Luke 21:5-36 Meter

(prophecy of West's future, meter wraps to Eph1:3-14)

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Meter Colour Legend:

Red underlined text: pronounce as one syllable (dipthong or elision)
Orange: numbers divisble by seven / counts are sevened factors
Purple: factors of 3
Pink: submeters / syllable count for the preceding phrase
Green: is keyword / anaphora
Light green highlight: unmatched meter sums

Intra-doc links: Blepw/ide v6 v8 v20 v27 v29 v30 v31 Semeion v7 v11 v25 Huios v27 v36 Amen v32 NOTES

	Verse	Submeter	Notes	Syllable	Cumulative	Diff. / Comments
⁵	Καί τινων λεγόντων περὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ὅτι λίθοις καλοῖς	17		17	17	Luke writes 17 yrs after Christ s/have died (age 40). Ties to Magnificat end meter, post-Varro.
	καὶ ἀναθήμασιν κεκόσμηται εἶπεν [~~αὐτοῖς~~]·	11		11	28	1st dateline: Luke writes 28 yrs after Christ died
⁶	ταῦτα ἃ θεωρεῖτε ἐλεύσονται [αἱ] ἡμέραι	13		13	41	(= James, Eph dates written, so all same yr) Should be 40, Luke uses diff fiscal.
	ἐν αἷς οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται λίθος ἐπὶ λίθῳ [~~εν τοιχω ωδε~~] ὃς οὐ καταλυθήσεται.	22		22	63	2nd dateline: Luke writes 63 yrs after Zech got 'visit', =Luke 1; &35 yrs to Mill had there been no Church
⁷	Ἐπηρώτησαν δὲ αὐτὸν [~~οι μαθηται~~] λέγοντες·	11		11	74
	διδάσκαλε, πότε οὖν ταῦτα ἔσται	11		11	85	Should be 84, Luke uses diff fiscal.
	καὶ τί τὸ σημεῖον ὅταν μέλλῃ ταῦτα γίνεσθαι;	15		15	100	Tags Matt24:3.By 130 AD, believers revert to sign-seeking.
⁸	ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· βλέπετε μὴ πλανηθῆτε·	12		12	112	Rise of Church 'fathers' of apostasy. Diff is 49, bad.
	πολλοὶ γὰρ ἐλεύσονται ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου λέγοντες· [~~οτι~~] ἐγώ εἰμι, [~~ὁ χριστός~~]	22		22	134
	καί· ὁ καιρὸς ἤγγικεν. μὴ [~~οὖν~~] πορευθῆτε ὀπίσω αὐτῶν.	17		17	151	Aurelius dies mid-αὐτῶν, yikes.
⁹	ὅταν δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκαταστασίας, μὴ πτοηθῆτε·	22		22	173	Civil war after Commodus starts end πολέμους
	δεῖ γὰρ ταῦτα γενέσθαι πρῶτον, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ εὐθέως τὸ τέλος.	16		16	189	First Severus (heh) dies end πρῶτον. Diff is 77. By τέλος wife & sisters regain power.
¹⁰	Τότε ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· ἐγερθήσεται [~~γαρ~~] ἔθνος ἐπ᾽ ἔθνος καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν,	28		28	217	mid 2nd ἔθνος begins 'crisis of the 3rd century', cute.
¹¹	σεισμοί τε μεγάλοι καὶ κατὰ τόπους λιμοὶ καὶ λοιμοὶ	16		16	233	Greek drama idioms = 'Crisis of the Third Century'
	ἔσονται, φόβητρά τε καὶ ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ σημεῖα μεγάλα ἔσται.	20	tags Eph1:10e @283	20	253	Diocletian dated his rule to 283 AD. Ties to Eph1:10e. D got a 'sign' he'd rule if he killed a boar Long prior, (apher, name of guy guarding Carus' sons). So, he did!
¹²	Πρὸ δὲ τούτων πάντων ἐπιβαλοῦσιν ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν	19		19	272	Pagans riot, Christians turn on other Christians.
	καὶ διώξουσιν, παραδιδόντες εἰς τὰς συναγωγὰς	16	Start διώξουσιν =304 AD =start Diocletian Persecution Lasts the 4 sylls=yrs, even plays on his name! Battle of Milvian Bridge, end of παραδιδόντες	16	288	Rev17:4 end marks start of D's persecution. Rev17:5a tags Milvian Bridge via metwpon autes
	καὶ φυλακάς, ἀπαγομένους ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς		Apostate Xtians get power to jail folks mid ἀπαγομένους =325 Nicaea	14	302	New Rome dedication @start βασιλεῖς
