Luke 21:33 (WEB)
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
Fathers and councils · 19
Augustine of Hippo
“For they all introduce it in their narratives, and that, too, in the same order.” — editor's note: Matt. xxiv. 3-xxv. 46; Mark xiii. 4–37; Luke xxi. 7–36.
Read the whole comment“And even if it were in heaven, yet “heaven and earth shall pass away.”” — editor's note: Luke xxi. 33.
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Jerome
“If heaven and earth must pass away, obviously all things that are earthly must pass away also.” — editor's note: Luke xxi. 33.
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Tertullian
“Now, when He goes on to say that “all these things must needs come to pass,” what does He represent Himself to be?” — editor's note: Compare, in Luke xxi., verses 9, 22, 28, 31–33, 35, and 36.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on Luke
Having in what has gone before spoken against the reprobate, He now turns His words to the consolation of the elect; for it is added, When these things begin to be, look up, and lift up your heads, for your…
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Or else, To those that have passed through the body and bodily things, shall be present spiritual and heavenly bodies: that is, they will have no more to pass the kingdom of the world, and then to those that are…
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
That is, perfect liberty of body and soul. For as the first coming of our Lord was for the restoration of our souls, so will the second be manifested unto the restoration of our bodies.
Read the whole comment - Eusebius of CaesareaCatena Aurea on Luke
He speaks these things to His disciples, not as to those who would continue in this life to the end of the world, but as if uniting in one body of believers in Christ both themselves and us and our posterity, even to…
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That the world ought to be trampled upon and despised, He proves by a wise comparison, adding, Behold the fig tree and all the trees, when they now put forth fruit, ye know that summer is near. As if He says, As from…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Matthew speaks of the fig-tree only, Luke of all the trees. But the fig-tree shadows forth two things, either the ripening of what is hard, or the luxuriance of sin; that is, either that, when the fruit bursts forth…
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But when He says, When ye shall see these things to come to pass, what can we understand but those things which were mentioned above. But among them we read, And then shall they see the Son of man coming. When…
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Or else, He says, the kingdom of God is at hand, meaning that when these things shall be, not yet shall all things come to their last end, but they shall be already tending towards it. For the very coming of our Lord…
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For as in this life, when winter dies away, and spring succeeds, the sun sending forth its warm rays cherishes and quickens the seeds hid in the ground, just laying aside their first form, and the young plants sprout…
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But all the things before mentioned are confirmed with great certainty, when He adds, Verily I say unto you, &c.
Read the whole comment - BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
He strongly commends that which he thus foretels. And, if one may so speak, his oath is this, Amen, I say unto you. Amen is by interpretation “true.” Therefore the truth says, I tell you the truth, and though He…
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Or by generation He means the new generation of His holy Church, shewing that the generation of the faithful would last up to that time, when it would see all things, and embrace with its eyes the fulfilment of our…
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For because He had foretold that there should be commotions, and wars, and changes, both of the elements and in other things, lest any one might suspect that Christianity itself also would perish, He adds, Heaven and…
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Or else, The heaven and earth shall pass away, &c. As if He says, All that with us seems lasting, does not abide to eternity without change, and all that with Me seems to pass away is held fixed and immoveable, for…
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But by the heaven which shall pass away we must understand not the æthereal or the starry heaven, but the air from which the birds are named “of heaven.” But if the earth shall pass away, how does Ecclesiastes say,…
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Cross-references · 2
Matthew 24:35 and Luke 21:33 share the same wording (10 words).
Mark 13:31 and Luke 21:33 share the same wording (10 words).