• Luke 21:11
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 11 σεισμοί [earth]quakes τε and μεγάλοι great καὶ and κατὰ according to τόπους places λοιμοὶ pestilences καὶ and λιμοὶ famines ἔσονται, will be, φόβηθρά fearful sights τε and καὶ also ἀπ’ from οὐρανοῦ heaven σημεῖα signs μεγάλα great ἔσται. will be.

  • Luke 21:11
    King James Version

    • 11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 21
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 21:11

      pestilences: Or “widespread diseases; epidemics.” Of the three Gospel writers who recorded Jesus’ great prophecy about the time of the end, only Luke mentions this feature of the composite “sign.” (Lu 21:7; Mt 24:3, 7; Mr 13:4, 8) The three accounts are complementary. The only other Biblical occurrence of the Greek word for “pestilence” is at Ac 24:5, where it is used figuratively about a person who was perceived to be “a pest,” one who causes problems, a troublemaker or public menace.

      fearful sights: Derived from the Greek verb pho·beʹo, meaning “to fear,” this word appears only here in the Christian Greek Scriptures. It evidently refers to terrifying events.