Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
redemption—from the oppression of ecclesiastical despotism and legal bondage by the total subversion of the Jewish state and the firm establishment of the evangelical kingdom (Luke 21:31). But the words are of far wider and more precious import. Matthew (Matthew 24:30) says, "And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven," evidently something distinct from Himself, mentioned immediately after. What this was intended to mean, interpreters are not agreed. But as before Christ came to destroy Jerusalem, some appalling portents were seen in the air, so before His personal appearing it is likely that something analogous will be witnessed, though of what nature it is vain to conjecture.
signs, etc.—Though the grandeur of this language carries the mind over the head of all periods but that of Christ's second coming, nearly every expression will be found used of the Lord's coming in terrible national judgments, as of Babylon, etc.; and from Luke 21:28, Luke 21:32, it seems undeniable that its immediate reference was to the destruction of Jerusalem, though its ultimate reference beyond doubt is to Christ's final coming.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 21:28:
Isaiah 56:1
Zechariah 14:5
Mark 13:29
Luke 21:25-28
Acts 2:19
1 Corinthians 1:30
Ephesians 4:30
Ephesians 6:17
Philippians 1:20
1 Thessalonians 5:2
Revelation 18:4
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