To read the texts click on the texts: Dan 2:31-45; Lk 21:5-11
Luke follows Mark 13:1-8 quite closely
in these verses, though he also makes some changes. While in Mark 13:1 Jesus
comes out of the Temple and predicts its destruction when his disciples point
to it magnificence, in Luke, Jesus is within the Temple when he predicts its
destruction when some (not the disciples) speak of its magnificence (21:5-6).
This is why unlike in Mark 13:3 he is not on the Mount of Olives opposite the
Temple, but within its precincts when he is asked about when this will take
place (21:7).
Mark 13:3 has Peter, James, John and Andrew who ask this
question; Luke has the people pose the question. Jesus responds by stating not
the hour when this will take place, but by issuing a set of three warnings.
The
first warning is not to allow oneself to be led astray and be led into
believing that the ones’ who come in his name are the Messiah.
The second
warning follows the first: they must go after these false Messiahs.
The third
warning is not to be terrified when they hear of wars and insurrections,
because they are part of God’s plan in bringing about the kingdom and must out
of necessity happen before the final coming.
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