Luke 21 · Verse 38

Luke 21:38

And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.
Luke 21:38, King James Version

Luke 21:38 in other translations

BSBAnd early in the morning all the people would come to hear Him at the temple.
WEBAll the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.
ASVAnd all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.
YLTand all the people were coming early unto him in the temple to hear him.
DARBYand all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.
BBEAnd all the people came early in the morning to give ear to his words in the Temple.
WebsterAnd all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, to hear him.

What does Luke 21:38 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 21:34-38

34-37. surfeiting, and drunkenness--All animal excesses, quenching spirituality. cares of this life--(See on Mr 4:7; Mr 4:19).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 38 The people came early - He returned early from the mount of Olives, and the people came early in the morning to the temple to hear his teaching. For practical observations on the awful subject of this chapter, see Matthew 24 at the end.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 21:29-38

Christ tells his disciples to observe the signs of the times, which they might judge by. He charges them to look upon the ruin of the Jewish nation as near. Yet this race and family of Abraham shall not be rooted out; it shall survive as a nation, and be found as prophesied, when the Son of man shall be revealed. He cautions them against being secure and sensual. This command is given to all Christ's disciples, Take…

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Luke 21:38 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
πᾶςpasallG3956
ὁhotheG3588
λαὸςlaosgroup of peopleG2992
ὤρθριζενōrthrizenwas coming earlyG3719
πρὸςprostoG4314
αὐτὸνautonHimG846
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
ἱερῷhi'erōtempleG2411
ἀκούεινakoueinto hearG191
αὐτοῦ.¶autouHim.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 21:38

  • John 8:1-2

    Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

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Joh 8:1,2

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Context

  • Luke 21:37

    And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.

  • Luke 21:38

    And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

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Luke 21:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y todo el pueblo venía á él por la mañana, para oirle en el templo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tout le peuple, dès le point du jour, venait à lui dans le temple, pour l’entendre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das ganze Volk kam frühmorgens im Tempel zu ihm, ihn zu hören.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et omnis populus manicabat ad eum in templo audire eum.