Luke 21:11

Luke 21:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
• English Standard Version (ESV)There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
• New Living Translation (NLT)There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and plagues in many lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven.

Context of Luke 21:11

9When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.” 10Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven. 12“But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. 13And so you will bear testimony to me.

Luke 21:11 word by word

σεισμοί τε μεγάλοι καὶ κατὰ τόπους λιμοὶ καὶ λοιμοὶ ἔσονται, φόβητρά τε καὶ ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ σημεῖα μεγάλα ἔσται.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andτεte · and/bothG5037
• greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• earthquakesσεισμόςseismos · earthquakeG4578
• shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• inκατάkata · according toG2596
• divers placesτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• faminesλιμόςlimos · hungerG3042
• pestilencesλοιμόςloimos · pestilenceG3061
• fearful sightsφόβητρονphobētron · fearful thingG5400
• signsσημεῖονsēmeion · signG4592
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772

Cross-references for Luke 21:11

• Luke 21:25“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.
• Matthew 24:29“Immediately after the distress of those days “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’

Commentaries on Luke 21:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Fearful sights - What these were the reader will find in detail on Matthew 24:7; (note).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. 11Destructive events like these are often associated with: the judgment of God (1 Samuel 14:15; Psalm 18:7–8; Isaiah 2:19, 21; 5:25; 13:13; 24:18; 29:5–6; Jeremiah 14:12; 21:6–7; Ezekiel 14:21; Amos 1:1) and the end of the age (Isaiah 24:18; 29:5–6; Ezekiel 38:19; Joel 2:10; Haggai 2:6, 21; Zechariah 14:4; compare Revelation 6:12; 8:5; 11:13, 19; 16:18). great signs from heaven: See study note on 21:25.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-119-11. not terrified--(See Lu 21:19; Is 8:11-14). end not by and by--or immediately, not yet (Mt 24:6; Mr 13:7): that is, "Worse must come before all is over."Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 21:11

• Earthquakes
• Famine
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• 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