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Mark 12:42
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
TWO MITES - The word translated “mite” denotes a small coin made of brass - the smallest in use among the Jews. The precise value cannot now be easily estimated. It was much less than any coin we have...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Parable of the Vineyard. (Mark 12:1 .Matthew 21:33; Luke 20:9)_ 2. The Question concerning the Tribute Money. (Mark 1
THE WIDOW'S MITES. After teaching in the court of the Gentiles, Jesus sat down near to the treasury in the court of the women. He watched those who came to contribute. As (a poor widow) brought her la...
REJECTION AND RETRIBUTION (Mark 12:1-12)...
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...
A CERTAIN POOR WIDOW. one poor widow. THREW. cast, as above, MITES. Pl, of _lepton_. the small thin Jewish copper coin (from _leptos =_ peeled, or pared down). Occ only here, and Luke 12:59; Luke 21...
_a certain poor widow_ One of the helpless class which He had just described as _devoured_by the extortion of the Scribes and Pharisees. In three words St Mark presents to us a picture of her desolati...
ΜΊΑ ΧΉΡΑ ΠΤΩΧΉ. The use of εἷς for τις, common enough in modern Greek, had begun before this period, and this may be an instance; Lk. has τινα. On the other hand, μία may point to her loneliness; it c...
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...
_JESUS TEACHING IN THE TEMPLE -- MARK 12:35-44:_ The Jews had to admit that Jesus was a descendant of David according to the flesh. However, they denied that He was divine or related to him in any spi...
ΈΛΘΟΎΣΑ _aor. act. part. пот. fem. sing., см._ Mark 12:9. _Сопутств._ или _temp. part._ ΠΤΩΧΉ (G4434) _adj. fem._ бедный, страдающий от нищеты; человек, у которого в буквальном смысле ничего нет и кот...
DISCOURSE: 1453 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. And there came a cer...
SHE THREW IN TWO MITES, WHICH MAKE A FARTHING, &C.— Κοδραντης. This coin in value was no more than three-fourths of our farthing: wherefore the offering given by this poor widow was very small in itse...
_SUMMARY 11:1 TO 12:44_ In this section the historian has presented only one miracle, that of withering the barren fig-tree. The section is chiefly taken up with conversations and speeches, in which s...
9. THE POOR WIDOW AND HER OFFERING 12:41-44 _TEXT 12:41-44_ And he sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much...
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....
18 Now that He has answered the hardest question of the Pharisees and Herodians, the Sadducees bring Him their best argument against the truth of resurrection. There is the constant tendency, even amo...
12:42 farthing. (f-14) _ Kodrantes_ , as Matthew 5:26 ....
A (lit. 'one') POOR WIDOW] cp. Matthew 21:18 : 'one fig tree.' TWO MITES] lit. 'two _lepta,_ which make a quadrans.' The _lepton_ was a Greek coin, the smallest in circulation, equivalent to of a _de...
VARIOUS INCIDENTS AND DISCOURSES IN THE TEMPLE 1-12. The wicked husbandmen (Matthew 21:33; Luke 20:9). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 12 THE GARDEN AND THE CRUEL WORKERS VERSES 1-12 A servant does his work on behalf...
CHAPTER 12:41-44 (MARK 12:41) THE WIDOW'S MITE "And He sat down over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there c...
μία χ. π., _one_ poverty-stricken widow. With what intense interest Jesus would watch her movements, after His eye fell on her! How much will _she_ give? λεπτὰ δύο, “two mites”; minute, of course, but...
_The widow's offering_ (Luke 21:1-4). This charming story comes in with dramatic effect, after the repulsive picture of the greedy praying scribe. The reference to the widows victimised by the hypocri...
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT Mark 12:28-44 To the young ruler our Lord named one command as great-the love of one's neighbor. Now, in answer to this scribe, he turned with unerring choice, first to Deutero...
In this parable of the vineyard the Lord very graphically sketched for those people their own national history, and condemned them thereby. "They perceived that He spake the parable against them." The...
CHAPTER 19 THE WIDOW'S MITE Luke 21:1-4; Mark 12:41-44. “Jesus, sitting in front of the treasury, was seeing how the multitude cast their money into the treasury. And one poor widow, having come, cas...
The transfiguration, as a matter of fact witnessed by the eyes of chosen witnesses, introduces naturally the great change that was about to be effected by the mighty power of God; for that wondrous sc...
The Lord afterwards gives the substance of the whole law, as the principle of blessing between the creature and God, and that which formed the touchstone for the heart in the rejection of Christ. I sa...
AND THERE CAME A CERTAIN POOR WIDOW,.... Among the many that came to offer their gifts freely, there came one that was particularly taken notice of by Christ; and she was a "widow", had no husband to...
