1 Christ 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.

and saw. Mr 7:11-13 12:41-44

the treasury. Jos 6:19,24 1Ki 14:26 2Ki 24:13 2Ch 36:18 Ne 13:13 Mt 27:6 Joh 8:20

2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

mites. See Mr 12:42 *marg:

3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

Of. 4:25 9:27 12:44 Ac 4:27 10:34

more. Ex 35:21-29 Mr 12:43,44 14:8,9 2Co 8:2,3,12 9:6,7

4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

all. 8:43 15:12 Ac 2:44,45 4:34

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

as. Mt 24:1 *etc: Mr 13:1 *etc: Joh 2:20

6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

there. 19:44 *etc: 1Ki 9:7-9 2Ch 7:20-22 Isa 64:10,11 Jer 7:11-14 26:6,9,18 Jas 2:6-8 4:1 5:18 Eze 7:20-22 Da 9:26,27 Mic 3:12 Zec 11:1 Zec 14:2 Mt 24:2 Mr 13:2 Ac 6:13,14

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?

when. 32 Da 12:6,8 Mt 24:3 Mr 13:3,4 Joh 21:21,22 Ac 1:6,7

what. 20,21,27,28 Mt 24:15,16 Mr 13:14

8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

Take. Jer 29:8 Mt 24:4,5,11,23-25 Mr 13:5,6,21-23 2Co 11:13-15 Eph 5:6 2Th 2:3,9-11 2Ti 3:13 1Jo 4:1 2Jo 1:7 Re 12:9

for. Joh 5:43 Ac 5:36,37 8:9,10

and the time. or, and, The time. Mt 3:2 4:17 Re 1:3

9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.

when. 18,19 Ps 27:1-3 46:1,2 112:7 Pr 3:25,26 Isa 8:12 51:12,13 Jer 4:19,20 Mt 24:6-8 Mr 13:7,8

but. 8,28

10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

Nation shall. This portended the dissensions, insurrections, and mutual slaughter of the Jews, the open wars of different tetrarchies, and the civil wars in Italy between Otho and Vitellius.

2Ch 15:5,6 Hag 2:21,22 Zec 14:2,3,13 Mr 13:8 Ac 2:19,20 11:28 Heb 12:27 Re 6:2-12

11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

and great signs. 25-27 Mt 24:29,30

12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

before. 11:49-51 Mt 10:16-25 22:6 23:34-36 24:9,10 Mr 13:9-13 Joh 15:20 16:2,3 Ac 4:3-7 5:17-19,40 6:12-15 7:57-60 8:3 9:4 Ac 12:1-4 16:22-26 21:30,31 22:30 24:1 *etc: Ac 25:1,2,11,12,22-25 26:2 *etc: 1Th 2:15,16 1Pe 4:12-14 Re 2:10

for. 1Pe 2:13

13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.

Php 1:28 1Th 3:3,4 2Th 1:5

14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:

12:11,12 Mt 10:19,20 Mr 13:11

15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

I will. 24:45 Ex 4:11,12 Pr 2:6 Jer 1:9 Ac 2:4 4:8-13,31-33 Eph 6:19 Col 4:3,4 Jas 1:5

which. Ac 6:10 24:25 26:28 2Ti 4:16,17

16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

ye shall. Jer 9:4 12:6 Mic 7:5,6 Mt 10:21 Mr 13:12

and some. Ac 7:59 12:2 26:10,11 Re 2:13 6:9 12:11

17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

ye. Mt 10:22 24:9 Mr 13:13 Joh 7:7 15:19 17:14

for. 6:22 Mt 5:11 Joh 15:21 Ac 9:16 2Co 4:5,11 12:10 Php 1:29 1Pe 4:14 Re 2:3

18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

12:7 1Sa 14:45 25:29 2Sa 14:11 Mt 10:30 Ac 27:34

19 In your patience possess ye your souls.

8:15 Ps 27:13,14 37:7 40:1 Ro 2:7 5:3 8:25 15:4 1Th 1:3 2Th 3:5 Heb 6:11,15 10:36 Jas 1:3 5:7-11 Re 1:9 2:2,3 3:10 Re 13:10 14:12

20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

7 19:43 Da 9:27 Mt 24:15 Mr 13:14

21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

flee. Accordingly, when Cestius Gallus came against Jerusalem, and unexpectedly raised the siege, Josephus states, that many of the noble Jews departed out of the city, as out of a sinking ship; and when Vespasian afterwards drew towards it, a great multitude fled to the mountains. And we learn from Eusebius, and Epiphanius, that at this juncture, all who believed in Christ left Jerusalem, and removed to Pella, and other places beyond Jordan; and so escaped the general shipwreck of their country, that we do not read of one who perished in Jerusalem.

