(Luke 10:19 KJV) Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

I doubt that Jesus was saying that the disciples had control over snakes and scorpions, rather a crushing of them.

Some of Jesus' prohecies were about the events of 70 a.d., some about events far into the future, His second coming, etc. Luke 21:24 obviously falls into the first category.

So how do you separate 21:24 from 21:27

(Luke 21:27 KJV) And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Where did he give any indication that 21:27 is centuries after the destruction of Jerusalem when it was compassed by armies?

Verse 24 is about the 70 a.d. destruction of Jerusalem and the temple, and verse 27 is about the Second Coming, a furure event. If you notice, all throughout the Gospels Jesus likes to change the subject a lot, and especially when prophesying. He will go back and forth from 70 a.d. stuff to centuries-later stuff.

Why does Jesus change the subject so much? I have a theory about that, and I emphasize that it is my personal opinion only. One, Jesus said a lot of things about a lot of subjects, and the last verse of John says that there aren't enough books in the world to record everything Jesus said, so the Gospel writers quoted one saying of Jesus, then another, leaving out any segway for brevity's sake, so that Jesus was really less of a subject changer than it looks like. Two, Jesus had some things He felt that He needed the people to know, so when someone asked Him a question He would answer that question and go on and answer some unasked questions, just to get the message out. (Maybe that's two theories, not just one theory.)

Contrary to some common assumptions, Jesus is not the ultimate Answer Man, but more like the Great Questioner. In the Gospels Jesus asks many more questions than he answers. To be precise, Jesus asks 307 questions. He is asked 183 of which he only answers 3. Asking questions was central to Jesus’ life and teachings. In fact, for every question he answers directly he asks—literally—a hundred. Jesus is the Question considers the questions Jesus asks—what they tell us about Jesus and, more important, what our responses might say about what it means to follow Him. Through Jesus’ questions, he modeled the struggle, the wondering, the thinking it through that helps us draw closer to God and better understand, not just the answer, but ourselves, our process and ultimately why questions are among Jesus’ most profound gifts for a life of faith. A game-changer of a book.

I never thought to look at the "sword" in the passage. Interesting for sure.

Sword, in Hebrew :

Strong's Hebrew Lexicon Search Results


Result of search for "sword":
19 'ibchah ib-khaw' from an unused root (apparently meaning to turn); brandishing of a sword:--point.

1300 baraq baw-rawk' from 1299; lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword:--bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
2719 chereb kheh'-reb from 2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement:--axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
4380 mkerah mek-ay-raw' probably from the same as 3564 in the sense of stabbing; a sword:--habitation.
5084 nadan naw-dawn' of uncertain derivation; a sheath (of a sword):--sheath.
6609 pthikhah peth-ee-khaw' from 6605; something opened, i.e. a drawn sword:--drawn sword.
7524 retsach reh-tsakh from 7523; a crushing; specifically, a murder-cry:--slaughter, sword.
7973 shelach sheh'-lakh from 7971; a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch:--dart, plant, X put off, sword, weapon.

Greek :

Strong's Greek Lexicon Search Results


Result of search for "sword":
645. apospao ap-os-pah'-o from 575 and 4685; to drag forth, i.e. (literally) unsheathe (a sword), or relatively (with a degree of force implied) retire (personally or factiously):--(with-)draw (away), after we were gotten from.

3162. machaira makh'-ahee-rah probably feminine of a presumed derivative of 3163; a knife, i.e. dirk; figuratively, war, judicial punishment:--sword.
4501. rhomphaia hrom-fah'-yah probably of foreign origin; a sabre, i.e. a long and broad cutlass (any weapon of the kind, literally or figuratively):--sword.

So what yer saying Lud is:

21:24 70 AD.
21:27 some time in the indefinite future.
21:32 back to 70 AD.

(Luke 21:32 KJV) Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

Really?

That's exactly what I'm saying. If Jesus apparently is changing the subject back and forth, it may be that He, at the time, spoke at length about what would happen in a.d. 70, then spoke at length about what would happen at the end of the world, and Luke, who got all of this second hand (he was not an eyewitness, remember), kind of jumbled bits and pieces from both talks.

Same explanation. Even the eyewitness Matthew might have jumbled two conversations for brevity's sake.

St. Augustine and other Fathers of the Church taught that Matthew was written before the other Gospels. Perhaps Mark and Luke, because they were not eyewitnesses, copied from Matthew, who was, perhaps with Matthew's permission. Who knows? This certainly doesn't mean the Gospels of Mark and Luke aren't inspired, but remember Mark and Luke were not eyewitnesses and had to get their information from people who were.

Once again I emphasize that this is my personal opinion only, not a Catholic doctrine, and I might be wrong.

The truths in the Bible are there. The Bible, properly translated and interpreted, contains no error on matters of faith or morals, and we can be sure that Jesus is quoted correctly throughout. But maybe the Gospel wtriters did some sloppy editing here and there.

When Jesus told the members of tge Sanhedrin "And you shall see the Son of man...coming with the clouds of heaven" (Mark 14:62), by "you" Jesus did not mean the members of tge Sanhedrin personally. He was speaking to the whole human race. It would be like a financial expert telcongressional committee "One day you will see the Social Security system collapse", the expert means that one day the country will see it, not that all the members of the committee will personally see it.

Please tell me the scripture reference to that.