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Luke 21 — Sermon Preparation
A widow's tiny offering contrasts with the wealthy; Jesus predicts the temple's fall, describes end-time signs, and urges prayerful vigilance. Below is a research summary for Luke 21, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 38
- verses
- 586 / 225
- Greek words / lemmas
- 17
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Luke 21 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἔθνος | éthnos | G1484 | 6 | Gentile, heathen, nation, people |
| βάλλω | bállō | G906 | 5 | arise, cast, dung, lay |
| ἡμέρα | hēméra | G2250 | 5 | age, alway, day ), for ever |
| παρέρχομαι | parérchomai | G3928 | 3 | come, go, pass, past |
| γῆ | gē | G1093 | 4 | country, earth, ground, land |
| ἐγγίζω | engízō | G1448 | 3 | approach, be at hand, come near, be nigh |
| λίθος | líthos | G3037 | 3 | stone |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on Luke 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“With much curiosity those about Christ ask as to the time when the great desolation should be. He answers with clearness and fulness, as far as was necessary to teach them their duty; for all knowledge is desirable as far as it is in order to practice. Though spiritual judgements are the most common in gospel times, yet God makes use of temporal judgments also. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Luke 21:5–28 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Luke 21:20
- Judea 1— Luke 21:21
- Mount of Olives— Luke 21:37
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