Luke 21:19

19 By your endurance gain ^[a] your lives.

Luke 21:19 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:19

In your patience, possess ye your souls.
] By patiently bearing all afflictions, reproaches, indignities, and persecutions, enjoy yourselves; let nothing disturb or distress you; possess that peace and joy in your souls, which the world cannot take away; see ( Romans 5:3-5 ) . The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, "ye shall possess": and the sense may be this; by patient continuance, or by perseverance in the ways of God, and the truths of Christ unto the end, ye shall be saved; shall find your lives, and enjoy your souls, as in ( Matthew 10:22 ) ( 24:13 ) .

Luke 21:19 In-Context

17 You will be hated by everyone because of My name,

18 but not a hair of your head will be lost.

19 By your endurance gain your lives.

20 "When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that its desolation has come near.

21 Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains! Those inside the city must leave it, and those who are in the country must not enter it,

Footnotes

• [a]. Other mss read endurance you will gain