John Gill's Exposition on Luke 21:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines and pestilences, etc.] (See Gill on “<402407>Matthew 24:7”). and fearful sights; or “terrible things”; whether heard, or seen, as dreadful thunderings, and lightnings; and a voice heard in the temple, saying, let us go hence; and an idiot that went about several years together, saying, woe to the people, woe to the city, etc. a flame was seen in the temple, and the doors of it opened of themselves: and great signs shall there be from heaven; as comets and blazing stars, a flaming sword, or a comet like one, hanging over Jerusalem, and armies in the air engaged against each other f646. The Syriac version adds, “and great winters there shall be”; that is, very long and cold; and so the Persic version, “and winter, and cold, shall be protracted”.

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