Luke 21:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

LUKE CHAPTER 21 Luke 21:1-4 Christ values the poor widow's two mites above all the larger offerings of the rich, Luke 21:5,6 foretells the destruction of the temple, Luke 21:7-24 the signs and calamities that should precede and accompany it, Luke 21:25-33 and what should happen at the time of the Son of man's coming. Luke 21:31-38 He exhorteth to watchfulness and prayer. Ver. 1-4. We met with this piece of history, Mark 12:41-44. Mark telleth us, that Christ was sitting right over against the treasury. For other things necessary to be known to understand this piece of history, See Poole on "Mark 12:41", and following verses to Mark 12:44.

Luke 21:1

1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.