	καὶ ἡγεμόνας ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός μου·	28	Constantine dies end of ἡγεμόνας ; his bloodthirsty sons then kill/maim Xtians, Jews & each other all in God's name.	14	316	Click here for a longer timeline +external links.
¹³	ἀποβήσεται ὑμῖν εἰς μαρτύριον.	12		12	328	Witness the split of the empire amidst warring sons
¹⁴	θέτε οὖν ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν μὴ προμελετᾶν ἀπολογηθῆναι·	21	ties to Eph1:13d @379	21	349	High infra-Christian and anti-Jew, pagan persecution.
¹⁵	ἐγὼ γὰρ δώσω ὑμῖν στόμα καὶ σοφίαν	13		13	362
	ᾗ οὐ δυνήσονται ἀντιστῆναι ἢ ἀντειπεῖν ἅπαντες οἱ ἀντικείμενοι ὑμῖν.			25	387	Empire partition mid δυνήσονται & Rome sacked mid ἀντειπεῖν
¹⁶	παραδοθήσεσθε δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ γονέων	13		13	400	Emperor-'parents' betray. E-W rivalry begins.
	καὶ ἀδελφῶν καὶ συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων,	11		11	411	Tags Matt24:13. Pulcheria+East's desire to undo ValIII. Eph1:14 tagged end ἀδελφῶν
	καὶ θανατώσουσιν ἐξ ὑμῶν,	9	Theo II dies in 450. Vile Council Chalcedon, 451.	9	420	Diff=203,Tags Isa53:4, Temple Down.
¹⁷	καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου.	17		17	437	=Matt24:14 @ μισ = Val III killed (455 AD)
¹⁸	καὶ θρὶξ ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν οὐ μὴ ἀπόληται.	15		5	453	Odovacer takes Rome end ὑμῶν & frees up Bible
¹⁹	ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν κτήσασθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν.	16	Ostrogoths take over at last syllable in κτησασθε	16	469	Cute: diff=49=Western DIASPORA; it saves believers & Bible from imperial reach. Pro-Jews. Also, rise of Clovis.
²⁰	Ὅταν δὲ ἴδητε κυκλουμένην ὑπὸ στρατοπέδων [~~τὴν~~] Ἰερουσαλήμ,	20	Heralded by Jeru Patriarch starting temple to MARY on Temple Mount. Guy runs out of $$ to finish it.	20	489	s/b 490; Luke uses diff fiscal. Refs Persian wars.
	τότε γνῶτε ὅτι ἤγγικεν ἡ ἐρήμωσις αὐτῆς.	16	Justinian I takes Ostro Italy, cold and famine begin	16	505	Justinian (persecution) Code & builds Nea Theotokos.
²¹	τότε οἱ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ φευγέτωσαν εἰς τὰ ὄρη	16	Justinian starts 3-yr bid to revive Roman Empire, align w pope.	16	521	Plagues & Byz War w Persia renewed @start Ἰουδαίᾳ Nea inaugurated @word's end. Later, Persia will destroy it.
	καὶ οἱ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς [μη] ἐκχωρείτωσαν	12	J invaded Spain; famine, plagues, 'Pragmatic Sanction' in Italy, raids	12	533	War w Persia thru 630 AD; Arabs swarm, thereafter.
	καὶ οἱ ἐν ταῖς χώραις μὴ εἰσερχέσθωσαν εἰς αὐτήν,	15	Justinian dies@καὶ οἱ Lombards invade Italy @χώ	15	548
²²	ὅτι ἡμέραι ἐκδικήσεως αὗταί εἰσιν τοῦ πλησθῆναι πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα.	24		24	572	Luke invokes Dan9:24. France/Brit monasteries rise.
²³	οὐαὶ ταῖς ἐν γαστρὶ [~~ἐκείναις~~] ἐχούσαις καὶ ταῖς θηλαζούσαις ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις·	23		23	595	560+35 to balance his own dateline. Tags Matt24:18. Diff is 126
	ἔσται γὰρ ἀνάγκη μεγάλη ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ὀργὴ [~~ἐν or ἐπὶ~~] τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ,	21		21	616	Arab overrun starts end ἐπὶ
²⁴	καὶ πεσοῦνται [ἐν] στόματι μαχαίρης καὶ αἰχμαλωτισθήσονται εἰς τὰ ἔθνη πάντα,	24		24	640	Muslim civil war starts end μαχαίρης Lombards become pro-pope.
	καὶ Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἔσται πατουμένη ὑπὸ ἐθνῶν, ἄχρι οὗ πληρωθῶσιν [~~και εσονται~~] καιροὶ ἐθνῶν.			26	666	Dome of the Rock bldg starts end ἐθνῶν, : fake Trinity.
