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Nowδὲduring the daysτὰς ἡμέραςhe wasἮνteachingδιδάσκωνinἐνthe temple,τῷ ἱερῷbutδὲat nightτὰς νύκταςhe would go outἐξερχόμενοςand spend the nightηὐλίζετοonεἰςthe mountτὸ ὄροςcalledτὸ καλούμενονthe Mount of Olives.Ἐλαιῶν
Luke 21:37
Study it in the app“Now during the days he was teaching in the temple, but at night he would go out and spend the night on the mount called the Mount of Olives.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 21:37, word by word
- during the daysἡμέραςhēmeras
day
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appears- he wasἮνĒn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “Ēn” appears- teachingδιδάσκωνdidaskōn
teach
Teach.
Where else “didaskōn” appears- the templeἱερῷhierōi
temple
The whole sacred precinct in Jerusalem, with its courts and porches.
Where else “hierōi” appears- at nightνύκταςnyktas
night
Night. "By night".
Where else “nyktas” appears- he would go outἐξερχόμενοςexerchomenos
go out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exerchomenos” appears- and spend the nightηὐλίζετοēulizeto
spend the night
Spend the night, lodge.
Where else “ēulizeto” appears- the mountὄροςoros
mountain
Mountain, hill.
Where else “oros” appears- calledκαλούμενονkaloumenon
call
To give someone a name.
Where else “kaloumenon” appears- the Mount of OlivesἘλαιῶνElaiōn
olive tree
The tree that bears olives, from which oil is pressed; very common in Israel.
Where else “Elaiōn” appears
Places in this verse
Mount of Olives
Today: Mount of Olives, East Jerusalem
A ridge east of Jerusalem, across the Kidron Valley.
From there Jesus went up to heaven, and the disciples returned to Jerusalem (Acts 1:9-12).
The context
36But stay awake at every time, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
37 · This verse (above)
38And all the people would come early in the morning to him in the temple to hear him.
To study Luke 21 in a group
1. What it says
How much did the poor widow put into the offering box, and what does Jesus say about what the rich people gave? (vv. 1-4)
2. What it means
Jesus says the widow put in more than all of them. What is Jesus looking at when he sees an offering? (vv. 3-4)
3. How I live it
Jesus said, “Be careful that your hearts are not weighed down by the worries of this life” (v. 34). What worry could you set down today?