Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Mark 12:41-44
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 21:1.
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 21:1.
MARK 12:41 kaqi,saj kate,nanti tou/ gazofulaki,ou {B} The reading that best explains the origin of the others is preserved in a L D 892 ita, k _al_. Copyists were more likely to insert the words o` V...
Verse Mark 12:41. _CAST MONEY INTO THE TREASURY_] It is worthy of observation, that the money put into the treasury, even by the _rich_, is termed by the evangelist χαλκον, _brass money_, probably th...
SAT OVER AGAINST - Opposite to, in full sight of. THE TREASURY - This was in the court of the women. See the notes at Matthew 21:12. In that court there were fixed a number of places or coffers, made...
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When Jesus had sat down opposite the treasury, he was watching how the crowd threw their money into the treasury, and many rich people threw in large sums. A poor widow woman came and threw in two mit...
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Mark 12:41 is parallel with Luke 21:1. See notes there. THE TREASURY. Situated in the women's court, occupying about 200 feet square, and surrounded by. colonnade. Inside, against the wall, were thirt...
The Widow's Mite 41. _And Jesus sat_ In perfect calm and quiet of spirit after all the fierce opposition of this "day of Questions." _the treasury_ This treasury, according to the Rabbis, consisted o...
41. [2830][2831][2832][2833][2834] omit ὁ Ἰησοῦς. after καθίσας. See on Mark 5:13. [2830] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount Sinai...
41–44. THE WIDOW’S TWO MITES Luke 21:1-4...
Ver 41. And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. 42. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in...
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ΚΑΘΊΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ КАΘΊΖΩ (G2523) садиться, занимать место. _Aor._ указывает на предшествующее действие, ΚΑΤΈΝΑΝΤΙ (G2713) с _gen._ напротив, ΓΑΖΟΦΥΛΑΚΕΪΟΝ (G1049) сокровищница. Ве...
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AND JESUS SAT OVER-AGAINST THE TREASURY,— Jesus was now in the treasury, or that part of the women's court, where the chests were placed for receiving the offerings of those who came to worship. These...
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AND JESUS SAT OVER AGAINST THE TREASURY,.... the Arabic version reads, "at the door of the treasury"; the place where the chests stood, into which money was put for various uses: there were thirteen c...
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. Ver. 41. _And beheld_] He still sits and seeth the condition, gi...
_Jesus sat over against the treasury_ “Jesus was now in the treasury, or that part of the women's court where the chests were placed for receiving the offerings of those who came to worship. These che...
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THE WIDOW'S MITE. Mark 12:41....
AND JESUS SAT OVER AGAINST THE TREASURY, AND BEHELD HOW THE PEOPLE CAST MONEY INTO THE TREASURY; AND MANY THAT WERE RICH CAST IN MUCH....
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Mark 12:41 Now G2532 Jesus G2424 sat G2523 (G5660) opposite G2713 treasury G1049 saw G2334 (G5707) how...
‘And he say down opposite the Treasury and watched how the crowd dropped money into the Treasury, and many who were rich dropped in large amounts.' ‘The Treasury.' This probably referred to the thirte...
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Mark 12:41-44. _The Widow's Mites._ Comp. Luke 21:1-4....
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The treasury. In the Court of the Women, which covered a space of two hundred feet square. All round it ran a colonnade, and within it, against the wall, were the thirteen chests or "trumpets" for cha...
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