Luke 21:20 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁰ “So, when you see Jerusalem surrounded by [Roman] armies, then you will know that her total destruction is near.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know and understand that its desolation has come near.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

Common English Bible

²⁰ “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that its destruction is close at hand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Then, when you will have seen Jerusalem encircled by an army, know then that its desolation has drawn near.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army; then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.

Luke 21:20 Cross References

Matthew 24:15

“Therefore, when you see that disgusting thing which causes total destruction [i.e., the Roman armies. See Luke 21:20], which Daniel the prophet spoke about [Dan. 9:27; 11:31; 12:11], standing in the sacred place [i.e., Jerusalem and especially the Temple area], (let the reader understand [what is meant by this]),

Mark 13:14

`But when you see that disgusting thing that causes total destruction [i.e., the Roman army. See Luke 21:20] standing where it ought not to be [i.e., surrounding the besieged city of Jerusalem], (let the reader understand [what is meant by this]), then those of you in Judea are to run away into the [nearby] mountains.

Luke 19:43

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a dirt wall around you, surrounding you, and hemming you in on every side.

Luke 21:7

So, they asked Him, saying, “Teacher, when will these things [you just spoke of] happen? And what will be the sign [that indicates] when these things are about to be fulfilled?”

Hebrews 11:30

By [the people having] faith, the walls of Jericho fell in response to their marching around them for seven days.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a large crowd of spectators [Note: Christians are pictured here as being in a crowded arena, performing in the games], we should lay aside every [excessive] weight and sin that so easily entangles us, and with perseverance, we should run the race [of life] that lies before us.