Luke 21:28

Luke 21:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
• New International Version (NIV)When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

Context of Luke 21:28

26These things will frighten people because they do not understand them. The powerful things in the sky will shake. People will be very afraid about what will happen next in the world. They will become very weak and fall to the ground. 27Then they will see the Son of Man. He will come in a cloud. He will have great power and bright glory. When these things begin to happen, stand up. And look up, because God will then save you very soon.’ 29Then Jesus told them a story to explain this future time. He said, ‘Think about fig trees and other trees as well. 30When you see new leaves on a tree, you know that summer will come soon. Nobody needs to tell you that.

Luke 21:28 word by word

Ἀρχομένων δὲ τούτων γίνεσθαι ἀνακύψατε καὶ ἐπάρατε τὰς κεφαλὰς ὑμῶν διότι ἐγγίζει ἡ ἀπολύτρωσις ὑμῶν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• when these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• begin toἄρχομαιarchomai · to rule/beginG756
• come to passγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• then look upἀνακύπτωanakuptō · to straighten upG352
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• lift upἐπαίρωepairō · to lift upG1869
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• headsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• headsκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• forδιότιdioti · becauseG1360
• redemptionἀπολύτρωσιςapolutrōsis · redemptionG629
• draweth nighἐγγίζωeggizō · to come nearG1448

Cross-references for Luke 21:28

• Psalms 98:5Make music on your harps to praise him! Make beautiful music!
• Isaiah 12:1At that time, you will say, ‘I praise you, Lord. You were angry with me. But now, you are no longer angry. Now you have been kind to me.
• Isaiah 25:8The Almighty Lord will destroy death for ever. He will clean away the tears in everyone's eyes. His people will not feel ashamed any more. Nobody in all the world will ever insult them again. That is what the Lord has said.
• Isaiah 60:1Stand up! Shine brightly! Now your light has come! The Lord's glory has risen to shine on you.
• Romans 8:19The whole universe that God has made now waits for something great to happen. Everything is waiting with hope to find out who God's children really are.
• Ephesians 1:14God has put his Holy Spirit inside us now. As a result, we know that one day we will receive all the good things that God has promised. At that time we will be completely free, because we belong to God. So we praise God and we say that he is great!
• Ephesians 4:30Do not do anything that will make God's Holy Spirit sad. God gave his Holy Spirit to you to show that you belong to him. As a result you know that God will make you completely free one day.

Commentaries on Luke 21:28

• 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. 5-38When Jesus predicted the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, his disciples asked when it would happen and what signs would accompany it (21:6,7). Jesus responded by describing the events surrounding the destruction of the temple and the return of the Son of Man (21:8–36). This sermon is known as the Olivet Discourse because the Mount of Olives was where Jesus taught (see Matthew 24:3; Mark 13:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2825-28. signs, &c.--Though the grandeur of this language carries the mind over the head of all periods but that of Christ's second coming, nearly every expression will be found used of the Lord's coming in terrible national judgments, as of Babylon, &c.; and from Lu 21:28, 32, it seems undeniable that its immediate reference was to the destruction of Jerusalem, though its ultimate reference beyond doubt is to Christ's final coming.Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 21:28

• Earth
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Righteous
• Watchfulness

In the dictionaries

• Abundance
• Commotion
• 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