In this chapter we have, I. The notice Christ took, and the approbation he gave, of a poor widow that cast two mites into the treasury, ver. 1-4. II. A prediction of future events, in answer to his disciples' enquiries concerning them, ver. 5-7. 1. Of what should happen between that and the destruction of Jerusalem--false Christs arising, bloody wars and persecutions of Christ's followers, ver. 8-19. 2. Of that destruction itself, ver. 20-24. 3. Of the second coming of Jesus Christ to judge the world, under the type and figure of that, ver. 25-33. III. A practical application of this, by way of caution and counsel (ver. 34-36), and an account of Christ's preaching and the people's attendance on it, ver. 37, 38.
Christ Commendeth the Poor Widow.