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The Widow’s Offering
21:1 Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box . 21:2 He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins . 21:3 He said , “I tell you the truth , this poor widow has put in more than all of them . 21:4 For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth . But she, out of her poverty , put in everything she had to live on .”
The Signs of the End of the Age
21:5 Now while some were speaking about the temple , how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings , Jesus said , 21:6 “As for these things that you are gazing at , the days will come when not one stone will be left on another . All will be torn down !” 21:7 So they asked him , “Teacher , when will these things happen ? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place ?” 21:8 He said , “Watch out that you are not misled . For many will come in my name , saying , ‘I am he,’ and , ‘The time is near .’ Do not follow them !

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  • [Luk 21:4] Father, Bless The Gifts We Bring Thee
  • [Luk 21:7] Coming For Me
  • [Luk 21:7] Son Of Man, To Thee I Cry
  • [Luk 21:7] Through The Ages Saints Have Wondered

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  • 8:15-16 As in the previous vision (7:16), Daniel needed help understanding what he had seen. He saw someone who looked like a man standing before him. Evidently this was an angel. Daniel also heard a voice that he could under...
  • This chapter records a third vision that Daniel received (cf. chs. 7, 8). The vision itself occupies only a small part of this chapter (vv. 24-27), but the verses that precede it prepare for it and connect with it."In many re...
  • The rest of the book is quite different from what has preceded because of its positive message. As is true of other eighth-century prophets to Israel and Judah, Amos included hope in his prophecy (cf. Isa. 40-66; Hos. 1:10-2:...
  • 24:1 The connective "and"(NASB, Gr. kai) ties what follows to Jesus' preceding denunciation of the generation of Jews that rejected Him and the divine judgment that would follow (23:36-39). However the "apocalyptic"or "eschat...
  • Jesus proceeded to explain to His disciples that His coming would terminate the Great Tribulation.24:23-24 "Then"means "at that time,"namely at the end of the Great Tribulation (v. 2). Jesus warned the disciples about people ...
  • 14:3 For thematic reasons Matthew and Mark both placed this event within the story of the hostility of Jesus' enemies. It is apparently out of chronological order (cf. John 12:1). This rearrangement of the material highlighte...
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  • This incident, appearing only in Luke's Gospel, illustrates the truth just expressed in verse 35. Here is a case in point of what Jesus had just described happening (v. 34). Jesus reached out to a sinner only to receive criti...
  • This teaching is quite similar to portions of the Olivet Discourse (cf. Matt. 24:23-28, 37-39), though the differences suggest separate teaching situations. It is one of several teachings that Luke recorded that deals with th...
  • 21:5 Luke did not mention that Jesus gave this teaching on Mt. Olivet exclusively to His disciples (Matt. 24:1-4; Mark 13:1-5). His omission of these facts created continuity in his narrative and connected this discourse with...
  • Jesus now returned to the subject of when the temple would suffer destruction (v. 7). The similar passages in Matthew and Mark are sufficiently different to alert the reader to the fact that they deal with a different inciden...
  • The opening verses of the book state that "John"wrote it (1:1, 4, 9; cf. 22:8). >From the first century to the present day almost all orthodox scholars have concluded that this means the Apostle John.1Two noteworthy exception...
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  • 6:1 "I saw"marks the continuation of what John had seen that chapters 4 and 5 record, but also the commencement of revelation concerning future events on earth. Chapters 1-5 have introduced this revelation. John was an eyewit...
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