Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
Luke 21:4
Offerings of God. The best texts omit of God. Rev., more simply, unto the gifts.
Penury [υ σ τ ε ρ η μ α τ ο ς]. Lit., lack. Rev., neatly, of her want.
5 - 19. Compare Matthew 24:1-14; Mark 13:1-13.
Offerings of God. The best texts omit of God. Rev., more simply, unto the gifts.
Penury [υ σ τ ε ρ η μ α τ ο ς]. Lit., lack. Rev., neatly, of her want.
5 - 19. Compare Matthew 24:1-14; Mark 13:1-13.
LUKE 21:4 dw/ra {B} The words tou/ qeou/ seem to be a scribal explanation appended to dw/ra for the benefit of Gentile readers who had never seen the gazofula,kion (ver....
See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41. Luke 21:4 PENURY - Poverty. See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41....
CHAPTER 21 _ 1. The Widow's Mite. (Luke 21:1)_ 2. The Destruction of the Temple Predicted. (Luke 21:5) 3. The Disciple's Question Concerning the Future. (Luke 21:7) 4. Things to Come. ...
THE WIDOW'S TWO MITES. With some abbreviation Lk. closely follows Mark 12:41 *....
THE PRECIOUS GIFT (Luke 21:1-4)...
Jesus looked up and saw those who were putting their gifts into the treasury--rich people--and he saw a poor widow putting in two lepta. So he said, "I tell you truly that this poor widow has put in m...
OF. out of. (Greek. _ek._ App-104. UNTO. Greek. _eis,_ as in Luke 21:1. OFFERINGS. gifts. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the chest containing them. GOD. See App-98. PE...
_of their abundance_] Rather, OUT OF THEIR OVERPLUS. The essence of charity is self-denial. But in these days most people give - _mites"_out of their vast superfluity, which is no charity at all; and...
Luke 21:1-4. THE WIDOW’S MITE...
ΤΟΥ͂ ΘΕΟΥ͂ is omitted after δῶρα by אBLX, &c. 4. ΟὟΤΟΙ. The word is not exactly contemptuous as it often is (see Luke 7:39; Luke 15:30), but still it has the depreciatory effect often conveyed by a p...
VER 1. AND HE LOOKED UP, AND SAW THE RICH MEN CASTING THEIR GIFTS INTO THE TREASURY. 2. AND HE SAW ALSO A CERTAIN POOR WIDOW CASTING IN THITHER TWO MITES. 3. AND HE SAID, OF A TRUTH I SAY TO YOU, THAT...
ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΟΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. gen. n. sing. от_ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΕΎΩ (G4052) изобиловать, иметься в избытке. Part, в роли _subst._ ΑΎΤΟΙΣ _dat. pl._-om ΑΎΤΌΣ. Pess. _dat._ ("их изобилие"). ΈΒΑΛΟΝ _aor. ind....
FOR ALL THESE— See the notes on Mark 12:41; Mark 12:44. Both the poor and rich may learn something from this passage of the gospel; the _poor,_ who seem to have the means of doing charitable offices i...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Presentment of Sion's Default (Luke 21:1-4) 21 He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury; 2and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins. 3And...
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. FOR ALL THESE HAVE OF THEIR ABUNDANCE, [ ek (G1537) tou (G35...
24 Two kinds of coins were in circulation, the Roman and the Jewish. The temple taxes had to be paid in the Jewish shekel, the Roman in the foreign currency. The fact that they had accepted the conque...
THE WIDOW'S MITE. PROPHECY OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND THE SECOND ADVENT 1-4. The widow's mite (Mark 12:41). See on Mk....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 21 THE WIDOW’S *OFFERING 21:1-4 V1 Jesus looked up and watched the rich men. They dropped their money into the boxes in the *Temple. V2 He also saw a...
FOR ALL THESE HAVE... CAST. — Better, _all these cast_..., and so in the next clause. UNTO THE OFFERINGS OF GOD. — The better MSS. omit the last two words. “Offerings,” literally, _gifts. _...
XXI. (1-4) AND SAW THE RICH MEN CASTING THEIR GIFTS. — See Notes on Mark 12:41. This may, perhaps, be thought of as one of the incidents which St. Luke derived from verbal communication with his brot...
_The widow's offering_ (Mark 12:41-44), unfortunately placed at the beginning of this chapter, which should have been devoted wholly to Christ's solemn discourse concerning the future. Yet this mal-ar...
ἅπαντες οὗτοι, all these, referring to the rich and pointing to them. ὑστερήματος : practically = Mk.'s ὑστερήσεως, preferred possibly because in use in St. Paul's epistles: not so good a word as ὑστέ...
DAVID'S LORD TESTING MEN AND WOMEN Luke 20:41-47; Luke 21:1-4 It was the Master's turn to question. As man, He was David's descendant and son; as the Son of God, He was his Lord. Though it sealed His...
