Luke 21:5
New International Version
Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said,

New Living Translation
Some of his disciples began talking about the majestic stonework of the Temple and the memorial decorations on the walls. But Jesus said,

English Standard Version
And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said,

Berean Standard Bible
As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,

Berean Literal Bible
And as some were speaking about the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones and consecrated gifts, He said,

King James Bible
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,

New King James Version
Then, as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said,

New American Standard Bible
And while some were talking about the temple, that it was decorated with beautiful stones and vowed gifts, He said,

NASB 1995
And while some were talking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive gifts, He said,

NASB 1977
And while some were talking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive gifts, He said,

Legacy Standard Bible
And while some were talking about the temple, that it had been adorned with beautiful stones and dedicated gifts, He said,

Amplified Bible
As some were talking about the temple, that it was decorated with beautiful stones and consecrated offerings [of magnificent gifts of gold which were displayed on the walls and hung in the porticoes], He said,

Christian Standard Bible
As some were talking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As some were talking about the temple complex, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, He said,

American Standard Version
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and offerings, he said,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And as people were talking about The Temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts, Yeshua said to them:

Contemporary English Version
Some people were talking about the beautiful stones used to build the temple and about the gifts that had been placed in it. Jesus said,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And some saying of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said:

English Revised Version
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and offerings, he said,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Some [of the disciples] were talking about the temple complex. They noted that it was built with fine stones and decorated with beautiful gifts. So Jesus said,

Good News Translation
Some of the disciples were talking about the Temple, how beautiful it looked with its fine stones and the gifts offered to God. Jesus said,

International Standard Version
Now while some people were talking about the Temple—how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God—he said,

Literal Standard Version
And [as] some were speaking about the temple, that it has been adorned with good stones and devoted things, He said,

Majority Standard Bible
As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,

New American Bible
While some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings, he said,

NET Bible
Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,

New Revised Standard Version
When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said,

New Heart English Bible
As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,

Webster's Bible Translation
And as some spoke of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones, and gifts, he said,

Weymouth New Testament
When some were remarking about the Temple, how it was embellished with beautiful stones and dedicated gifts, He said,

World English Bible
As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,

Young's Literal Translation
And certain saying about the temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things it hath been adorned, he said,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Temple Destruction Foretold
4For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.” 5As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said, 6“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”…

Cross References
Matthew 24:1
As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings.

Mark 13:1
As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of His disciples said to Him, "Teacher, look at the magnificent stones and buildings!"


Treasury of Scripture

And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,

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Matthew 24:1
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

Mark 13:1
And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!

John 2:20
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

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Luke 21
1. Jesus commends the poor widow.
5. He foretells the destruction of the temple, and of the city Jerusalem;
25. the signs also which shall be before the last day.
34. He exhorts them to be watchful.














(5, 6) And as some spake of the temple.--See Notes on Matthew 24:1-2; Mark 13:1-2, where the "some" are identified with the disciples.

Goodly stones.--These were probably so called, either as being sculptured, or as being of marble, or porphyry, or other of the more precious materials used in building.

Gifts.--St. Luke uses the more strictly classical word for "offerings," according to some of the best MSS., in the self-same form as the Anath?ma (1Corinthians 12:3; 1Corinthians 16:12), which elsewhere in the New Testament is confined to the idea of that which is set apart, not for a blessing, but a curse. The fact that he is the only writer to use it in its good sense is characteristic of his Gentile and classical training. Other MSS., however, give the more usual term, Anath?ma, as if it had been found necessary to distinguish the form of the word according to its uses.

Verses 5-7. - The temple - its impending ruin. The disciples questions. Verse 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 temple, then lit up by the setting sun. It was, no doubt, then in all its perfect beauty, a vast glittering mass of white marble, touched here and there with gold and color. Whosoever had not gazed on it, said the old rabbis, had not seen the perfection of beauty. It is possible that the bystander's remark was suggested by the memory of the last bit of Divine teaching they had listened to. "Lord, is not the house on Zion lovely? But if only such gifts as those you have just praised with such unstinting praise had been made, never had that glorious pile been raised in honor of the Eternal King." More probable, however, the sight of the great temple, then bathed in the golden glory of the fast-setting sun, recalled some of the Master's sayings of that eventful day, notably such as, "Your house is left unto you desolate," which occurred in the famous twice-spoken apostrophe, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets!" (Matthew 23:38; Luke 13:35). "What, Lord I will that house, so great, so perfect in its beauty, so loved, the joy of the whole earth, - will that house be left desolate and in shapeless ruins?" With goodly stones. The enormous size of the stones and blocks of marble with which the temple of Jerusalem was built excited the surprise of Titus when the city fell. Josephus mentions ('Bell. Jud.,' v. 5) that some of the levelled blocks of marble or stone were forty cubits long and ten high. And gifts; better rendered, sacred offerings, such as the "golden vine," with its vast clusters, the gift of Herod - which probably suggested the discourse, "I am the true Vine" (reported in John 15.) - such as crowns, shields, vessels of gold and silver, presented by princes and others who visited the holy house on Zion. The temple was rich in these votive offerings. The historian Tacitus, for instance, calls it "a temple of vast wealth" ('Hist.,' 5. 8).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
As
Καί (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

some [of the disciples]
τινων (tinōn)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

were remarking
λεγόντων (legontōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

how
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

temple
ἱεροῦ (hierou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 2411: Neuter of hieros; a sacred place, i.e. The entire precincts of the Temple.

was adorned
κεκόσμηται (kekosmētai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2885: To put into order; I decorate, deck, adorn. From kosmos; to put in proper order, i.e. Decorate; specially, to snuff.

with beautiful
καλοῖς (kalois)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2570: Properly, beautiful, but chiefly good, i.e. Valuable or virtuous.

stones
λίθοις (lithois)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3037: A stone; met: of Jesus as the chief stone in a building. Apparently a primary word; a stone.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

consecrated gifts,
ἀναθήμασιν (anathēmasin)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 334: From anatithemai; a votive offering.

[Jesus] said,
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.


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