Luke 21:17

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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 for his name's sake, and encourages them to bear up under their trials, and to go on in their work, notwithstanding the opposition they would meet with. God will stand by you, and own you, and assist you. This was remarkably fulfilled after the pouring out of the Spirit, by whom Christ gave his disciples wisdom and utterance. Though we may be losers for Christ, we shall not, we cannot be losers by him, in the end. It is our duty and interest at all times, especially in perilous, trying times, to secure the safety of our own souls. It is by Christian patience we keep possession of our own souls, and keep out all those impressions which would put us out of temper. We may view the prophecy before us much as those Old Testament prophecies, which, together with their great object, embrace, or glance at some nearer object of importance to the church. Having given an idea of the times for about thirty-eight years next to come, Christ shows what all those things would end in, namely, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the utter dispersion of the Jewish nation; which would be a type and figure of Christ's second coming. The scattered Jews around us preach the truth of Christianity; and prove, that though heaven and earth shall pass away, the words of Jesus shall not pass away. They also remind us to pray for those times when neither the real, nor the spiritual Jerusalem, shall any longer be trodden down by the Gentiles, and when both Jews and Gentiles shall be turned to the Lord. When Christ came to destroy the Jews, he came to redeem the Christians that were persecuted and oppressed by them; and then had the churches rest. When he comes to judge the world, he will redeem all that are his from their troubles. So fully did the Divine judgements come upon the Jews, that their city is set as an example before us, to show that sins will not pass unpunished; and that the terrors of the Lord, and his threatenings against impenitent sinners, will all come to pass, even as his word was true, and his wrath great upon Jerusalem.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A mouth - Eloquence, ability to speak as the case may demand. Compare Exodus 4:11.

Gainsay - Speak against. They will not be able to "reply" to it, or to "resist" the force of what you shall say.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

13. for a testimony—an opportunity of bearing testimony.

Matthew Poole's Commentary

See Poole on "Luke 21:16"

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And ye shall be hated of all men,.... See Gill on Matthew 10:22. See Gill on Matthew 24:9.

Geneva Study Bible

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)

Expositor's Greek Testament

Luke 21:17. μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων, continually hated (pres. part.) by all; dismal prospect! Yet

Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

17. hated of all men] Luke 2:34, Luke 6:22; John 17:14; 1 Peter 4:14; 1 Peter 4:16. “As concerning this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against,” Acts 28:22. “We have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,” Acts 24:5. “They speak against you as evil doers,” 1 Peter 2:12. “Reproached for the name of Christ,” 1 Peter 4:14. “A malefic, an excessive, execrable superstition” (Tac., Plin., Suet.). ‘Away with the godless !’ ‘The Christians to the lions !’

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 17. - And ye shall be hated of all men for my Name's sake. All the records of early Christianity unite in bearing witness to the universal hatred with which the new sect were regarded by pagans as well as Jews. The words of the Roman Jews reported in Acts 28:22 well sum this up, "As concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against" (see, too, Acts 24:5 and 1 Peter 2:12). The Roman writers Tacitus, Pliny, and Suctonius, bear the same testimony. Luke 21:17