Luke 21:2

Luke 21:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
• New International Version (NIV)He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites.

Context of Luke 21:2

1Looking up, Jesus saw people, especially the rich, dropping their gifts into the temple offering box. He noticed a poor widow drop in two small coins. 3He said, “I can guarantee this truth: This poor widow has given more than all the others. 4All of these people have given what they could spare. But she, in her poverty, has given everything she had to live on.”

Luke 21:2 word by word

εἶδεν δέ τινα χήραν πενιχρὰν βάλλουσαν ἐκεῖ λεπτὰ δύο.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• he sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• a certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• poorπενιχρόςpentichros · poorG3998
• widowχήραchēra · widowG5503
• casting inβάλλωballō · to throw: putG906
• thitherἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
• twoδύοduo · twoG1417
• mitesλεπτόςlepton · coinG3016

Cross-references for Luke 21:2

• Mark 12:42A poor widow dropped in two small coins, worth less than a cent.

Commentaries on Luke 21:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2A certain poor widow - A widow miserably poor; this is the proper import of , and her being miserably poor heightened the merit of the action. Two mites - Which Mark says, Mark 12:42, make a farthing or quadrans, the fourth part of an As, or penny, as we term it. In Plutarch's time we find the smallest piece of brass coin in use among the Romans was the quadrans, but it appears that a smaller piece of money was in circulation among the Jews in our Lord's…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-4Verses 1-4 See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41-44. Luke 21:4 Penury - Poverty. See this explained in the notes at Mark 12:41-44.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2two small copper coins: These coins (Greek lepta) were worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius was the wage a laborer would receive for one day of work.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. two mites--"which make a farthing" (Mr 12:42), the smallest Jewish coin. "She might have kept one" [Bengel].Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 21:2

• Judgment
• Liberality
• Mite (a Lepta)
• Responsibility
• Self-Denial
• Widow
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Abundance
• Commotion
• Distress
• Gainsay
• Gospels
• Lift
• Look
• Mite
• Mouth
• Surfeiting

Commentaries on Luke 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings