SEV Biblia, Chapter 21:5
¶ Y a unos que decían del Templo, que estaba adornado de hermosas piedras y dones, dijo:
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Luke 21:5
Verse 5. Goodly stones] Or, costly stones. It has been thought by some that this relates not so much to the stones of which the temple was built, as to the precious stones with which it was decorated. For an account of the stones of the temple, see on Mark xiii. 1. And gifts] Or, consecrated things, anaqhmasi. anaqhma properly signifies a thing consecrated to sacred uses: anaqema signifies a thing devoted to a curse, or to destruction. They both come from the same root, anatiqhmi, I lay up, separate; and though two meanings cannot be more opposite than those assigned to these words, yet in the words themselves a short vowel (e) in the place of a long one (h) makes all the difference between blessing and cursing.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 5. And as some spake of the temple , etc.] These were the disciples; Mark says, one of them; but it seems there were more than one; one might begin the discourse, and others join him: how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts ; (see Gill on Matthew 24:1). he said ; what follows. This was as he went out of the temple.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-28 - With much curiosity those about Christ ask as to the time when the great desolation should be. He answers with clearness and fulness, a far as was necessary to teach them their duty; for all knowledge i desirable as far as it is in order to practice. Though spiritual judgements are the most common in gospel times, yet God makes use of temporal judgments also. Christ tells them what hard things they shoul suffer for his name's sake, and encourages them to bear up under their trials, and to go on in their work, notwithstanding the opposition the would meet with. God will stand by you, and own you, and assist you This was remarkably fulfilled after the pouring out of the Spirit, by whom Christ gave his disciples wisdom and utterance. Though we may be losers for Christ, we shall not, we cannot be losers by him, in the end. It is our duty and interest at all times, especially in perilous trying times, to secure the safety of our own souls. It is by Christia patience we keep possession of our own souls, and keep out all thos impressions which would put us out of temper. We may view the prophec before us much as those Old Testament prophecies, which, together with their great object, embrace, or glance at some nearer object of importance to the church. Having given an idea of the times for abou thirty-eight years next to come, Christ shows what all those thing would end in, namely, the destruction of Jerusalem, and the utte dispersion of the Jewish nation; which would be a type and figure of Christ's second coming. The scattered Jews around us preach the trut of Christianity; and prove, that though heaven and earth shall pas away, the words of Jesus shall not pass away. They also remind us to pray for those times when neither the real, nor the spiritual Jerusalem, shall any longer be trodden down by the Gentiles, and when both Jews and Gentiles shall be turned to the Lord. When Christ came to destroy the Jews, he came to redeem the Christians that were persecute and oppressed by them; and then had the churches rest. When he comes to judge the world, he will redeem all that are his from their troubles So fully did the Divine judgements come upon the Jews, that their cit is set as an example before us, to show that sins will not pas unpunished; and that the terrors of the Lord, and his threatening against impenitent sinners, will all come to pass, even as his word wa true, and his wrath great upon Jerusalem.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ τινων 5100 X-GPM λεγοντων 3004 5723 V-PAP-GPM περι 4012 PREP του 3588 T-GSN ιερου 2411 N-GSN οτι 3754 CONJ λιθοις 3037 N-DPM καλοις 2570 A-DPM και 2532 CONJ αναθημασιν 334 N-DPN κεκοσμηται 2885 5769 V-RPI-3S ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
5. Stones. See on Mark xiii. 1.Offerings (anaqhmasin). Only here in New Testament. From ajnatiqhmi, to set up. Hence of something set up in the temple as a votive offering. Such were the golden vines presented by Herod the Great, with bunches of grapes as large as a man, and mounted above the entrance to the holy place. The magnificent porch of the temple was adorned with many such dedicated gifts, such as a golden wreath which Sosius offered after he had taken Jerusalem in conjunction with Herod; and rich flagons which Augustus and his wife had given to the sanctuary. Gifts were bestowed by princes friendly to Israel, both on the temple and on provincial synagogues. The word ajnaqema, (Gal. i. 8, Rev.), is the same word, something devoted, and so devoted to evil and accursed. Luke uses the classical form. The other is the common or Hellenistic form. The two forms develop gradually a divergence in meaning; the one signifying devoted in a good, the other in a bad sense. The same process may be observed in other languages. Thus knave, lad, becomes a rascal villian, a farmer, becomes a scoundrel: cunning, skilful, becomes crafty.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
21:5 {As some spake} (tinwn legontwn). Genitive absolute. The disciples we know from #Mr 13:1; Mt 24:1. {How} (hoti). Literally, "that." {It was adorned} (kekosmetai). Perfect passive indicative, state of completion, stands adorned, tense retained in indirect discourse, though English has to change it. kosmew, old and common verb for orderly arrangement and adorning. {With goodly stones and offerings} (liqois kalois kai anaqemasin). Instrumental case. Some of these stones in the substructure were enormous. "The columns of the cloister or portico were monoliths of marble over forty feet high" (Plummer). Cf. Josephus, _War_, V.5. The word anaqema (here only in the N.T.) is not to be confused with anaqema from the same verb anatiqemi, but which came to mean a curse (#Ga 1:8; Ac 23:14). So anaqema came to mean devoted in a bad sense, anaqema in a good sense. "Thus _knave_, lad, becomes a _rascal; villain_, a _farmer_, becomes a _scoundrel; cunning_, _skilful_, becomes _crafty_" (Vincent). These offerings in the temple were very numerous and costly (2Macc. 3:2-7) like the golden vine of Herod with branches as tall as a man (Josephus, _Ant_. XV. ii.3).
