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.
Luke 21:6 in other translations
| BSB | “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” |
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| WEB | “As for these things which you see, the days will come in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down.” |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | ‘These things that ye behold--days will come, in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone, that shall not be thrown down.' |
| DARBY | As to these things which ye are beholding, days are coming in which there shall not be left stone upon stone which shall not be thrown down. |
| BBE | As for these things which you see, the days will come when not one stone will be resting on another, but all will be broken down. |
| Webster | As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down. |
What does Luke 21:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 21:5-7
Lu 21:5-38. Christ's Prophecy of the Destruction of Jerusalem and Warnings to Prepare for His Second Coming, Suggested by It--His Days and Nights during His Last Week. 5-7. (See on Mt 24:1-3.)
Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 21:5-28
With much curiosity those about Christ ask as to the time when the great desolation should be. He answers with clearness and fulness, as far as was necessary to teach them their duty; for all knowledge is desirable as far as it is in order to practice. Though spiritual judgements are the most common in gospel times, yet God makes use of temporal judgments also. Christ tells them what hard things they should suffer…
Luke 21:6 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 21:6
- 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.
- Matthew 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.
- Zechariah 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 residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
- Lamentations 5:18
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
- Acts 6:13-14
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
- Lamentations 4:1
How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.
- Luke 19:44-48
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. And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, …
- Jeremiah 26:6
Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
- Daniel 9:26-27
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 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 it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
- Zechariah 11:1
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20-22
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house? And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
- Jeremiah 26:9
Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
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Context
- Luke 21:5
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
- 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.
- 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 21:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Estas cosas que veis, días vendrán que no quedará piedra sobre piedra que no sea destruída. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quant à ces choses que vous regardez, les jours viendront où il ne sera laissé pierre sur pierre qui ne soit jetée à bas. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Diese Dinge, die ihr sehet-Tage werden kommen, in welchen nicht ein Stein auf dem anderen gelassen wird, der nicht abgebrochen werden wird. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hæc quæ videtis, venient dies in quibus non relinquetur lapis super lapidem, qui non destruatur. |