Bible Strands
Luke 21:37
Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative describes Jesus’s daily movements during the final week of His earthly ministry, positioned between a warning about future tribulation and the crowds’ early morning arrivals.
The words — The participle διδάσκων (didaskōn) translates literally as “teaching” and is coupled with ἦν (ēn) “He was” to establish the continuous, habitual nature of Jesus’s daytime instruction in the temple.
The thread — This evening retreat to the Mount of Olives reappears in Luke 22:39 and aligns with the nocturnal withdrawals recorded in Matthew 21:17.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge Jesus’s disciplined balance of public instruction and private rest, demanding steady attendance to His teaching before the coming crisis.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Luke 22:39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
- Matthew 21:1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,
- Matthew 21:17 Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.
- Matthew 26:55 At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
- Mark 11:19 And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.
- Acts 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
- Zechariah 14:4 On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
- Matthew 26:30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- Mark 11:12 The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
- Luke 19:37 And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen: