Search results
It was here that Jesus saw the poor widow cast in her two mites (Mark 12:41 Luke 21:1-4), and the court is expressly named the "treasury" in John 8:20: "These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple." It is a legitimate deduction that this court was the ordinary scene of the Lord's ministry when teaching in the temple.
- Treasuring
Treasuring (5 Occurrences) Luke 12:21 so 'is' he who is...
- Throwing
Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia •...
- Tunics
Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia •...
- How Sweet The Name of Jesus Sounds
Bible > Library. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds. The...
- Christ's Nativity
Bible > Library. Christ's Nativity. The Treasury of Sacred...
- Title Page
the treasury of sacred song. f. t. palgrave. london: henry...
- How Constantius His Father, Being Reproached With Poverty By
Footnotes: [3082] Or the senior Augustus. "Diocletian is...
- To The Right Hon. Henry Pelham, First Lord Commissioner of The
The being mean, which staffs or strings can raise.323. That...
- Treasuring
Jan 4, 2022 · One day, Jesus was sitting with His disciples near the temple treasury watching people depositing money into the offering receptacles. The court of women held thirteen such receptacles, and people could cast their money in as they walked by.
Only the silver and gold, and articles of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. 2 Kings 12:18. Verse Concepts. Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things and all the gold that was found among the ...
- Prayer
- Key Scripture
- Introduction to The Generous Widow’s Offering
- Digging Deeper: The Meaning of The Widow’s Mite
- She Is called and We Are called
- Conclusion
Generous God, you spared nothing to bring us into relationship with you. You gave us everything in the person of Jesus. Inspire us through your Holy Spirit as we read about a widow who gave all she had to live on. Move our hearts and encourage us through her example. Amen.
Mark 12:41-44 “[Jesus] sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny” (Mark 12:41-42).
Whenever the Trader Joe’s cashier rings the bell, I feel a little uncomfortable about being pressured. When he asks if I would like to donate to charity, the real me (who needs to research the organization and know where the money actually goes) wants to say, “no,” but I imagine it’s the self-conscious Asian part of me who starts to take mental not...
The Temple treasury of Jesus’s time consisted of thirteen chests, or wooden boxes, with metal trumpet-shaped mouths on top. These were placed in the Women’s Court. Seven of the thirteen contribution boxes were for collecting specific offerings to support the needs of the Temple. The other five chests were mostly for volunteer offerings, which is li...
On a quiet Monday morning, our treasurer called and asked me to check with one of the sisters in our church to see if she wrote an extra zero on her offering check. “Should it be $80 instead of $800? We will hold the check until you double check with her,” the treasurer told me. The sister who made the offering is a widow with three children to sup...
The poor widow walked into the bustling Women’s Court. She quietly offered her whole life knowing it was not a religious requirement, knowing she would receive no praise in return, knowing her offering was insignificant in monetary value, and knowing her limited ability and her poverty. Yet she offered it all anyway. Would we? She gave a willing sa...
Jan 20, 2024 · The “treasury of merit” is a biblical concept referring to the storehouse of grace and merits accumulated by Christ through his life, passion, and resurrection. This treasury is infinite and inexhaustible, containing an abundance of grace and spiritual riches to be distributed to believers by God.
Verse 41. - He sat down over against the treasury (γαζοφυλάκιον, from γάζα, a Persian word meaning "treasure," and φυλάττειν, to guard). This was the receptacle into which the offerings of the people were east, for the uses of the temple and for the benefit of the priests and of the poor.
People also ask
What is a Treasury in the Bible?
What did Jesus say in the Treasury?
What does treasure mean in the Bible?
What was Jesus' Treasury?
What did Jesus sat over against the Treasury mean?
What does the Hebrew word 'treasure' mean?
It was here that Jesus saw the poor widow cast in her two mites (Mark 12:41; Luke 21:1-4), and the court is expressly named the "treasury" in John 8:20 : "These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple."