²⁵	Καὶ ἔσονται σημεῖα ἐν ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ καὶ ἄστροις,	18		18	684	Clever play on Islam swarming Spain 711 @end selene
	καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς συνοχὴ ἐθνῶν ἐν [~~or καὶ~~] ἀπορίᾳ ἤχους θαλάσσης καὶ σάλου,	23	Prior to Pepin, Papal Rome favored Byzantium. Will shift to Pepin & sons due to Byz iconoclasm	23	707	Martel begins to govern @σάλου, . Battle of Tours aka Poiters was @θαλάσσης (=polity, troops). Diff is 91
²⁶	ἀποψυχόντων ἀνθρώπων ἀπὸ φόβου καὶ προσδοκίας τῶν ἐπερχομένων τῇ οἰκουμένῃ,			28	735	Diff is 28. Rise of Carolingians at apo, Pope declares Childeric
	[or ~~αι γαρ δυναμις αι εν τω ουρανω σαλευθησονται~~]					III a false king: @ prosdokias, Pope crowns Pepin the Short.
	αἱ γὰρ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται.	14	@end ouranwn, Charlemagne beats Lombards, @686 in Rev17:15	14	749	Yeah, cuz now GETTING BIBLE is freed up!
²⁷	καὶ τότε ὄψονται τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐρχόμενον ἐν νεφέλῃ			21	770	Anaphoric center. Diff=35. Charlemagne crowned HRE.
	μετὰ δυνάμεως καὶ δόξης πολλῆς.			10	780	Mark 13:22 tags this.
²⁸	ἀρχομένων δὲ τούτων γίνεσθαι		Viking raids start to peak & continue.	10	790	Charlemagne dies end of ἀρχομένων
	ἀνακύψατε καὶ ἐπάρατε τὰς κεφαλὰς ὑμῶν,			15	805	Mark 13:22 tags this. Diff is 35.
	διότι ἐγγίζει ἡ ἀπολύτρωσις ὑμῶν.			14	819	Mark 13:23 tags this.
²⁹	Καὶ εἶπεν παραβολὴν αὐτοῖς·			9	828
	ἴδετε τὴν συκῆν καὶ πάντα τὰ δένδρα·	21	England partitions for Viking settlement; else, repulse by fortified bridge.	12	840	Diff=21, good growth.
³⁰	ὅταν προβάλωσιν ἤδη, βλέποντες [~~αυτων~~] ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν			15	855
	γινώσκετε ὅτι ἤδη ἐγγὺς τὸ θέρος ἐστίν·			15	870
	[or ~~οταν προβαλωσιν τον καρπον αυτων γεινωσκεται οτι εγγυς ηδη το θερος εστιν~~]
³¹	οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ὅταν ἴδητε ταῦτα [~~πάντα~~] γινόμενα,		Vikings given 'Normandy' post-ἴδητε	16	886	In exchange for promising to stop raiding.
	[~~τοτε~~] γινώσκετε ὅτι ἐγγύς ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ.		England drives out Vikings.	18	904	Rahman declares himself caliph of Cordoba at βασιλ
³²	ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν		Constantine VII and Otto I seek to unify to each other's empires via marriages.	6	910	Diff=70 Mark 13:26 tags this. Rev17:18 ends at Otto I.
	ὅτι οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἡ γενεὰ αὕτη ἕως ἂν [~~ταῦτα~~] πάντα γένηται.	26		20	930	Tags Matt24:34 @ its 1116
³³	ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρελεύσονται.	24		24	954	Otto II dies @end. Under OttoIII, HRE seemed doomed.
³⁴	Προσέχετε δὲ ἑαυτοῖς μήποτε βαρηθῶσιν ὑμῶν αἱ καρδίαι ἐν κραιπάλῃ	25		25	979
	καὶ μέθῃ καὶ μερίμναις βιωτικαῖς καὶ ἐπιστῇ ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς αἰφνίδιος ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη	29		29	1008	Diff =98
³⁵	ὡς παγίς· ἐπεισελεύσεται γὰρ			10	1018
	ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς.	28	East-West split w papacy @καθημένους	18	1036	Norman invasion.@end
³⁶	ἀγρυπνεῖτε δὲ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ δεόμενοι	14		14	1050	Same in Matt24, Mark 13
	ἵνα κατισχύσητε ἐκφυγεῖν ταῦτα πάντα τὰ μέλλοντα γίνεσθαι	21		21	1071	Same in Matt24, Mark 13
	καὶ σταθῆναι ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.	14		14	1085	1050+35 balancing to his dateline. Diff is 77

