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Selected Verse: Luke 21:2 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Lu 21:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] he saw [1492] also [2532] a certain [5100] poor [3998] widow [5503] casting [906] in thither [1563] two [1417] mites [3016]. |
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King James |
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
two mites--"which make a farthing" (Mar 12:42), the smallest Jewish coin. "She might have kept one" [BENGEL]. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Poor
See on Mat 5:3.
Mites
See on Mar 12:42. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A certain poor widow - A widow miserably poor; this is the proper import of πενιχραν, and her being miserably poor heightened the merit of the action.
Two mites - Which Mark says, Mar 12:42, make a farthing or quadrans, the fourth part of an As, or penny, as we term it. In Plutarch's time we find the smallest piece of brass coin in use among the Romans was the quadrans, but it appears that a smaller piece of money was in circulation among the Jews in our Lord's time, called here, and in Mark, Mar 12:42, a lepton, i.e. small, diminished, from λειπω, I fail. In ancient times our penny used to be marked with a deep indented cross, dividing the piece into four equal parts, which, when broken in two, made the half-penny, and, when broken into four, made the fourthing, what we have corrupted into farthing. Probably the Roman quadrans was divided in this way for the convenience of the poor. Our term mite seems to have been taken from the animal called by that name; for as that appeared to our ancestors to be the smallest of all animals, so this being the smallest of all coins was called by its name. Junius says that mite was a small base coin among the Dutch. Our word mite seems to be a contraction of the Latin minutum, a small thing, whence the French miete, a crumb, a very small morsel. See the note on Mar 12:41. |
42 And [2532] there came [2064] a certain [3391] poor [4434] widow [5503], and she threw in [906] two [1417] mites [3016], which make [3603] a farthing [2835].
42 And [2532] there came [2064] a certain [3391] poor [4434] widow [5503], and she threw in [906] two [1417] mites [3016], which make [3603] a farthing [2835].
3 Blessed [3107] are the poor [4434] in spirit [4151]: for [3754] theirs [846] is [2076] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772].
41 And [2532] Jesus [2424] sat [2523] over against [2713] the treasury [1049], and beheld [2334] how [4459] the people [3793] cast [906] money [5475] into [1519] the treasury [1049]: and [2532] many [4183] that were rich [4145] cast in [906] much [4183].
42 And [2532] there came [2064] a certain [3391] poor [4434] widow [5503], and she threw in [906] two [1417] mites [3016], which make [3603] a farthing [2835].
42 And [2532] there came [2064] a certain [3391] poor [4434] widow [5503], and she threw in [906] two [1417] mites [3016], which make [3603] a farthing [2835].