Berean Standard Bible

Luke 21:13

13This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses.

Luke 21:13 in other versions

King James Version (KJV)And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
New International Version (NIV)And so you will bear testimony to me.
English Standard Version (ESV)This will be your opportunity to bear witness.
New King James Version (NKJV)But it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony.

Context of Luke 21:13

11There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven. 12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors. This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses. 14So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves. 15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

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Luke 21:13 word by word

ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον.Read the interlinear

This will be your opportunityἀποβαίνωapobainō · to get outG576
This will be your opportunityσύsu · youG4771
toεἰςeis · towardG1519
serve as witnessesμαρτύριονmarturion · testimonyG3142

Cross-references for Luke 21:13

Philippians 1:28without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salvation, and it is from God.
1 Thessalonians 3:3so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
2 Thessalonians 1:5All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

Commentaries on Luke 21:13

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13It shall turn to you for a testimony - That is, it shall turn out on your part for a testimony to them (your persecutors) that you are thoroughly persuaded of the truth of what you teach, and that you are no impostors.Read the comment
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-36Verses 7-36 The account of the destruction of Jerusalem contained in this chapter has been fully considered in the notes at Luke 21:9 Commotions - Insurrections. Subjects rising against their rulers. Luke 21:11 Fearful sights - See Matthew 24:7. Luke 21:12, Luke 21:13 Synagogues, and into prisons - See the notes at Mark 13:9-10. Luke 21:14 Settle it, therefore, in your hearts - Fix it firmly in your minds - so firmly as to become a settled principle…Read the comment
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-28Verses 5-28 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. Christ tells them what hard things they should suffer for his name's sake, and…Read the comment
Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-19they will seize you and persecute you: Jesus described the persecution his followers would experience (see also Matthew 10:17–22; Mark 13:9). Jewish writings from the time of Jesus also described a period of great hardship before God's final salvation would arrive.Read the comment
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. for a testimony--an opportunity of bearing testimony.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 21:13

Israel, Prophecies Concerning
Jesus Continued
Jesus, the Christ
Persecution
Watchfulness

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