Lukas 21:2-3

21:2 He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. ¹  21:3 He ²  said, “I tell you the truth, ³  this poor widow has put in more than all of them. ⁴ 

Lukas 21:7

21:7 So ⁵  they asked him, ⁶  “Teacher, when will these things ⁷  happen? And what will be the sign that ⁸  these things are about to take place?”

Lukas 21:11

21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and famines ⁹  and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights ¹⁰  and great signs ¹¹  from heaven.

[21:2]  ¹ sn These two small copper coins were lepta (sing. “lepton”), the smallest and least valuable coins in circulation in Palestine, worth one-half of a quadrans or 1/128 of a denarius, or about six minutes of an average daily wage. This was next to nothing in value.

[21:3]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:3]  ³ tn Grk “Truly, I say to you.”

[21:3]  ⁴ sn Has put in more than all of them. With God, giving is weighed evaluatively, not counted. The widow was praised because she gave sincerely and at some considerable cost to herself.

[21:7]  ⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Jesus’ comments about the temple’s future destruction.

[21:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “asked him, saying.” The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

[21:7]  ⁷ sn Both references to these things are plural, so more than the temple’s destruction is in view. The question may presuppose that such a catastrophe signals the end.

[21:7]  ⁸ tn Grk “when.”

[21:11]  ⁹ sn See Isa 5:13-14; 13:6-16; Hag 2:6-7; Zech 14:4.

[21:11]  ¹⁰ tn This term, φόβητρον (fobhtron), occurs only here in the NT. It could refer to an object, event, or condition that causes fear, but in the context it is linked with great signs from heaven, so the translation “sights” was preferred.

[21:11]  ¹¹ sn See Jer 4:13-22; 14:12; 21:6-7.