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Luke 21 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

-all which things are suitable for a severe and terrible God. Now, when He goes on to say that "all these things must needs come to pass,"[1539]

Luke 21:2 - NIV, NAB - in Instructions of Commodianus

In the treasury, besides, thou oughtest to give of thy labour, even as that widow whom the Anointed One preferred.[21]

Luke 21:2 - NIV, NAB - in Gregory Thaumaturgus Oration and Panegyric Addressed to Origen

d yet as of good feeling, and as measuring not the capacity of him whom they honour, but only their own, they ought to pay him honour according to the present measure of their power,-a tribute which will probably be grateful and pleasant to him who is honoured, and in no less consideration with him than it would have been had it been some great and splendid offering, if it is only presented with decided earnestness, and with a sincere mind. Thus is it laid down in the sacred writings,[22]

Luke 21:3 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms

For all these have, of that which they had in abundance, cast in unto the offerings of God; but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had,"[46]

Luke 21:3 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book III

And Christ our Lord and Master, and Searcher of hearts, saw her, and said, Verily I say unto you, that this widow hath cast into the treasury more than they all: for all they have cast in of their abundance, but this woman of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had."[30]

Luke 21:4 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

And for this reason they (the Jews) had indeed the tithes of their goods consecrated to Him, but those who have received liberty set aside all their possessions for the Lord's purposes, bestowing joyfully and freely not the less valuable portions of their property, since they have the hope of better things [hereafter]; as that poor widow acted who cast all her living into the treasury of God.[240]

Luke 21:7 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

If, however, He did predict these promises as His own, since they differ in no respect from the promises of Christ, He will be a match in the freeness of His gifts with the good god himself; and evidently no more will have been promised by your Christ than by my Son of man. (If you examine) the whole passage of this Gospel Scripture, from the inquiry of the disciples[1572]

Luke 21:8 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

) comes in a name which belongs to another-unless it was his business to warn off from a mendaciously assumed name the disciples (of One) who, by reason of His name being properly given to Him, possessed also the verity thereof. But when "they shall by and by come and say, I am Christ,"[1536]

Luke 21:8 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

No one is at once a proposer and a seconder to himself. Besides, you have read, no doubt, that "many shall come, saying, I am Christ."[23]

Luke 21:8 - NIV, NAB - in Dubious Hippolytus Fragments

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 yet by and by."[29]

Luke 21:8 - NIV, NAB - in Dubious Hippolytus Fragments

but go not after them.[36]

Luke 21:8 - NIV, NAB - in Alexander Epistles on the Arian Heresy

Moreover, concerning these very men, warnings are not wanting to us, for the Lord foretold: "Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in My flame, saying, I am Christ; and the tithe draweth near: go ye not therefore after them."[63]

Luke 21:9 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

"Wars," I observe, "and kingdom against kingdom, and nation against nation, and pestilence, and famines, and earthquakes, and fearful sights, and great signs from heaven"[1538]

Luke 21:10 - NIV, NAB - in Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John

places."[36]

Luke 21:11 - NIV, NAB - in Revelation of Saint John the Theologian

And I said: Lord, when shall these things come to pass? and what do those times bring? And I heard a voice saying to me: Hear, righteous John.[4]

Luke 21:12 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

And therefore in this passage He forbids men "to meditate before what they answer" when brought before tribunals,[1545]

Luke 21:14 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Epistle LXXVI

And again: "Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer; for I will give you a month and wisdom, which your adversaries shall not be able to resist."[12]

Luke 21:14 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XI Exhortation to Martyrdom Addressed to Fortunatus

And again: "Settle it in your hearts not to meditate before how to answer. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which your adversaries shall not be able to resist."[80]

Luke 21:16 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

except that Marcion introduces to us a Christ who is not subject to the Father. That persecutions from one's nearest friends are predicted, and calumny out of hatred to His name,[1552]

Luke 21:17 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

In the Gospel according to Luke: "And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake."[558]

Luke 21:18 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

"And there shall not a hair of your head perish."[155]

Luke 21:18 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V

For we shall rise incorruptible: whether we die at sea, or are scattered on the earth, or are torn to pieces by wild beasts and birds, He will raise us by His own power; for the whole world is held together by the hand of God. Now He says: "An hair of your head shall not perish."[20]

Luke 21:19 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

says He, "ye shall yourselves be saved."[1554]

