- Bible
- Luke
- Chapter 21
- Verse 2
My Notes
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Gill's Exposition
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…
See this explained in the notes at Mar 12:41-44. Luk 21:4 Penury - Poverty. See this explained in the notes at Mar 12:41-44.
Adam Clarke
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…
This short passage of story we had before in Mark. It is thus recorded twice, to teach us, 1. That charity to the poor is a main matter in religion. Our Lord Jesus took all occasions to commend it and…
Cambridge Bible
also If the kaibe genuine, it should perhaps follow the tina"some one even a widow."
two mites "which make a farthing," Mar 12:42. The leptonor prutahwas the smallest of coins, and the Rabbis did not…