Luke 21:22 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

For these are times for punishment [i.e., to be inflicted on Jerusalem], so that everything written [i.e., by the prophets] may be fulfilled [i.e., about Jerusalem’s destruction. See Dan. 9:26-27].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For those are days of vengeance [of rendering full justice or satisfaction], that all things that are written may be fulfilled.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

These are the days of punishment, when everything written will find its fulfillment.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For these are the days of retribution, so that all things may be fulfilled, which have been written.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 21:22 Cross References

Matthew 1:22

Now all this happened in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet [Isaiah 7:14], saying,

Romans 2:5

But your stubbornness and refusal to repent are storing up wrath [i.e., punishment] for yourselves, [to be experienced] on the Day of Wrath [i.e., the Day of Judgment] when God’s just judgment will be revealed.

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord [surely] knows how to rescue godly people from trying situations, and to keep unrighteous people under [a sentence of] punishment [to be received] on the Judgment Day.

2 Peter 3:7

But, by means of the same word [of God], the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, awaiting the judgment and destruction [by God], along with [its] ungodly people.