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Luke 21:20

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

KJV

Ὅταν δὲ ἴδητε κυκλουμένην ὑπὸ στρατοπέδων Ἱερουσαλήμ, τότε γνῶτε ὅτι ἤγγικεν ἡ ἐρήμωσις αὐτῆς.

Greek NT

Cum autem videritis circumdari ab exercitu Jerusalem, tunc scitote quia appropinquavit desolatio ejus :

Vulgate

But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

ASV

And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κυκλόω
kukloo
verb · 5×
στρατόπεδον
stratopedon
noun · 1×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἐγγίζω
eggizo
verb · 42×
ἐρήμωσις
eremosis
noun · 3×
Ἱερουσαλήμ
ierousalem
noun · 79×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: στρατοπέδων | WH/Treg/NIV: στρατοπέδων | RP: + τὴν
  • στρατοπέδων — SBLGNT
  • στρατοπέδων — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + τὴν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer. Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them. Matthew 18:19 The word symphony is strictly applied to the harmonies of sounds in music. And there are indeed among musical sounds some accordant and others discordant. But the Evangelic Scripture is fam…
The Jewish War · 3 passages
Covers the completion of the Galilee campaign, the Zealot takeover of Jerusalem, factional fighting between Zealot groups, and the destruction of the moderate priestly leadership. Josephus portrays the internal strife as fulfilling divine judgment on a wicked generation — language that echoes Jesus's own warnings.
THE KEY BOOK for the Olivet Discourse. Josephus describes Titus's siege of Jerusalem in AD 70 in extraordinary detail: the three walls of the city, the Temple complex (the most detailed ancient description of the Second Temple), the famine, the crucifixions outside the walls, the breaching of the outer walls. Every detail corresponds to Jesus's prophecy: "not one stone shall be…
The climactic book: the burning of the Second Temple on the 9th/10th of Ab, AD 70 — the same date (according to tradition) as the destruction of Solomon's Temple in 586 BC. Josephus describes portents and signs that preceded the destruction: a star resembling a sword stood over the city, a light shone around the altar, the eastern gate of the Temple opened of its own accord, ch…
1. Josephus again, after relating many things in connection with the calamity which came upon the whole Jewish nation, records, in addition to many other circumstances, that a great many of the most honorable among the Jews were scourged in Jerusalem itself and then crucified by Florus. It happened that he was procurator of Judea when the war began to be kindled, in the twelfth…
1. After Nero had held the power thirteen years, and Galba and Otho had ruled a year and six months, Vespasian, who had become distinguished in the campaigns against the Jews, was proclaimed sovereign in Judea and received the title of Emperor from the armies there. Setting out immediately, therefore, for Rome, he entrusted the conduct of the war against the Jews to his son Tit…
Mara bar Serapion, a Syrian Stoic philosopher writing to his son from prison, compares the fates of three wise men unjustly killed: Socrates, Pythagoras, and "the wise King" of the Jews. "What advantage did the Athenians gain from putting Socrates to death? What advantage did the men of Samos gain from burning Pythagoras? What advantage did the Jews gain from executing their wi…

Cross-references

  • Dan 8:13 — Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give b
  • Dan 9:27 — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make i
  • Dan 9:27 — And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make i
  • Dan 11:31 — And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
  • John 11:48 — If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
  • Luke 19:43 — For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
  • Luke 19:43 — For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
  • Luke 21:7 — And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
  • Luke 21:7 — And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
  • Mal 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i
  • Mark 13:14 — But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mounta
  • Mark 13:14 — But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mounta
  • Matt 23:38 — Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
  • Matt 24:15 — When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
  • Matt 24:15 — When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
  • Ps 74:4 — Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs.
  • Zech 13:8 — And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.
  • Zech 14:2 — For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the resid