17:31-33 Ge 19:17,26 Ex 9:20,21 Pr 22:3 Mt 24:16 Mr 13:15

and let them. Nu 16:26 Jer 6:1 35:11 37:12 Re 18:4

22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

the days. Isa 34:8 61:2 Jer 51:6 Ro 2:5 2Pe 2:9 3:7

all. Le 26:14-33 De 28:15-68 29:19-28 32:34,43 Ps 69:22-28 149:7-9 Isa 65:12-16 Da 9:26,27 Zec 11:1 *etc: Zec 14:1,2 Mal 4:1 Mr 13:19,20

23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

woe. 23:29 De 28:56,57 La 4:10 Heb 9:12-17 13:16 Mt 24:19 Mr 13:17

great. 19:27,43 Mt 21:41,44 1Th 2:16 Heb 10:26-31 Jas 5:1 1Pe 4:17

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

led. De 28:64-68

Jerusalem. Isa 5:5 63:18 La 1:15 Re 11:2

until. Isa 66:12,19 Da 9:27 12:7 Mal 1:11 Ro 11:25

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

signs. Isa 13:10,13,14 24:23 Jer 4:23 Eze 32:7,8 Joe 2:30,31 Am 8:9,10 Mt 24:29 27:45 Mr 13:24,26 15:33 Ac 2:19 2Pe 3:10-12 Re 6:12-14 20:11

upon. Da 12:1

with. Isa 22:4,5 Mic 7:4

the sea. Ps 46:3 93:3,4 Isa 5:30 51:15

26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

hearts. Le 26:36 De 28:32-34,65-67 Heb 10:26,27

for the. Mt 24:29 Mr 13:25 2Pe 3:10-12

27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

see. Da 7:13 Mt 24:30 26:64 Mr 13:26 Ac 1:9-11 Re 1:7 14:14

with. Mt 16:27,28 25:31

28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

look. Ps 98:5-9 Isa 12:1-3 25:8,9 60:1,2

redemption. Ro 8:19,23 Eph 1:14 4:30

29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

Behold. Mt 24:32-35 Mr 13:28-30

30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

when. 12:51-57 Mt 16:1-4

the kingdom. Heb 10:37 Jas 5:9 1Pe 4:7

32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.

11:50,51 Mt 16:28 23:36 24:34 Mr 13:30

33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.

Ps 102:26 Isa 40:8 51:6 Mt 5:18 24:35 Mr 13:31 1Pe 1:25 2Pe 3:7-14 Re 20:11

34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

take. 8 17:3 Mr 13:9 Heb 12:15

your hearts. 12:45 Le 10:9 Pr 21:4 Isa 28:7 56:10-12 Ho 4:11 Ro 13:11-13 1Th 5:6-8 1Pe 4:3-7

surfeiting. De 29:19 1Sa 25:36 Isa 28:1-3 1Co 5:11 6:10 Ga 5:20

cares. 8:14 10:41 Mt 13:22 Mr 4:19 Php 4:6

that day. 12:46 Ps 35:8 Mt 24:39-50 Mr 13:35-37 1Th 5:2-4 2Pe 3:10,14 Re 3:3

35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

as. Ps 11:6 Ec 9:12 Isa 24:17,18 Jer 48:43,44 Re 16:15

dwell. 17:37 Ge 7:4 Ac 17:26

of the whole earth. Or, 'of this whole land; the land of Judea, on which these heavy judgments were to fall.'

36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Watch. 12:37-40 Mt 24:42 25:13 26:41 Mr 13:33,37 1Co 16:13 2Ti 4:5 1Pe 4:7 5:8

pray. 18:1 Job 27:10 Ac 10:2 Eph 6:18,19 Col 4:2 1Th 5:17

accounted. 20:35 2Th 1:5,6

stand. Ps 1:5 Mal 3:2 Eph 6:13,14 1Jo 2:28 Jude 1:24

37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.

the day time. 22:39 Mt 21:17 Mr 11:12 Joh 12:1

mount. 19:37 Zec 14:4 Mt 26:30 Ac 1:12

38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

Joh 8:1,2