Luke 21:18

Luke 21:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
• New International Version (NIV)But not a hair of your head will perish.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But not a hair of your head will perish.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But not a hair of your head shall be lost.

Context of Luke 21:18

16But ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death [some] from among you, 17and ye will be hated of all for my name's sake. And a hair of your head shall in no wise perish. 19By your patient endurance gain your souls. 20But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its desolation is drawn nigh.

Luke 21:18 word by word

καὶ θρὶξ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν οὐ μὴ ἀπόληται.Read the interlinear

• hairθρίξthrix trichos · hairG2359
• headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• perishἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622

Cross-references for Luke 21:18

• Luke 12:7But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.
• 1 Samuel 14:45And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far be it! [as] Jehovah liveth, there shall not a hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has wrought with God this day. So the people delivered Jonathan, that he died not.
• 1 Samuel 25:29And if a man is risen up to pursue thee and to seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out from the hollow of the sling.
• 2 Samuel 14:11Then she said, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they cut off my son. And he said, [As] Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
• Matthew 10:30but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered.
• Acts 27:34Wherefore I exhort you to partake of food, for this has to do with your safety; for not a hair from the head of any one of you shall perish.

Commentaries on Luke 21:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18But there shall not a hair of your head perish - A proverbial expression for, Ye shall not suffer any essential injury. Every genuine Christian shall escape when this desolation comes upon the Jewish state.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. 18-19not even a hair of your head will perish: This expression means complete protection (1 Samuel 14:45; 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52; Daniel 3:27). Here, it refers to the disciples' souls, because some would be killed because of their faith (Luke 21:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. not a hair ... perish--He had just said (Lu 21:16) they should be put to death; showing that this precious promise is far above immunity from mere bodily harm, and furnishing a key to the right interpretation of the ninety-first Psalm, and such like. Matthew adds the following (Mt 24:12): "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many," the many or, the most--the generality of professed disciples--"shall wax cold." But he that endureth to the…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 21:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Persecution
• Righteous
• Watchfulness

In the dictionaries

• Abundance
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• Distress
• Gainsay
• Gospels
• Lift
• Look
• Mouth
• Surfeiting
• Terrify

Commentaries on Luke 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings