τινα. If the καὶ of some MSS. (AEGHD, &c.) be genuine, it should perhaps follow the τινα—“some one—even a widow;” aliquam, eamque viduam.
δύο λεπτά. “Which make a farthing,” Mark 12:42. The lepton or prutah was the smallest of coins, and the Rabbis did not allow any one to give less than two.
Verse Luke 21:2. _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...
See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41. Luke 21:4 PENURY - Poverty. See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41....
CHAPTER 21 _ 1. The Widow's Mite. (Luke 21:1)_ 2. The Destruction of the Temple Predicted. (Luke 21:5) 3. The Disciple's Question Concerning the Future. (Luke 21:7) 4. Things to Come. ...
THE WIDOW'S TWO MITES. With some abbreviation Lk. closely follows Mark 12:41 *....
Jesus looked up and saw those who were putting their gifts into the treasury--rich people--and he saw a poor widow putting in two lepta. So he said, "I tell you truly that this poor widow has put in m...
THE PRECIOUS GIFT (Luke 21:1-4)...
ALSO. CERTAIN POOR WIDOW. a certain poor widow also. POOR. Greek. _penichros =_ one who works for daily bread. Occurs only here. MITES. Greek. _lepta._ See App-51....
_also_ If the _kai_be genuine, it should perhaps follow the _tina_"some one even a widow." _two mites_ "which make a farthing," Mark 12:42. The _lepton_or _prutah_was the smallest of coins, and the R...
VER 1. AND HE LOOKED UP, AND SAW THE RICH MEN CASTING THEIR GIFTS INTO THE TREASURY. 2. AND HE SAW ALSO A CERTAIN POOR WIDOW CASTING IN THITHER TWO MITES. 3. AND HE SAID, OF A TRUTH I SAY TO YOU, THAT...
ΧΉΡΑ (G5503) вдова. Судьба вдовы, которая лишилась кормильца, была очень тяжелой (EDNT; TDNT; TDOT). ΠΕΝΙΧΡΌΣ (G3998) нуждающийся, бедный. Это человек, который борется за выживание (NTW; Fitzmyer, 13...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Presentment of Sion's Default (Luke 21:1-4) 21 He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury; 2and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins. 3And...
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. AND HE SAW A CERTAIN POOR [OR 'INDIGENT' penichran (G3997 )] WIDOW CASTING IN TWO MITES, [ leepta (G3016)] - "which make a farthin...
24 Two kinds of coins were in circulation, the Roman and the Jewish. The temple taxes had to be paid in the Jewish shekel, the Roman in the foreign currency. The fact that they had accepted the conque...
THE WIDOW'S MITE. PROPHECY OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND THE SECOND ADVENT 1-4. The widow's mite (Mark 12:41). See on Mk....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 21 THE WIDOW’S *OFFERING 21:1-4 V1 Jesus looked up and watched the rich men. They dropped their money into the boxes in the *Temple. V2 He also saw a...
A CERTAIN POOR WIDOW. — St. Luke’s word for “poor” differs from St. Mark’s, and seems to have been carefully chosen to express the fact that the widow, though “needy,” and compelled to work for her sc...
XXI. (1-4) AND SAW THE RICH MEN CASTING THEIR GIFTS. — See Notes on Mark 12:41. This may, perhaps, be thought of as one of the incidents which St. Luke derived from verbal communication with his brot...
πενιχρὰν, needy, from πένομαι or πένης; a poetic word rarely used, here only in N.T. πτωχὴ, Mk.'s word, is stronger = reduced to beggary. δύο λεπτά. Lk. does not think it necessary to explain what the...
_The widow's offering_ (Mark 12:41-44), unfortunately placed at the beginning of this chapter, which should have been devoted wholly to Christ's solemn discourse concerning the future. Yet this mal-ar...
DAVID'S LORD TESTING MEN AND WOMEN Luke 20:41-47; Luke 21:1-4 It was the Master's turn to question. As man, He was David's descendant and son; as the Son of God, He was his Lord. Though it sealed His...
Here we have another illustration of the fact that nothing could escape the Master's vigilance. Of the gifts being cast into the treasury He was the true Appraiser. He saw the widow as she cast in her...
