Luke 21:1
And he beheld, and saw the rich men, that cast their gifts into the treasury;
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 6:19For whatever thing is of gold, and of silver, and of brazen vessels, and of iron (vessels), be it hallowed to the Lord, and be it kept in his treasuries.
1 Kings 14:26and he took the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the king’s treasures, and he ravished all things; also he ravished the golden shields which Solomon made. (and he took away the treasures of the House of the Lord, and the king’s treasures, and he took everything that he could get his hands on; and he also took away the gold shields which Solomon had made.)
2 Chronicles 36:18And he translated into Babylon all the vessels of the house of the Lord (or And he carried away to Babylon all the vessels of the House of the Lord), both the greater and the less (er) vessels, and the treasures of the temple, and of the king of Judah, and of the princes thereof.
Matthew 27:6And the princes of (the) priests took the [plates (or pieces) of] silver, and said, It is not leaveful to put it into the treasury, for it is the price of blood. (And the high priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put it in the treasury, for it is the payment for blood.)
Mark 12:41And Jesus sitting against (or opposite) the treasury, beheld how the people cast money into the treasury; and many rich men casted many things.
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 →