Luke 21:5

5 And some saying of the temple that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said:

Luke 21:5 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 21:5

And as some spake of the temple
These were the disciples; Mark says, one of them; but it seems there were more than one; one might begin the discourse, and others join him: how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts;
(See Gill on Matthew 24:1). he said;
what follows. This was as he went out of the temple.

Luke 21:5 In-Context

3 And he said: Verily, I say to you that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all.
4 For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of God: but she of her want hath cast in all the living that she had.
5 And some saying of the temple that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said:
6 These things which you see, the days will come in which there shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down.
7 And they asked him, saying: Master, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign when they shall begin to come to pass?
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