Luke 21:5
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
Cross-references
Luke 13:35 declares the temple forsaken — a prior judgment that foreshadows the physical destruction Jesus details in Luke 21:6.
Matthew 24:1 records the same moment — disciples pointing out the temple buildings to Jesus.
Matthew 24:2 contains Jesus' identical prophecy that the temple will be completely destroyed.
Mark 13:1 records the same disciple's exclamation about the temple's magnificent stones and buildings.
Mark 13:2 gives Jesus' parallel response that not one stone will be left on another.
2 Kings 25:9 records the Babylonian destruction of the temple — a historical type of the later destruction Jesus prophesies.
1 Chronicles 22:5 shows David's intentional magnificence for the temple — the very glory admired in Luke 21:5, which Jesus says will be destroyed.
Lamentations 4:1 laments the scattering of the temple's holy stones — exactly the fate Jesus predicts in Luke 21:6.
Daniel 8:11 prophesies the sanctuary overthrown by a king — a historical foreshadowing of the temple destruction Jesus predicts.
John 4:21 predicts worship not tied to a physical location — contrasting the temple's material glory in Luke 21:5 with a new spiritual order.
Leviticus 26:31 warns that God will desolate sanctuaries as judgment — a theme echoed in Jesus' prophecy of temple destruction.
Haggai 2:3 notes the second temple's diminished glory — ironic contrast to the admired glory of Herod's temple that Jesus says will fall.