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.
Parallel translations
- WEB Every 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.
- BSB Every day Jesus taught at the temple, but every evening He went out to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
- NKJV And in the daytime He was teaching in the temple, but at night He went out and stayed on the mountain called Olivet.
- NASB Now during the day He was teaching in the temple, but at evening He would go out and spend the night on the mountain that is called Olivet.
- NLT Every day Jesus went to the Temple to teach, and each evening he returned to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.
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Quick answer
Jesus taught daily in the temple and spent His nights on the Mount of Olives.
Overview
Luke records Jesus' final-week rhythm of public teaching by day and prayerful retreat by night. The Mount of Olives, called Olivet, was His place of nightly lodging and later His agony in Gethsemane. His diligent ministry continued even as the cross drew near.
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- Luke 22:39And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
- Matt 21:1And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
- Mark 11:19And when even was come, he went out of the city.
- Matt 26:55In 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.
- Matt 21:17And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.
- Acts 1:12Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey.
- Luke 19:37And 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;
- Mark 11:12And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
- John 12:1Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
- Zech 14:4And 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.
- Matt 26:30And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
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