Luk 21:20-24 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Luke 21:20-24: 21:20-24 Jesus was describing the siege and destruction of Jerusalem that would take place in AD 70.

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‏ Luke 21:20-24

Summary for Luke 21:20-24: 21:20-24 ^a Jesus was describing the siege and destruction of Jerusalem that would take place in AD 70.
21:21 ^b Those in Jerusalem must get out: Because of this prophecy, Christians in Judea fled to the town of Pella in Decapolis before the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 (Eusebius, Church History 3.5).
21:22 ^c For those will be days of God’s vengeance: The destruction of Jerusalem was part of God’s judgment for Israel’s rejection of the Messiah.
21:24 ^d until the period of the Gentiles comes to an end: Daniel predicted a period of successive Gentile empires before the coming of God’s Kingdom (Dan 2:44 ^e; 7:27 ^f).