Intra-doc links: Blepw/ide v6 v8 v20 v27 v29 v30 v31 Semeion v7 v11 v25 Huios v27 v36 Amen v32 NOTES

Anaphora NOTES links: Blepw/ide v6 v8 v20 v27 v29 v30 v31 Semeion v7 v11 v25 Huios v27 v36 Amen v32

Notes

There is a doctrine pan-Bible, unknown to scholars, that God grants specific amounts time for spiritual growth. Jews used to know this, it's reflected in Talmud Sanhedrin 97-99; alas no one consulted them, lo these many millennia. Not to worry, Bible validates and elaborates on that doctrine, to wit: Messiah's Coming was TIMED to the very day, long in advance, and Israel was charged with tracking the Time to His Arrival. This tracking is explicit in the verse text, and explicit in the meter -- syllable counting of one solar year per syllable, since the Jews were commanded to memorize Scripture. The counts interact with the text to make the text easier to understand, even vivid. 490+70+490=1050 civilization unit benchmarks in the meter, starting in Genesis 1, were soon learned.

In the process, she overspent her 2100-year Time Allotment, such that 14 years remained to be paid -- 7 of which were allotted to Messiah's time assuming He'd live the 40 years allotted to Him. But He was crucified 7 years early, so that 14 at the time of His Death, is still owed. The Millennium at that time was scheduled to start 63 years later, forecast ever since Moses with some adjustments as Israel made up for or incurred more lost time -- but now that she rejected Him, a new 1050 must go to the Gentiles, a kind of bridge, with Church as the Bride Israel refused to be. So that 14-7 years owed Israel, get spent in Church. Leaving the Tribulation, if Church too doesn't become so apostate she must Rapture at the wrong time.

If instead she completes at the right time, Tribulation will 'play' so the remaining time debt will be paid off; then the 1050 for Millennium will begin. But now, when? No one knows. So if Rapture does not happen, how will believers continue to know what time it is? Answer: Matt24-25 for global future history to 3243 AD, this prophecy for the West, how Church will go salty or saltless, and Bible freed up (hence prosperity) or kidnapped due to low interest (hence adversity) as paradigm for each 1050, just as Ephesians 1:3-14 was 490 paradigm: it's Groundhog Day, we're stuck in Daniel 9:26 time bubble. East's paradigm, is Mark 13. So real history is provided, and then you extrapolate from that data to know the repeating TRENDS.