Here we have another illustration of the fact that nothing could escape the Master's vigilance. Of the gifts being cast into the treasury He was the true Appraiser. He saw the widow as she cast in her...
CHAPTER 19 THE WIDOW'S MITE Luke 21:1-4; Mark 12:41-44. “Jesus, sitting in front of the treasury, was seeing how the multitude cast their money into the treasury. And one poor widow, having come, cas...
CHAPTER 20 COMING OF THE LORD Matthew 24; Matthew 25; Mark 13; Luke 21. It is now in the afternoon, on Wednesday, preceding the arrest of our Savior about midnight the ensuin
8. _The Widow's Alms: Luke 21:1-4_. VERS. 1-4. This piece is wanting in Matthew. Why would he have rejected it, if, according to Holtzmann's view, he had before him the document from which the other t...
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
_CHRIST’S STANDARD OF GIVING_ ‘For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.’ Luke 21:4 Observe— I. HOW K...
The Lord's discourse in chapter 21 displays the character of the Gospel in a peculiar manner. The spirit of grace, in contrast with the Judaic spirit, is seen in the account of the poor widow's offeri...
FOR ALL THESE HAVE OF THEIR ABUNDANCE,.... Which they had remaining; the same Hebrew word יתר signifying to remain, and to abound: they had large possessions, and gave in much, and yet had a great dea...
_And he looked up_ From those on whom his eyes were fixed before; _and saw the rich men casting their gifts_, &c. See on Mark 12:41....
The widow's two mites. Mark 12:41-44....
THE WIDOW'S GIFT....
FOR ALL THESE HAVE OF THEIR ABUNDANCE CAST IN UNTO THE OFFERINGS OF GOD; BUT SHE OF HER PENURY HATH CAST IN AN THE LIVING THAT SHE HAD. Jesus had probably delivered His last discourse in the Court of...
THE WIDOW'S TWO MITES (vs.1-4) The first four verses are a continuation of the sublect of Chapter 20. If the scribes had no regard for widows, God takes full account of them. Rich men may donate larg...
1-4 From the offering of this poor widow, learn that what we rightly give for the relief of the poor, and the support of God's worship, is given unto God; and our Saviour sees with pleasure whatever w...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 21:1...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And for this reason they (the Jews) had indeed the tithes of their goods consecrated to Him, but those who have received liberty set aside all their possessions for...
Luke 21:4 for G1063 all G537 these G3778 of G1537 their G846 abundance G4052 (G5723) put G906 ...
Luke 21:4. UNTO THE GIFTS, _i.e.,_ those in the chests. ‘This incident, witnessed by Jesus at such a time, resembles a flower which He comes upon all at once in the desert of official devotion, the si...
Luke 21:1-4. THE WIDOW'S MITES. See on Mark 12:41-44; comp. also the introductory note to Matthew 24...
In this section Luke records the assault of the Sadducees respecting the resurrection (Luke 20:27-40); then omitting the lawyer's question, he tells of our Lord's unanswered question respecting _Chris...
ALL THESE DID CAST (παντες ουτο εβαλον). Constative second aorist active indicative covering the whole crowd except the widow.LIVING (βιον). Livelihood as in Mark 12:44, not ζωην, principle of li...
Luke 21:1. And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that...
CONTENTS: The widow's mite. Discourse on the course of the age and return of the Lord. CHARACTERS: Jesus, widow, disciples. CONCLUSION: As the time draws near when the Kingdom of God shall be fully e...
Luke 21:5. _Some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts._ This conversation occurred as they were going out of the temple. Mark 13:1. On mount Olivet the Lord delivered t...
SAW RICH MEN DROPPING THEIR GIFTS. For notes on the widow's copper coins, see Mark 12:41-44....
_This poor Widow hath cast in more than they all_ THE WIDOW’S MITES Our Lord wished to see “how the multitude cast money into the collection-chest”--not only _how much_--anybody could have discovered...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 21:1 OFFERING BOX. One of the 13 collection chests in the temple. ⇐...
A POOR WIDOW GIVES ALL SHE HAS MARK 12:41-44; LUKE 21:1-4; MARK 12:41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in m...
CHAPTER 21 VER. 18. _But there shall not an hair of your head perish._ "Because," says S. Gregory, "what was said about death was hard, comfort is added at once, from the joy of the resurrection, when...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 21:1. LOOKED UP.—From the parallel passage in Mark 12:41 we learn that our Lord had taken his seat in the court of the women, where were the chests for containing gifts and offer...
EXPOSITION LUKE 21:1 _The_ _widow_'_s mite. _We find this little sketch only here and in St. Mark (Mark 12:41). The Master was sitting—resting, probably, after the effort of the great denunciation of...
And he looked up, and he saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites (Luke 21:1-2). A mite was one-sixteenth of a penny. I...
Acts 2:44; Acts 2:45; Acts 4:34; Luke 15:12; Luke 8:43...