Focused Passage

Luke 21:12-19

The Widow’s Gift, Jerusalem’s Fall, and Watchfulness before the Son of Man

Jesus contrasts the widow’s costly offering with outward religious abundance, foretells the temple’s destruction, prepares disciples for deception and persecution, announces Jerusalem’s siege and devastation, widens the horizon to the coming of the Son of Man, and commands watchful readiness.

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12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

13This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses.

14So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.

15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

16You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

17And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.

18Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.

19By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.

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Verse 12

Original words

ButδὲG1161ConjunctionbeforeΠρὸG4253PrepositionallπάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural[this]τούτωνG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Pluralthey will seizeἐπιβαλοῦσινG1911Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural. . .αὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural. . .τὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine Plural. . .χεῖραςG5495Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural. . .ἐφ’G1909PrepositionyouὑμᾶςG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunctionpersecute [you]διώξουσινG1377Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralOn account ofἕνεκενG1752PrepositionMyμουG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularnameὀνόματόςG3686Noun - Genitive Neuter Singularthey will deliver youπαραδιδόντεςG3860Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluraltoεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine PluralsynagoguesσυναγωγὰςG4864Noun - Accusative Feminine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionprisonsφυλακάςG5438Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural[and] they will bring [you]ἀπαγομένουςG520Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine PluralbeforeἐπὶG1909PrepositionkingsβασιλεῖςG935Noun - Accusative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctiongovernorsἡγεμόναςG2232Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Verse 13

Original words

This will be your opportunityἀποβήσεταιG576Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular. . .ὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluraltoεἰςG1519Prepositionserve as witnessesμαρτύριονG3142Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Verse 14

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SoοὖνG3767Conjunctionmake upθέτεG5087Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural-ἐνG1722PrepositionyourὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural-ταῖςG3588Article - Dative Feminine PluralmindκαρδίαιςG2588Noun - Dative Feminine PluralnotμὴG3361Adverbto worry beforehandπρομελετᾶνG4304Verb - Present Infinitive Activehow to defend yourselvesἀπολογηθῆναιG626Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive
Verse 15

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ForγὰρG1063ConjunctionIἐγὼG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singularwill giveδώσωG1325Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularyouὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person PluralspeechστόμαG4750Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionwisdomσοφίανG4678Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularthatG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singularnone ofοὐG3756Adverb. . .ἅπαντεςG537Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralvvvοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine Pluralyour adversariesἀντικείμενοιG480Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural. . .ὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Pluralwill be able toδυνήσονταιG1410Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person PluralresistἀντιστῆναιG436Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active[or]G2228ConjunctioncontradictἀντειπεῖνG483Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Verse 16

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-δὲG1161ConjunctionYou will be betrayedΠαραδοθήσεσθεG3860Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 2nd Person PluralevenκαὶG2532ConjunctionbyὑπὸG5259PrepositionparentsγονέωνG1118Noun - Genitive Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionbrothersἀδελφῶνG80Noun - Genitive Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionrelativesσυγγενῶνG4773Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionfriendsφίλωνG5384Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532Conjunction[some] ofἐξG1537PrepositionyouὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Pluralwill be put to deathθανατώσουσινG2289Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Verse 17

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AndκαὶG2532Conjunctionyou will beἔσεσθεG1510Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 2nd Person PluralhatedμισούμενοιG3404Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine PluralbyὑπὸG5259PrepositioneveryoneπάντωνG3956Adjective - Genitive Masculine Pluralbecause ofδιὰG1223PrepositionMyμουG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular-τὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularnameὄνομάG3686Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Verse 18

Original words

YetκαὶG2532ConjunctionvvvοὐG3756Adverbnot evenμὴG3361Adverba hairθρὶξG2359Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularofἐκG1537PrepositionyourὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularheadκεφαλῆςG2776Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularwill perishἀπόληταιG622Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 19

Original words

ByἐνG1722PrepositionyourὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine Singularpatient enduranceὑπομονῇG5281Noun - Dative Feminine Singularyou will gainκτήσασθε*G2932Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person PluralyourὑμῶνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural-τὰςG3588Article - Accusative Feminine PluralsoulsψυχὰςG5590Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural

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