Mark 12:39
And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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…
Here, I. Christ shows the people how weak and defective the scribes were in their preaching, and how unable to solve the difficulties that occurred in the scriptures of the Old Testament, which they…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the chief seats The seats of honour for the elders of the synagogue were placed in front of the ark containing the Law, in the uppermost part, where they sat with their faces to the people. In the…