Lukas 19:46
Konteks19:46 saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house will be a house of prayer,’ 1 but you have turned it into a den 2 of robbers!” 3
Lukas 21:4
Konteks21:4 For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. 4 But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on.” 5
Lukas 22:44
Konteks22:44 And in his anguish 6 he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.] 7
[19:46] 1 sn A quotation from Isa 56:7.
[19:46] 2 tn Or “a hideout” (see L&N 1.57).
[19:46] 3 sn A quotation from Jer 7:11. The meaning of Jesus’ statement about making the temple courts a den of robbers probably operates here at two levels. Not only were the religious leaders robbing the people financially, but because of this they had also robbed them spiritually by stealing from them the opportunity to come to know God genuinely. It is possible that these merchants had recently been moved to this location for convenience.
[21:4] 4 tn Grk “out of what abounded to them.”
[21:4] 5 tn Or “put in her entire livelihood.”
[22:44] 6 tn Grk “And being in anguish.”
[22:44] 7 tc Several important Greek
[22:44] sn Angelic aid is noted elsewhere in the gospels: Matt 4:11 = Mark 1:13.