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. Ver. 42. _Two mites_] A mite is valued of our money to be three parts of one cent. (Godw. Ant.) Her mite could...
_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...
TWO MITES; a very small sum....
(This is done near the close of the service as a follow-up to the sermon.) 1. Pass out cards - 4X6 card with “Present” and “Future” and a box under each word. 2. Instructions 1. Do not write your n...
MITES: It is the seventh part of one piece of that brass money...
41-44 Let us not forget that Jesus still sees the treasury. He knows how much, and from what motives, men give to his cause. He looks at the heart, and what our views are, in giving alms; and whether...
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Instructions of Commodianus In the treasury, besides, thou oughtest to give of thy labour, even as that widow whom the Anointed One preferred.[21] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book III And Chr...
Mark 12:42 Then G2532 one G3391 poor G4434 widow G5503 came G2064 (G5631) in G906 (G5627) two...
‘And there came a poor widow, and she dropped in two mites which make a fraction of a penny (a cent or two).' And lastly there was a poor widow. No one apart from Jesus noticed the poor woman who crep...
THE POOR WIDOW WHO GAVE MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE (12:41-44). In contrast with the greed of some of the Scribes (Mark 12:40), and the love of money of the rich young man (Mark 10:22), we now have drawn...
Mark 12:42. AND ONE POOR WIDOW. ‘One' in contrast with the ‘many' just spoken of, not without a suggestion of her loneliness. Possibly this widow was ‘poor,' because her house had been ‘devoured' (Mar...
Mark 12:41-44. _The Widow's Mites._ Comp. Luke 21:1-4....
ONE POOR WIDOW (μια χηρα πτωχη). Luke has πενιχρα, a poetical late form of πενης. In the N.T. the πτωχος is the pauper rather than the mere peasant, the extreme opposite of the rich (πλουσιο). The...
Mark 12:41 The Widow's Gift. I. Look first at the giver; a widow and a poor widow. Sorrow often makes people selfish, but the benevolent donor in the case before us was a widow. II. Look next at the...
Mark 12:12. _And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way._ Christ's enemies could not i...
CONTENTS: Parable of householder demanding fruit from his vineyards. The tribute question. Jesus answers the Sadducees. The great commandments. The widow's mite. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Caesa...
Mark 12:1. _A certain man planted a vineyard._ See on Matthew 20:1. The idea conveys an enlarged view of its magnitude, conformably to what is said in Psalms 80. and Isaiah 5.
THEN A POOR WIDOW CAME ALONG. In the world in which Jesus lived, widows had almost no job opportunities, and so were extremely poor. TWO LITTLE COPPER COINS. The very smallest of the Jewish coins, tog...
_And Jesus sat over against the treasury._ THE TREASURY TEST The lesson taught by this narrative is-man’s treatment of God’s treasury the true touchstone of piety. I. God has a treasury in His churc...
THE WIDOW'S MITES [COINS] And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing. Mark 12:42. Three days before His crucifixion Jesus paid His last visit to the Temple. He sat...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 12:42 The SMALL COPPER COINS were worth about 1/128th of a denarius, which was a day’s wage for a laborer. ⇐...
A POOR WIDOW GIVES ALL SHE HAS MARK 12:41-44; LUKE 21:1-4; 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 m...
CHAPTER 12 1 _The parable of the vineyard_. 13 _Touching the paying of tribute_. 18 _The Sadducees confuted_. 35 _A difficulty proposed to the scribes._ VER. 1 _. Planted a vineyard._ Gr. _ε̉φύτευσεν_...
_A certain poor widow cast in two mites_, _which make a farthing._ Not as if one mite made a farthing, as Euthymius understands, relying on Matthew 5:26. But two mites were equivalent to one farthing,...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 12:41_ (PARALLEL: Luke 21:1.) _A celebrated contribution_.—The “collection” is generally considered to be commonplace. Jesus, in this passage, clothed it with...
EXPOSITION MARK 12:1 AND HE BEGAN TO SPEAK UNTO THEM IN PARABLES. This particular parable which follows was specially directed against the scribes and Pharisees; but it was uttered in the presence o...
Mark's gospel, chapter 12. Now we remember that Jesus is in the temple. This is the day after He had cleansed it again. It is on Tuesday. It is His final week. Sunday He had made His triumphant entry...
Mark 12:42...
A certain [μ ι α]. Not a good translation. Lit., one as distinguished from the many rich. Better, simply the indefinite article, as Rev. Poor [π τ ω χ η]. See on Matthew 5:3. Mites [λ ε π τ α]. From...