Luke 21:19 - NIV, NAB - in Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V

Wherefore He exhorts us, saying: "In your patience possess ye your souls."[21]

Luke 21:20 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

Then, having shown what was to be the period of the destruction, even "when Jerusalem should begin to be compassed with armies,"[1557]

Luke 21:20 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Against Celsus Book II

Now in these it is recorded, that "when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed about with armies, then shall ye know that the desolation thereof is nigh."[54]

Luke 21:20 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved."[149]

Luke 21:21 - NIV, NAB - in Victorinus Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John

"] The aid of the great eagle's wings-to wit, the gift of prophets-was given to that Catholic Church, whence in the last times a hundred and forty-four thousands of men should believe on the preaching of Elias; but, moreover, he here says that the rest of the people should be found alive on the coming of the Lord. And the Lord says in the Gospel: "Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; "[60]

Luke 21:23 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III

Et rursus: "Vae praegnantibus et lactantibus in illis diebus."[63]

Luke 21:23 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian To His Wife Book I

most of all unsuitable, as being perilous to faith! For why did the Lord foretell a "woe to them that are with child, and them that give suck,"[56]

Luke 21:23 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Monogamy

not reflecting that the "woe" (denounced) "on such as are with child, and are giving suck,"[110]

Luke 21:24 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

For after He had declared that "Jerusalem was to be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles should be fulfilled,"[131]

Luke 21:25 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

He described the signs of the end of all things: "portents in the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity-like the sea roaring-by reason of their expectation of the evils which are coming on the earth."[1558]

Luke 21:25 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

), that "there should be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars, 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."[133]

Luke 21:26 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

That "the very powers also of heaven have to be shaken,"[1559]

Luke 21:26 - NIV, NAB - in A Strain of the Judgment of the Lord

180 And deeply moved are the high air's powers,[30]

Luke 21:27 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

And when these things shall come to pass, ye shall look up, and raise your heads; for your redemption hath come near," that is, at the time of the kingdom, of which the parable itself treats.[1563]

Luke 21:28 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

For the Lord says, "And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."[154]

Luke 21:29 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is very near."[1574]

Luke 21:29 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

He immediately annexes a parable of this in "the trees which are tenderly sprouting into a flower-stalk, and then developing the flower, which is the precursor of the fruit."[135]

Luke 21:31 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

"So likewise ye, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand."[1564]

Luke 21:31 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

"So likewise ye," (He adds), "when ye shall see all these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of heaven is nigh at hand."[136]

Luke 21:31 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise VII On the Mortality

Behold, the very things occur which were spoken; and since those occur which were foretold before, whatever things were promised will also follow; as the Lord Himself promises, saying, "But when ye see all these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is at hand."[5]

Luke 21:33 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

down to the parable of the fig-tree[1573]

Luke 21:33 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

Since the beneficent Deity had premised that these things must needs come to pass, although so terrible and dreadful, as they had been predicted by the law and the prophets, therefore He did not destroy the law and the prophets, when He affirmed that what had been foretold therein must be certainly fulfilled. He further declares, "that heaven and earth shall not pass away till all things be fulfilled."[1576]

Luke 21:34 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

And therefore did the Lord say to His disciples, to make us become good workmen: "Take heed to yourselves, and watch continually upon every occasion, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day shall come upon you unawares; for as a snare shall it come upon all dwelling upon the face of the earth."[565]

Luke 21:34 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

And, "Take heed to yourselves, lest perchance your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and worldly cares."[600]

Luke 21:34 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

Let the disciples also be warned, "lest their hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this world; and so that day come upon them unawares, like a snare "[1579]

Luke 21:34 - NIV, NAB - in Methodius Discourse V. Thallousa

And therefore it is ordered that a virgin shall not taste of this vine, so that she may be sober and watchful from the cares of life, and may kindle the shining torch of the light of righteousness for the Word. "Take heed to yourselves," says the Lord,[19]

Luke 21:36 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all those things, and to stand before the Son of man; "[137]

Luke 21:37 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

Some places there were in Jerusalem where to teach; other places outside Jerusalem whither to retire[1581]

Luke 21:37 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Praxeas

He will come again on the clouds of heaven, just as He appeared when He ascended into heaven.[431]

Luke 21:38 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

Fit hours for an audience there also were. "Early in the morning"[1584]

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