If the Rapture happens, whatever Time remains in this prophecy might well apply to the Millennium and beyond, or it gets truncated. Point is, you'll know what time it is, for YOUR time.

This doc: http://www.brainout.net/Luke21Meter.doc (if you have Bibleworks fonts, downloadable at http://www.bibleworks.com/fonts.html ). Pdf: http://www.brainout.net/Luke21Meter.pdf . Associated docs: http://www.brainout.net/Matt24-25ParsedR6.doc or http://www.brainout.net/Matt24-25ParsedR6.pdf and http://www.brainout.net/Mark13MeterR.doc and http://www.brainout.net/Mark13MeterR.pdf . All docs/htm/pdf/videos are still in draft, pending more comprehensive meter sleuthing. Pattern's existence though, is clear.

Master overview on how Bible meter works plus map of selected OT passages and each 1st Chapter of the NT, http://www.brainout.net/LukeDatelineMeters.htm or doc or pdf. Need Bibleworks fonts for the first two, but the initial pages are syllabus video, doc, and meter overviews of the meter, in English. These are all related to the text, to TIME verses, so Israel (hence Church) never misses her l'moedths (appointments). Always supposed to know what time it is. So Bible writers use one syllable per year in any timed passage (history/prophecy, datelining, cross reference other Divine Writ). For Time is on Loan, http://www.vimeo.com/channels/howgodorchestratestime

Matthew24-25 covers Time until 3243 AD for the world. Luke 21, like Ephesians 1, covers only the West, and Luke goes through its first 1050. Mark 13 covers the 1050 for the Byzantine Empire. All three passages 'balance' to the yet-remaining-years Israel was already counting, had there been no Church. Christ was supposed to die 57 years prior to the Millennium, to 'repay' the seven years unelapsed on the 49 she missed while in Diaspora, giving rise to the Tribulation 7 in Daniel 9:27. The other 50 were to Harvest the Gentiles so are not included in the Daniel count, since everyone knew Time is orchestrated in 1050 year units (first meter in the Bible, 1050 in Genesis 1). That's why Psalm 90 only says 1000 years, the Millennium for the Jews; it is another 1050 unit (with the non-Jewish time unlisted, but implicit).

Intra-doc links: Blepw/ide v6 v8 v20 v27 v29 v30 v31 Semeion v7 v11 v25 Huios v27 v36 Amen v32 NOTES

Anaphora NOTES links: Blepw/ide v6 v8 v20 v27 v29 v30 v31 Semeion v7 v11 v25 Huios v27 v36 Amen v32

Scholars don't know anything about this, though they should if they did the begats correctly, did 1Kings 1-6:1 correctly (instead of using Josephus), realized God only accounts in SOLAR years, and actually counted the ms syllables, or at least perused Talmud Sanhedrin 97-99. Rapture occurs to kick off the last seven years owed the Jews, since Christ died 7 years early and the total overage of 14 wasn't thus payable. So He dies 63 years prior to the Millennium instead of 57, hence the 63 meter in each Matt24, Luke 21, and Mark 13. That tells you when the passage conversation, occurred. Each writer also uses it as a dateline, so you know when the writer is writing. This formula method for the dateline is used to set the theme of the text, and is covered in http://www.brainout.net/BibleHebMeterCharacs.htm .

Now to the anaphora keywords, since that's Mark's style, which I presume he gets also from Luke.

v.6 theorew, syll 31-34, 61-64 AD. This is when Nero goes bad, marries Otho's wife, damns Seneca, Pompeii earthquake, then rome burns, satirizing the future jab at Nero fiddling like a spectator? Text is sure biting. First persecution of Christians. Paul under arrest in Rome 61 or 62, gets out. The 64 thingy could be why Paul ends up later retaken, dying in 68.

v.7 Semeion syll 88-91 (sevens at 91-35 and 92+154=246), runs 118-121 AD. See Jeru burn in Kitos war. Year Hadrian began rule, starts to put down Kitos War.

