And not a hair of your head will perish.
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And not a hair of your head will perish.
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Yet ther shall not one heer of youre heedes perisshe.
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Yet there shall not one heare of your heads perish.
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Passages linked to Luke 21:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 10:30 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
- 1 Samuel 14:45 The people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God today!” So the people rescued Jonathan, that he didn’t die.
- Luke 12:7 But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
- Acts 27:34 Therefore I beg you to take some food; for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads.”
- 2 Samuel 14:11 Then she said, “Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.”
- 1 Samuel 25:29 Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 15 For I will give you a mouth and…
15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
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17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
Ver. 18. See Mat 10:30; {See Trapp on "Mat 10:30"} See also for explication, 1Sa 14:45; 2Sa 14:11; Act 27:34.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain It is a proverbial speech, signifying that they should…
It is a proverbial speech, signifying that they should have no hurt or damage by any thing which their enemies should do against them. When at the last you come to cast up your accounts, you shall find you have lost nothing, and your enemies shall also find that they have gained nothing.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For these be the days of vengeance,.... Of God's…
For these be the days of vengeance,.... Of God's vengeance on the Jewish nation, for their rejection and crucifixion of the Messiah;
that all things which are written may be fulfilled; as in Moses and the prophets; see
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Not a hair of your head - A proverbial…
Not a hair of your head - A proverbial expression, shall perish - Without the special providence of God. And then, not before the time, nor without a full reward.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. But there shall not a hair of…
Verse 18. But 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.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain A hair of your head, &c. A hair shall…
A hair of your head, &c. A hair shall not perish from the head of the disciples of Christ; because not only their most heroic actions, and their public confessions of his name, but even their passing thoughts shall be crowned with adequate rewards. (Ven. Bede)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain not a hair . . . perish--He had just…
not a hair . . . perish--He had just said (Luk 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 (Mat 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 end shall be saved. Sad illustrations of the effect of abounding iniquity in cooling the love of faithful disciples we have in the Epistle of James, written about this period referred to, and too frequently ever since (Heb 10:38-39; Rev 2:10). "And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness, and then shall the end come" (Mat 24:14). God never sends judgment without previous warning; and there can be no doubt that the Jews, already dispersed over most known countries, had nearly all heard the Gospel "as a witness," before the end of the Jewish state. The same principle was repeated and will repeat itself to the end.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. Shall not a hair… perish—Although their lives should…
18. Shall not a hair… perish—Although their lives should be taken, (Luk_21:16,) yet not a drop of their blood should be shed in vain; not a hair should fail of its effect or go for naught.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. not a hair of your head] for they…
18. not a hair of your head] for they are “all numbered,” Mat_10:30. The previous verse (Luk_21:16) is of course sufficient to shew that the meaning is spiritual here, not literal as in Act_27:34.
shall...perish] i.e. not without the special Providence of God, nor without reward, nor before the due time. Bengel.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) There shall not an hair of your head…
(18) There shall not an hair of your head perish.—The promise does not meet us in this form in the parallel passages of the two other Gospels. A like promise meets us in Mat_10:30, Luk_12:7. The very same phrase occurs, however, almost as if it were a quotation from this Gospel, in St. Paul’s address to the sailors, in Act_27:34.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But there shall not a hair of your head…
But there shall not a hair of your head perish. Not, of course, to be understood literally; for comp. ver. 16. Bengel"s comment accurately paraphrases it: "Not a hair of your head shall perish without the special providence of God, nor without reward, nor before the due time." The words, too, had a general fulfillment; for the Christian community of Palestine, warned by this very discourse of the Lord"s, fled in time from the doomed city, and so escaped the extermination which overtook the Jewish people in the great war which ended in the fall of Jerusalem (A.D. 70).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 21:18-19 But not a hair of your head will…
21:18-19 But not a hair of your head will perish! This idiom signifies full protection (1 Sam 14:45; 2 Sam 14:11; 1 Kgs 1:52; Dan 3:27). It refers here to the disciples’ souls, because some would be martyred for their faith (Luke 21:16).
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