Matthew Poole and continuators on Luke 21:24

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be troden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Iosephus tells us, that in the Wars, which ended in the taking of Ierusalem, by the Famine, and the Sword there perished 1100,000. Jews, and 97,000. were carryed into Captivity. Ierusalem ever since that time, hath been troden down by the Gentiles, the Romans, Saracens, Franks, and is at this day troden of the Turks, until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Some from this Text think, that there shall be a time, when the Iews shall re-possess the City of Ierusalem. Whether any such thing can be from hence gathered, I doubt. Some here by the time of the Gentiles understand all that time betwixt the Destruction of Ierusalem, and the end of the World. Others, the time when the Gospel should be carried over all the World. But their Opinion seemeth to me most probable, who interpret it of the time of Gods patience with the Gentiles. As the Jews have filled up their Measure and now the wrath of God is come upon them to the uttermost; so the Gentiles shall have their time also. The Romans have had their time, The Turks now have their time; but their Glass is also running out, there will be a fulfilling of their time too, and whether then another sort of Barbarians shall possess it, or the Iews [illegible: 1 word] Christians, shall recover it, time must interpret.

Marginal references: Rom. 11.25.