Mark 12:42
And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
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Barnes' Notes
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…
This passage of story was not in Matthew, but is here and in Luke; it is Christ's commendation of the poor widow, that cast two mites into the treasury, which our Saviour, busy as he was in preaching,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
a certain poor widow One of the helpless class which He had just described as devouredby the extortion of the Scribes and Pharisees. In three words St Mark presents to us a picture of her desolation:…