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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:2

And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. The mite ( λεπτόν ) was the smallest current coin. Two of these little pieces were the smallest legal offering which could be dropped into the "trumpet." But this sum, as the Heart-reader, who knew all things, tells us ( Luke 21:4 ), was every particle of money she had in the world ; and it was this splendid generosity on the part of the poor solitary widow which won the Lord's praise, which has touched the hearts of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:5

And as some spake of the temple. After the Lord's remark upon the alms-giving of the rich men and the poor widow to the treasury of the temple, the Master left the sacred building for his lodging outside the city walls. As far as we know, his comment upon the widow's alms was his last word of public teaching. On their way home, while crossing the Mount of Olives, they apparently halted for a brief rest. It was then that some of his friends called attention to the glorious prospect of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:5-6

The destructible and the indestructible. We have our Lord's own authority for comparing the temple with a human being ( John 2:19 ). He, however, compared it with his body; we may without any impropriety make the comparison with a human spirit—with the man himself. We look at it in regard to its destructibleness. I. THE BUILDING ITSELF , AND OUR BEING ITSELF . The temple was the pride and the delight of every Jew. Among other things that gratified him, he rejoiced in... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:5-7

The temple — its impending ruin. The disciples ' questions. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:5-38

Preliminaries of the second advent. It would seem that, as an interlude amid his diligent teaching in Jerusalem, Jesus and the disciples, on their way back to Bethany, had paused on the Mount of Olives and contemplated the temple. The building was a superb one, and so well put together that the disciples and people generally believed it would last till doomsday. Hence, amid their admiration for the gorgeous pile, came their question about the end of the world, which would, they believed,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:6

There shall not be left one stone upon another . There is a remarkable passage in 2 Esdr. 10:54, "In the place wherein the Highest beginneth to show his city, there can no man's building be able to stand." The Lord's words were fulfilled, in spite of the strong wish of Titus to spare the temple. Josephus, writing upon the utter demolition of the city and temple, says that, with the exception of Herod's three great towers and part of the western wall, the whole circuit of the city was so... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:7

And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? St. Mark ( Mark 13:3 ) tells us that these questioners were Peter and James, John and Andrew. They said to their Master, "When shall these things be, and what sign shall precede them?" They asked their question with mingled feelings of awe and gladness: of awe, for the ruin of their loved temple, and all that would probably accompany the catastrophe, was a... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:8

Many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ . Many of these pretenders appeared in the lifetime of the apostles. Josephus mentions several of these impostors ('Ant.,' 20.8 §§ 6-10; 'Bell. Jud.,' 2.13. § 5). Theudas, one of these pretenders, is referred to in Acts 21:38 (see, too, Josephus, 'Ant.,' 20.5. § 1). Simon Magus announced that he was Messiah. His riyal Dositheus, his disciple Menander, advanced similar pretences. Mr. Greswell (quoted by Dean Manse], 'Speaker's Commentary,' on ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:8-19

The apparent signs which ( could show themselves, but which must not be mistaken for the true signs immediately preceding the catastrophe. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:9-10

Wars and commotions … nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom . Josephus the Jewish, and Tacitus the Roman, historian—the former in his 'Jewish Wars,' and the latter in his 'Annals'—describe the period which immediately followed the Crucifixion as full of wars, crimes, violences, earthquakes. "It was a time," says Tacitus, "rich in disasters, horrible with battles, torn with seditions, savage even in peace itself." read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:5-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:5-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:8-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 21:9-10

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