Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
One poor widow (mia xhra ptwxh). Luke has penixra, a poetical late form of penhv. In the N.T. the ptwxov is the pauper rather than the mere peasant, the extreme opposite of the rich (plousioi). The money given by most was copper (xalkon).
Two mites (duo lepta). Leptov means peeled or stripped and so very thin. Two lepta were about two-fifths of a cent.
Farthing (kodrantev, Latin quadrans, a quarter of an as).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 5:26
Luke 12:59
Luke 21:2
1 Timothy 5:3
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