Rhetorical Analysis Essay On Luke 21

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In this week’s reading Luke 21:32 stood out to me. It stood out to me because in this passage Jesus is talking about his return and says, ”I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.” Using the word generation would indicate to me that He should have returned in a fairly short amount of time. Since we are still waiting for Him to return, it makes me question what Jesus meant when he said this. I noticed there was a footnote that said generation could also mean race which further confused me because they have different meanings. I looked up the Greek word for generation which is genea and while there were two definitions that match our modern use of generation, there was also a definition

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