Luke 21:6
As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
KJV
ταῦτα ἃ θεωρεῖτε, ἐλεύσονται ἡμέραι ἐν αἷς οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται λίθος ἐπὶ λίθῳ, ὃς οὐ καταλυθήσεται.
Greek NT
Hæc quæ videtis, venient dies in quibus non relinquetur lapis super lapidem, qui non destruatur.
Vulgate
As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
ASV
These things which you see, the days will come in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
θεωρέω
theoreo
verb · 57×
καταλύω
kataluo
verb · 17×
λίθος
lithos
noun · 60×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἀφίημι
aphiemi
verb · 143×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: λίθῳ | Treg/NIV/RP: λίθῳ | WH: + ὧδε
- λίθῳ — SBLGNT
- λίθῳ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- + ὧδε — Westcott-Hort
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. But by wars and rumors of wars, He means, what I before said, the troubles coming upon them. After this, because, as I have already said, they supposed after that war the end would come, see how He warns them, saying, But the end is not yet. For nation, He says, shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. Matthew 24:7 Of the preludes to the ills of the Jews does …
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210225.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
The Jewish War · 2 passages
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…
Cross-references
- Acts 6:14 — For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
- Lam 5:18 — Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
- Luke 19:44 — And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
- Mark 13:2 — And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
- Mark 13:2 — And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
- Matt 23:38 — Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
- Matt 24:2 — And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
- Ps 137:3 — For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
- 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