Lucas 21

Men idet han så op, fik han Øje på de rige, som lagde deres Gaver i Tempelblokken.

Men han så en fattig Enke. som lagde to Skærve deri.

Og da nogle sagde om Helligdommen, at den var prydet med smukke Sten og Tempelgaver. sagde han:

Disse Ting, som I se - der skal komme Dage, da der ikke lades Sten på Sten, som jo skal nedbrydes.

Og store Jordskælv skal der være her og der og Hungersnød og Pest, og der skal ske frygtelige Ting og store Tegn fra Himmelen.

Men forud for alt dette skulle de lægge Hånd på eder og forfølge eder og overgive eder til Synagoger og Fængsler, og I skulle føres frem for Konger og Landshøvdinger for mit Navns Skyld.

Det skal falde ud for eder til Vidnesbyrd.

Lægger det da på Hjerte, at I ikke forud skulle overtænke, hvorledes I skulde forsvare eder.

Thi jeg, vil give eder Mund og Visdom, som alle eders Modstandere ikke skulle kunne modstå eller modsige.

Men I skulle endog forrådes af Forældre og Brødre og Frænder og Venner, og de skulle slå nogle af eder ihjel.

Og I skulle hades af alle for mit Navns Skyld.

Og ikke et Hår på eders Hoved skal gå tabt.

Ved eders Udholdenhed skulle I vinde eders Sjæle.

Men når I se Jerusalem omringet af Krigshære, da forstår, at dens Ødelæggelse er kommen nær.

Da skulle de, som ere i Judæa, fly til Bjergene; og de, som ere inde i Staden, skulle vige bort derfra; og de, som ere på Landet, skulle ikke gå ind i den.

Thi disse ere Hævnens Dage, da alt, hvad skrevet er, skal opfyldes.

Men ve de frugtsommelige og dem, som give Die, i de Dage; thi der skal være stor Nød på Jorden og Vrede over dette Folk.

Og de skulle falde for Sværdets Od og føres fangne til alle Hedningerne; og Jerusalem skal nedtrædes af Hedningerne, indtil Hedningernes Tider fuldkommes.

Og der skal ske Tegn i Sol og Måne og Stjerner, og på Jorden skulle Folkene ængstes i Fortvivlelse over Havets og Bølgernes Brusen,

medens Mennesker forsmægte af Frygt og Forventning om de Ting, som komme over Jorderige; thi Himmelens Kræfter skulle rystes.

Og da skulle de se Menneskesønnen komme i Sky med Kraft og megen Herlighed.

når de alt springe ud, da se I og skønne af eder selv, at Sommeren nu er nær.

Således skulle også I, når I se disse Ting ske, skønne, at Guds Rige er nær.

Sandelig, siger jeg eder, at denne Slægt skal ingenlunde forgå, førend det er sket alt sammen.

Himmelen og Jorden skulle forgå; men mine Ord skulle ingenlunde forgå.

Men vogter eder, at eders Hjerter ikke, nogen Tid besværes af Svir og Drukkenskab og timelige Bekymringer, så hin dag kommer pludseligt over eder som en Snare.

Thi komme skal den over alle dem, der bo på hele Jordens Flade.

Men han lærte om Dagene i Helligdommen, men om Nætterne gik han ud og overnattede på det Bjerg, som kaldes Oliebjerget.

Og hele Folket kom årle til ham i Helligdommen for at høre ham.

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,

{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.

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?

And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am {Christ}; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. {and the time: or, and, The time}

But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end {is} not by and by.

Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute {you}, delivering {you} up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

Settle {it} therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and {some} of you shall they cause to be put to death.

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

But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

In your patience possess ye your souls.

And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and {so} that day come upon you unawares.

For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called {the mount} of Olives.

And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.