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Luke 21:18

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

Luke 21:18 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Luke 21:18

Theological / Devotional

Not an hair. This promise is not a universal guarantee of immunity from martyrdom, for Jesus had just said that some would be put to death (see v. 16). Perhaps it means here that rulers who hale Christians into court will have no power over them except when God shall permit (see John 19:11; Acts 5:35–38). Or, Christ’s words may be intended to refer to the ultimate result rather than to the immediate prospects of this world, and mean that the rulers of earth can have no power whatever over one’s eternal welfare (see John 10:28, 29; see on Matt. 10:28, 30).

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