Λουκᾶν 21:5

Greek Modern Translation

Και ενω τινες ελεγον περι του ιερου οτι ειναι εστολισμενον με λιθους ωραιους και αφιερωματα, ειπε·

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
και τινων λεγοντων περι του ιερου οτι λιθοις καλοις και αναθημασιν κεκοσμηται ειπεν

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
Καί τινων λεγόντων περὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, ὅτι λίθοις καλοῖς καὶ ἀναθήμασιν κεκόσμηται εἶπεν·

Tischendorf 8th Edition
Καί τινων λεγόντων περὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, ὅτι λίθοις καλοῖς καὶ ἀναθέμασιν κεκόσμηται, εἶπεν·

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
και τινων λεγοντων περι του ιερου οτι λιθοις καλοις και αναθημασιν κεκοσμηται ειπεν

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
και τινων λεγοντων περι του ιερου οτι λιθοις καλοις και αναθημασιν κεκοσμηται ειπεν

Bible Verse Review
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as: Matthew 24:1, Matthew 24:2, Mark 13:1, Mark 13:2, John 2:20

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:31 - and bring 2 Kings 12:12 - masons 2 Kings 25:9 - he burnt 1 Chronicles 22:5 - exceeding Psalms 96:9 - in the beauty of holiness Lamentations 4:1 - the stones Daniel 8:11 - and the place Haggai 2:3 - glory Zechariah 11:10 - Beauty Luke 13:35 - your John 4:21 - when

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And as some spake of the temple,.... These were the disciples; Mark says, one of them; but it seems there were more than one; one might begin the discourse, and others join him:

how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts;

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he said; what follows. This was as he went out of the temple.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Goodly stones - Beautiful stones. Either referring to the large, square, and well-finished stones of which the eastern wall was built, or to the precious stones which might have been used in decorating the temple itself. See the notes at Mark 13:1.

Gifts - This word properly denotes anything devoted or dedicated to God. Anciently warriors dedicated to their gods the spoils of war - the shields, and helmets, and armor, and garments of those slain in battle. These were suspended in the temples. It would seem that something of this kind had occurred in the temple of Jerusalem, and that the people, to express their gratitude to God, had suspended on the pillars and perches of the temple gifts and offerings. Josephus mentions particularly a golden “vine” with which Herod the Great had adorned the columns of the temple (“Antiq.” xiii. 8). See also 2 Macc. 5:16; 9:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 21:5. Goodly stones — Or, costly stones. It has been thought by some that this relates not so much to the stones of which the temple was built, as to the precious stones with which it was decorated. For an account of the stones of the temple, Mark 13:1; Mark 13:1.

And gifts — Or, consecrated things, αναθημασι. αναθημα properly signifies a thing consecrated to sacred uses: αναθεμα signifies a thing devoted to a curse, or to destruction. They both come from the same root, ανατιθημι, I lay up, separate; and though two meanings cannot be more opposite than those assigned to these words, yet in the words themselves a short vowel (ε) in the place of a long one (η) makes all the difference between blessing and cursing.