Luke 21:37
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Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
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in the daytime--of this His last week. abode in the mount--that is, at Bethany (Mat 21:17). Next: Luke Chapter 22
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. The notice Christ took, and the approbation he gave, of a poor widow that cast two mites into the treasury (Luk 21:1-4). II. A prediction of future events, in answer to his disciples' enquiries concerning them (Luk 21:5-7). 1. Of what should happen between that and the destruction of Jerusalem - false Christs arising, bloody wars and persecutions of Christ's followers (Luk 21:8-19). 2. Of that destruction itself (Luk 21:20-24). 3. Of the second coming of Jesus Christ to judge the world, under the type and figure of that (Luk 21:25-33). III. A practical application of this, by way of caution and counsel (Luk 21:34-36), and an account of Christ's preaching and the people's attendance on it (Luk 21:37, Luk 21:38).
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Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed Him.
And when evening came, Jesus and His disciples went out of the city.
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.
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,
Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
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.
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:
The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.