Luke 21 · Verse 37

Luke 21:37

And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
Luke 21:37, King James Version

Luke 21:37 in other translations

BSBEvery day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
WEBEvery day Jesus was teaching in the temple, and every night he would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
ASVAnd every day he was teaching in the temple; and every night he went out, and lodged in the mount that is called Olivet.
YLTAnd he was during the days in the temple teaching, and during the nights, going forth, he was lodging at the mount called of Olives;
DARBYAnd by day he was teaching in the temple, and by night, going out, he remained abroad on the mountain called the mount of Olives;
BBEAnd every day he was teaching in the Temple and every night he went out to the mountain which is named the Mountain of Olives to take his rest.
WebsterAnd in the day-time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.

What does Luke 21:37 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 21:34-38

34-37. surfeiting, and drunkenness--All animal excesses, quenching spirituality. cares of this life--(See on Mr 4:7; Mr 4:19).

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Barnes' Notes
Verses 37-38. Mt 21:17

Came early in the morning. He returned early from the Mount Of Olives, and taught in the temple. Our Saviour did not waste his mornings in idleness or sleep. He rose early and repaired to the temple. The people, also, flocked to the sanctuary to hear him. This example is at once an encouragement to early rising and to the early worship of God. It is a reproof of those who spend the part of the day best fitted for devotion in unnecessary sleep; and it shows the propriety, where it can be done, of assembling early in the morning for prayer and the worship of God. Early prayer-meetings have the countenance of the Saviour, and will be found to be eminently conducive to the promotion of religion. The whole example of Jesus goes to show the importance of beginning the day with God, and of lifting up the heart to him for direction, for the supply of our wants, and for preservation from temptation, before the mind is engrossed by the cares, and distracted by the perplexities, and led away by the temptations of this life. Commencing the day with God is like arresting evil at the fountain; prayer at any other time, without this, is an attempt to arrest it when it has swollen to a stream and rolls on like a torrent. Let the day be begun with God, and the work of piety is easy. Let the world have the ascendancy in the morning, and it will be likely to have it also at noonday and at evening.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 37 And in the day time - Or, every day - τας ἡμερας. This probably relates to the four last days of his life already mentioned. Abode in the mount - He taught all day in the temple, and withdrew every evening, and lodged in Bethany; a town at the foot, or on the declivity of the mount of Olives. See the note on Mat 21:17.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 21:29-38

Christ tells his disciples to observe the signs of the times, which they might judge by. He charges them to look upon the ruin of the Jewish nation as near. Yet this race and family of Abraham shall not be rooted out; it shall survive as a nation, and be found as prophesied, when the Son of man shall be revealed. He cautions them against being secure and sensual. This command is given to all Christ's disciples, Take…

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Luke 21:37 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἮνĒnHe wasG1510
δὲdenowG1161
τὰςtasduring theG3588
ἡμέραςhēmerasdayG2250
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
ἱερῷhi'erōtempleG2411
διδάσκων.didaskōnteaching.G1321
τὰςtas<the>G3588
δὲdeandG1161
νύκταςnuktasthe eveningG3571
ἐξερχόμενοςexerchomenosgoing outG1831
ηὐλίζετοēulizetoHe was lodgingG835
εἰςeisonG1519
τὸtotheG3588
ὄροςorosmountG3735
τὸtowhichG3588
καλούμενονkaloumenonis being calledG2564
Ἐλαιῶν.ElaiōnOlivet.G1638

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 21:37

  • Luke 22:39

    And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.

  • Matthew 21:17

    And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.

  • Mark 11:19

    And when even was come, he went out of the city.

  • Matthew 26:55

    In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.

  • Matthew 21:1

    And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

  • Acts 1:12

    Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.

  • Matthew 26:30

    And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

  • Zechariah 14:4

    And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

  • John 12:1

    Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

  • Mark 11:12

    And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

  • Luke 19:37

    And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the day time.
22:39; Mt 21:17; Mr 11:12; Joh 12:1
mount.
19:37; Zec 14:4; Mt 26:30; Ac 1:12

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Context

  • Luke 21:36

    Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

  • Luke 21:37

    And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.

  • Luke 21:38

    And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

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Luke 21:37 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y enseñaba de día en el templo; y de noche saliendo, estábase en el monte que se llama de las Olivas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il passait les jours dans le temple à enseigner; et les nuits il sortait et demeurait dans la montagne qui est appelée des Oliviers.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er lehrte aber des Tages in dem Tempel, und des Nachts ging er hinaus und übernachtete auf dem Berge, welcher Ölberg genannt wird.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Erat autem diebus docens in templo: noctibus vero exiens, morabatur in monte qui vocatur Oliveti.