Discovery BoxLuke 21:11 
Context21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and famines 1 and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights 2 and great signs 3 from heaven.
Luke 21:25
Context21:25 “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, 4 and on the earth nations will be in distress, 5 anxious 6 over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.
1 sn See Isa 5:13-14; 13:6-16; Hag 2:6-7; Zech 14:4.
2 tn This term, φόβητρον (fobhtron), occurs only here in the NT. It could refer to an object, event, or condition that causes fear, but in the context it is linked with great signs from heaven, so the translation “sights” was preferred.
3 sn See Jer 4:13-22; 14:12; 21:6-7.
4 sn Signs in the sun and moon and stars are cosmic signs that turn our attention to the end and the Son of Man’s return for the righteous. OT imagery is present: See Isa 13:9-10; 24:18-20; 34:4; Ezek 32:7-8; Joel 2:1, 30-31; 3:15.
5 tn Grk “distress of nations.”
6 tn Or “in consternation” (L&N 32.9).
