Lucas 21:25

25 E haverá sinais no sol, na lua e nas estrelas; e sobre a terra haverá angústia das nações em perplexidade pelo bramido do mar e das ondas.

Lucas 21:25 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:25

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon
They shall be darkened, and suffer very strange and surprising eclipses:

and in the stars;
they shall fall from heaven, as in ( Matthew 24:29 ) and so the Ethiopic version reads here: all which, as it may be understood in a literal sense, so it may likewise in figurative and mystical one, and be interpreted of the changes there should be in the Jewish state; (See Gill on Matthew 24:29). So the Jewish writers

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 interpret the sun, the light, the moon, and stars, in ( Ecclesiastes 12:2 ) . By the "sun" they understand the kingdom of the house of David; by "the light", the law; by "the moon", the sanhedrim; and by the stars, the Rabbins; and the same seem to be designed by the stars here:

and upon the earth distress of nations;
upon the land of Israel; in the several nations and countries belonging to it; as Galilee of the nations, Judea, and the region beyond Jordan, shall be in great distress:

with perplexity;
of mind, not knowing what to do, which way to go, or step to take; the Syriac version, instead of it, reads "clapping, or pressing of the hands"; which is done by persons, when in an agony and great distress:

the sea and the waves roaring;
which design some unusual and extraordinary storms and tempests, and inundations in the sea of Galilee, or Tiberias, which would be so very terrible, as to cause great uneasiness, distress, and perplexity; and so some versions render it, "because of the sea"

F8 In Prefat. Echa Rabbati, fol. 38. 4. Jarchi in Eccles. xii. 2.

Lucas 21:25 In-Context

23 Ai das que estiverem grávidas, e das que amamentarem naqueles dias! porque haverá grande angústia sobre a terra, e ira contra este povo.

24 E cairão ao fio da espada, e para todas as nações serão levados cativos; e Jerusalém será pisada pelos gentios, até que os tempos destes se completem.

25 E haverá sinais no sol, na lua e nas estrelas; e sobre a terra haverá angústia das nações em perplexidade pelo bramido do mar e das ondas.

26 os homens desfalecerão de terror, e pela expectação das coisas que sobrevirão ao mundo; porquanto os poderes do céu serão abalados.

27 Então verão vir o Filho do homem em uma nuvem, com poder e grande glória.