Luke 21:1
And he looked up, and saw the rich throwing their gifts into the treasury.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
In Context
2And he saw also a certain poor widow throw in thither two mites.
Cross References
Matthew 27:6And the chief priests took the money, and said: It is not lawful to put it into the sacred treasury, because it is the price of blood.
Mark 12:41And Jesus, sitting opposite the treasury, observed how the multitude threw money into the treasury. And many rich persons threw in much.
Matthew Henry on Luke 21:1
In this chapter we have, I. The notice Christ took, and the approbation he gave, of a poor widow that cast two mites into the treasury, ver. 1-4 . II. A prediction of future events, in answer to his disciples' enquiries concerning them, ver. 5-7 . 1. Of what should happen between that and the destruction of Jerusalem—false Christs arising, bloody wars and persecutions of Christ's followers, ver. 8-19 . 2. Of that destruction itself, ver. 20-24 . 3. Of the second coming of Jesus Christ to judge the world, under the… Read the whole commentary →