Luke 21:10
8 Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
9 When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”
Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
12 But 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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
- KJV
- Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
- WEB
- Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
- ASV
- Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
- DARBY
- Then he said to them, Nation shall rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
- BLB
- Then He was saying to them, “Nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
- ÅB
- Da sa han til dem: Folk skal reise seg mot folk og rike mot rike,
- OTB
- Han fortsatte, "Folk skal reise seg mot folk, og riker mot riker.
- B1930
- Da sa han til dem: Folk skal reise sig mot folk og rike mot rike,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 2:19–20
I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
Read in contextMark 13:8
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.
Read in contextHebrews 12:27
The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.
Read in contextZechariah 14:13
On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.
Read in contextZechariah 14:2–3
For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
Read in context2 Chronicles 15:5–6
In those days there was no safety for travelers, because the residents of the lands had many conflicts.
Read in contextIsaiah 19:2
“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
Read in contextHaggai 2:21–22
“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:
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