CHAPTER 20 COMING OF THE LORD Matthew 24; Matthew 25; Mark 13; Luke 21. It is now in the afternoon, on Wednesday, preceding the arrest of our Savior about midnight the ensuin
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...
8. _The Widow's Alms: Luke 21:1-4_. VERS. 1-4. This piece is wanting in Matthew. Why would he have rejected it, if, according to Holtzmann's view, he had before him the document from which the other t...
And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
The Lord's discourse in chapter 21 displays the character of the Gospel in a peculiar manner. The spirit of grace, in contrast with the Judaic spirit, is seen in the account of the poor widow's offeri...
AND HE SAW ALSO A CERTAIN POOR WIDOW,.... Whom he took particular notice of above all the rest: the poor, and the widow, are regarded by him, and are his care; nor are their mean services, done in fai...
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. Ver. 2. _Casting in thither two mites_] That is, two eighth parts of a half-penny, saith the Syriac. _See Trapp on "_ Mar 12:41 _"_...
_And he looked up_ From those on whom his eyes were fixed before; _and saw the rich men casting their gifts_, &c. See on Mark 12:41....
The widow's two mites. Mark 12:41-44....
THE WIDOW'S GIFT....
AND HE SAW ALSO A CERTAIN POOR WIDOW CASTING IN THITHER TWO MITES....
THE WIDOW'S TWO MITES (vs.1-4) The first four verses are a continuation of the sublect of Chapter 20. If the scribes had no regard for widows, God takes full account of them. Rich men may donate larg...
MITES: See Mark 12:42...
1-4 From the offering of this poor widow, learn that what we rightly give for the relief of the poor, and the support of God's worship, is given unto God; and our Saviour sees with pleasure whatever w...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 21:1...
Instructions of Commodianus In the treasury, besides, thou oughtest to give of thy labour, even as that widow whom the Anointed One preferred.[21] Gregory Thaumaturgus Oration and Panegyric Addresse...
Luke 21:2 and G1161 saw G1492 (G5627) also G2532 certain G5100 poor G3998 widow G5503 putting G906 ...
‘And he saw a certain poor widow casting in there two mites.' But then Jesus noted a woman who cast in ‘a very few lepta', the very smallest Jewish coin. The number ‘two' was often used to indicate ‘a...
Luke 21:1-4. THE WIDOW'S MITES. See on Mark 12:41-44; comp. also the introductory note to Matthew 24...
In this section Luke records the assault of the Sadducees respecting the resurrection (Luke 20:27-40); then omitting the lawyer's question, he tells of our Lord's unanswered question respecting _Chris...
POOR (πενιχραν). A rare word from πενης (πενομα, to work for one's living). Latin _penuria_ and Greek πειναω, to be hungry are kin to it. Here only in the N.T. Mark 12:42 has πτωχη, a more common wo...
Luke 21:1. And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that...
CONTENTS: The widow's mite. Discourse on the course of the age and return of the Lord. CHARACTERS: Jesus, widow, disciples. CONCLUSION: As the time draws near when the Kingdom of God shall be fully e...
Luke 21:5. _Some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts._ This conversation occurred as they were going out of the temple. Mark 13:1. On mount Olivet the Lord delivered t...
SAW RICH MEN DROPPING THEIR GIFTS. For notes on the widow's copper coins, see Mark 12:41-44....
_This poor Widow hath cast in more than they all_ THE WIDOW’S MITES Our Lord wished to see “how the multitude cast money into the collection-chest”--not only _how much_--anybody could have discovered...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 21:1 OFFERING BOX. One of the 13 collection chests in the temple. ⇐...
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 21 VER. 18. _But there shall not an hair of your head perish._ "Because," says S. Gregory, "what was said about death was hard, comfort is added at once, from the joy of the resurrection, when...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 21:1. LOOKED UP.—From the parallel passage in Mark 12:41 we learn that our Lord had taken his seat in the court of the women, where were the chests for containing gifts and offer...
EXPOSITION LUKE 21:1 _The_ _widow_'_s mite. _We find this little sketch only here and in St. Mark (Mark 12:41). The Master was sitting—resting, probably, after the effort of the great denunciation of...
And he looked up, and he saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites (Luke 21:1-2). A mite was one-sixteenth of a penny. I...
Mark 12:42...
Poor. See on Matthew 5:3. Mites. See on Mark 12:42....