men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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and menes hertes shall fayle them for feare and for lokinge after thoose thinges which shall come on the erth. For the powers of heven shall move.
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And mens hearts shall faile them for feare, and for looking after those thinges which shall come on the worlde: for the powers of heauen shall be shaken.
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Passages linked to Luke 21:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 28:65-67 Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but Yahweh will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and pining of soul. Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be afraid night and day, and will have no assurance of your life. In the morning you will say, “I wish it were evening!” and at evening you will say, “I wish it were morning!” for the fear of your heart which you will fear, and for the sights which your eyes will see.
- Matthew 24:29 But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
- 2 Peter 3:10-12 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness, looking for and earnestly desiring the coming of the day of God, which will cause the burning heavens to be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
- Leviticus 26:36 “ ‘As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword. They will fall when no one pursues.
- Mark 13:25 the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
- Deuteronomy 28:32-34 Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look, and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand. A nation which you don’t know will eat the fruit of your ground and all of your work. You will only be oppressed and crushed always, so that the sights that you see with your eyes will drive you mad.
- Hebrews 10:26-27 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain After divers tempests, the Lord will at the length…
After divers tempests, the Lord will at the length plainly appear to deliver his Church.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for…
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Ver. 26. Men’s hearts failing them] What marvel though wicked men be dispirited, and even ring their bells backwards, when they shall see all on a light fire? Moses himself may tremble at the terror of the mount, and Abraham show some trepidation in such a fright.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So likewise when ye see these things come to…
So likewise when ye see these things come to pass,.... The signs before mentioned, in Luk 21:8.
Know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand: a more visible and glorious display of the kingdom of the Messiah, in the destruction of his enemies, the Jews; see Mar 9:1.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 26. Men's hearts failing them for fear] Or,…
Verse 26. Men's hearts failing them for fear] Or, Men fainting away through fear, (αποψυχοντων), being ready to die.
Coming on the earth] Or, Coming upon this land, οικουμενη. See this translation of the word vindicated in Clarke's note on "Lu 2:1".
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain The powers of heaven, &c. Some explain this of…
The powers of heaven, &c. Some explain this of the angels, who shall be terrified and tremble at the sight of so many calamities. Others understand it of the heavenly bodies, the sun, moon, stars, &c. which shall in some sort, likewise, be confused in the general dissolution. The prophets often make use of such expressions, when speaking of the fall of monarchies, or the ruin of nations. The heavens shall be astonished and moved, &c. (Ezechiel xxxii. 7; Joel iii. 15.) (Calmet)
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).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. The powers of heaven shall be shaken—As if…
26. The powers of heaven shall be shaken—As if that Coming would disturb for the time the fixedness of the planetary system. But the shaking may be apparent only; the words expressing optical or visible truth.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. men’s hearts failing them] Literally, “men fainting.”
26. men’s hearts failing them] Literally, “men fainting.”
on the earth] Literally, “on the habitable world.”
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the powers of heaven] i.e. the “bright dynasts” (Aesch. Ag. 6)—the Hosts of the Heavens.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) Men’s hearts failing them for fear.—The verb so…
(26) Men’s hearts failing them for fear.—The verb so rendered is used by St. Luke only in the New Testament. Its literal meaning is to breathe out the soul, and it was, therefore, a word which would naturally enter into the vocabulary of a physician, both in its primary and figurative sense. The mental state which it expresses exactly agrees with that described in Act_27:20, in connection with the tempest.
For looking after those things.—Literally, for expectation, the noun being used only by St. Luke in the New Testament.
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