Luke 21:28 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁸ But when these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads [i.e., in anticipation], for your redemption [i.e., deliverance, either from destruction or condemnation] is getting closer.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ Now when these things begin to occur, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption (deliverance) is drawing near.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.

Common English Bible

²⁸ Now when these things begin to happen, stand up straight and raise your heads, because your redemption is near.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ But when these things begin to happen, lift up your heads and look around you, because your redemption draws near."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand.

Luke 21:28 Cross References

Luke 13:11

And just then [He met] a woman who had an [evil] spirit that had caused her to be deformed for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not raise herself up. [Note: This was probably osteomyelitis or osteoporosis].

Luke 18:7

So, will God not grant justice to His elect [i.e., His people] who call out to Him [i.e., in prayer] day and night? Will He be slow in helping them?

Luke 21:29

Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, as well as all [other] trees:

Romans 8:19

For [all] creation [Note: “Creation” here refers to the material heavens and earth, and is personified through verse 23] is eagerly waiting for the children of God to be revealed [i.e., in their glorious state].

Romans 8:23

And not just the world, but even we [Christians] ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Holy Spirit [i.e., the first installment of our inheritance from God] also groan within us, eagerly waiting to be adopted as [God’s] children, and receive back our bodies [i.e., in the resurrection].

Ephesians 1:14

He is a down payment of our inheritance, until God’s own possession [i.e., His people] receives redemption. [Note: Here “redemption” refers to receiving a new body in heaven]. May this bring about praise to God’s splendor!

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve God’s Holy Spirit by whom you were sealed [i.e., given evidence of God’s ownership] until the day of redemption [i.e., until you receive your new body in heaven. See 1:14].