Luke 21:1
Looking up He saw the people throwing their gifts into the Treasury--the rich people.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
In Context
2He also saw a poor widow dropping in two farthings,
Cross References
Matthew 27:6When the High Priests had gathered up the money they said, "It is illegal to put it into the Treasury, because it is the price of blood."
Mark 12:41Having taken a seat opposite the Treasury, He observed how the people were dropping money into the Treasury, and that many of the wealthy threw in large sums.
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 →