Luke 21:30
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Luke 21:30 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.
When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
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World English Bible Public Domain
When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
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King James Version Public Domain
When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
When they already sprout, seeing for yourselves you know that the summer is already near.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.
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King James Version Public Domain
When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
when they now shoot forth, ye see it and know of your own selves that the summer is now nigh.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
when they now shoot forth, ye see it and know of your own selves that the summer is now nigh.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
When they nowe shoote foorth, ye seeing them, knowe of your owne selues, that sommer is then neere.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
When they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is nigh;
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves ye know that now is the summer nigh;
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
when they may now cast forth, having seen, of yourselves you know that now the summer is near;
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
When they sprout buds, you see for yourselves and know that summer is already near.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
When they already sprout, seeing for yourselves you know that the summer is already near.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
when they already sprout, ye know of your own selves, [on] looking [at them], that already the summer is near.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
When they are already budding, you see it and know by your own selves that the summer is already near.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your ownselves that summer is now nigh at hand.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
When you see new leaves appear, you don't need to be told that summer is near.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
As soon as they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
when they shute forth their buddes ye se and knowe of youre awne selves that sommer is then nye at hond.
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- Appears 2× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Aorist
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Subjunctive
- Person
- 3rd person
- Number
- Plural
Full Thayer's Definition
- ὅταν hótan G3752 “when” Conjunction
- προβάλωσιν probállō G4261 “to throw forward” Verb, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, 3rd person, Plural
- ἤδη ḗdē G2235 “already” Adverb
- βλέποντες blépō G991 “to see” Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine
- ἀφ’ apó G575 “from” Preposition
- ἑαυτῶν heautoû G1438 “himself” Reflexive pronoun, 2nd person, Genitive, Plural, Masculine
- γινώσκετε ginṓskō G1097 “to know” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 2nd person, Plural
- ὅτι hóti G3754 “that” Conjunction
- ἤδη ḗdē G2235 “already” Adverb
- ἐγγὺς engýs G1451 “near” Adverb
- τὸ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Neuter
- θέρος théros G2330 “summer” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Neuter
- ἐστίν eimí G1510 “to be” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 13
- words
- 12
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is προβάλωσιν to throw forward G4261 — appearing just 2 times in the whole Greek New Testament.
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
- προβάλωσιν to throw forward G4261
Shared distinctive vocabulary
προβάλωσιν to throw forward G4261 occurs in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse:
- ἤδη already G2235 ×2
Cross-references
1Topical passages linked to Luke 21:30 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Luke 12:57 Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Luke, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 13 words (12 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is probállō (“to throw forward”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word probállō carries the sense “to throw forward.” How does it shape the verse?
- This is the first place “to throw forward” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
- How does Acts 19:33, which shares the word «to throw forward», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “already” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Compare how Bengel's Gnomon and John Gill's Exposition read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 15 words in this verse.
- “already” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 12 distinct Greek lemmas span 13 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Luke 21:30 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.