Luke 12:59
I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
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Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
Till thou hast paid the very last mite - And when can this be, if we understand the text spiritually? Can weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth, pay to Divine justice the debt a sinner has…
Having given his disciples their lesson in the foregoing verses, here Christ turns to the people, and gives them theirs, Luk 12:54. He said also to the people: he preached ad populum - to the people,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
till thou hast paid the very last mite Mite is lepton(minutum), the smallest of all coins, Mar 12:42. If it be asked, -can this ever be paid?" the answer of course is, as far as the parableis…
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