Jewish believers will face persecution, being killed in wars and taken captive by foreign nations, with Jerusalem enduring occupation until God's specific time for the Gentile rule is complete. This prophecy underscores both the suffering of the faithful and the broader historical fulfillment of divine sovereignty over nations.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 25. See Barnes "Mt 24:29". Upon the earth distress of nations. Some have proposed to render the word earth by land, confining it to Judea. It often has this meaning, and there seems some propriety in so using it here. The word translated distress denotes anxiety of mind--such an anxiety as men have when they do not know what to do to free themselves from calamities; and it means here that the calamities would be so great and overwhelming that they would not know what to do to escape. There would be a want of counsel, and deep anxiety at the impending evils. With perplexity. Rather on account of their perplexity, or the desperate state of their affairs.

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