Bible Strands
Luke 21:1
Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus looks up and observes the rich depositing gifts into the temple treasury while teaching in the temple courts. This observation immediately precedes his attention to a poor widow’s offering.
The words — Ἀναβλέψας (Anablepsas) translates literally as "having looked up," and γαζοφυλάκιον (gazophylakion) denotes the specific treasury chamber where the offerings are placed.
The thread — The treasury setting appears in Mark 12:41 as Jesus sits opposite it watching donors, in John 8:20 near his teaching location, and in 2 Chronicles 36:18 regarding the temple’s confiscated wealth.
Why it lands — It records the factual act of the rich placing gifts into the treasury, requiring the reader to note the actors and location before the narrative introduces the widow’s contrasting contribution.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
Cross-references
- Mark 12:41 As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
- John 8:20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- 2 Chronicles 36:18 who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
- Matthew 27:6 The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
- Nehemiah 13:13 I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
- Joshua 6:19 For all the silver and gold and all the articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they must go into His treasury.”
- 2 Kings 24:13 As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- Mark 7:11 But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),
- Joshua 6:24 Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.
- 1 Kings 14:26 He seized the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields that Solomon had made.