v.8 Blepw syll 105-107 (sevens at 105-35), runs 135-137 AD. See Jeru burn in Bar Kochba, who was defeated in 135 and Jeru gets razed and Pig Temple rebuilt by 140, on which building started in 136.

v.11 Semeion syll 246-8 (sevens at 105-245 and 248-108 and 246-92), runs 276-8 AD. Musical-chairs Emperors, three come to the purple: Tacitus (who dies in 276), Florianus (who also dies in 276), Probus. Debasement and restitution of coinage.

v.20, horaw syll 473-75 (sevens at 473-249 and 105-476 and 245-476), runs 503-505 AD. Byz-Persian wars going on here (peace in 506) but so far I don't find anything specific to Jeru. Text is apt but I can't find any reference saying troops were in Palestine, tho it's reasonable to conclude some would be. And what does that have to do with the West? Clovis was battling the Visigoths then, and the period is 3 years before his conversion. He then dies another 3 years after that.

v.25 Semeion syll 671-3 (sevens at 671-475 and 672-91, and 673-246), runs 701-3 AD. I can't find anything specific to these years. Mark 13:20 tags this.

v.27, center, horaw + τὸν υἱὸν: syll 753-55 (sevens at 755-671 and 753-473), runs 783-785 AD, then syll 756-8 (sevens at 674+84=758 and 758-1078), runs 786-788 AD. 783 betrothal of Const.VI by Irene to Charlemagne's young kid daughter, Rotrude, kills 4500 Saxons for not converting to Christianity but afterwards hires Alcuin (who tells him not to do that), loses his wife and marries six months later, then Saxons defeated and leaders converted. Since Charles hired Alcuin to begin a teaching Scripture program, for Luke to CENTER here, makes a lot of sense. Mark patterns his anaphoric center to this one in Luke. There is no counterpart in Matt, tho all three tie @780=810 AD.

v.29 horaw syll 829-31 (sevens at 829-759 and 753-830 or 755-832), runs 859-861 AD. Basically civil war among the Franks and Viking raids on them, where the warring ruling families enlists the Vikings to defeat their rival relatives. Civil war between Byz patriarchs and Rome popes, too with them invalidating each others' Council decisions re Ignatius/Photius.

v.30 Blepw syll 849-851 (sevens at 849-107 , 828+21=849 and 851-830), runs 879-881 AD. Charles the Fat becomes HRE, defeats some Vikings and then gives them land. Ending count tags Matt24:28.

v.31 horaw syll 878-80 (sevens at 880-852), runs 908-10 AD. End of the western branch of the Carolingian line. Else, I don't know what Luke might stress.

Intra-doc links: Blepw/ide v6 v8 v20 v27 v29 v30 v31 Semeion v7 v11 v25 Huios v27 v36 Amen v32 NOTES

Anaphora NOTES links: Blepw/ide v6 v8 v20 v27 v29 v30 v31 Semeion v7 v11 v25 Huios v27 v36 Amen v32

v.32 Amen syll 905-10 (sevens at merely 910 since there is no prior Amen? Prior keyword runs 878-80), runs 935-940 AD. Civil wars and attempts to put prelates under the control of the Emperors, and the Emperors of both Romes seek unity with each other. A lot happens during these specific years all over the two empires. At this point Charlemagne has had 12 kids in rulership positions, 10 of whom become kings (really 11, but Charles the Simple was deposed, and his dad was never crowned Emperor). So it's a clever play on 'horns' in Revelation (whose verses 15-18 cover the Carolingians and their own wrangles with the popes). Else, too much to say and I'm not sure what Luke means to highlight, again. Otto I first rises to power as King of the Germans in 936. He will become HRE in 962, and the meanwhile endeavors to marry off relatives and engage in other political alliances, especially with the Byzantines. His son Otto II marries Theophanu and that becomes a major political wrangle, later on. All to control the popes so they don't control the rulers.

v.36 huios syll 1079-81 (sevens at 1079-904 and 1078-756), runs 1109-11 AD. First Crusade, but again so much happens here I'm not sure what Luke means to stress, as I can't tell in each prior instance to derive a pattern.