Luke 21:4

4 All of them are giving out of their spare change. But she from her hopeless poverty has given everything she had to live on."

Luke 21:4 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:4

For all these have of their abundance
Which they had remaining; the same Hebrew word (rty) signifying to remain, and to abound: they had large possessions, and gave in much, and yet had a great deal left; out of which they cast in unto the offerings of God;
or "gifts of God": not as gifts unto him; or among the gifts of God; but into the treasury where the gifts, and freewill offerings were put; the same with the "Corban", in ( Matthew 27:6 ) and so the Syriac version here renders it, "the house of the offering of God": and it is expressed in the plural; because there were several chests, in which these gifts were put, for various uses; (See Gill on Mark 12:41) but she of her penury hath cast in all the living she had;
(See Gill on Mark 12:44).

Luke 21:4 In-Context

2 He also saw a poor widow throw in two small copper coins worth a penny.
3 He said, "I assure you that this poor widow has put in more than them all.
4 All of them are giving out of their spare change. But she from her hopeless poverty has given everything she had to live on."
5 Some people were talking about the temple, how it was decorated with beautiful stones and ornaments dedicated to God. Jesus said,
6 "As for the things you are admiring, the time is coming when not even one stone will be left upon another. All will be demolished."
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