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James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 12:44

For they all did cast in of their superfluity; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.Christ thus explained why the widow's gift was "more" and all of the others "less." Theirs were easy gifts; hers was a hard one. It may be doubted if any passage in the whole New Testament has been any more widely misused than has this one. One often hears people speak of giving "the widow's mite"; but what is evidently meant is that they are giving the amount of the widow's... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 12:37

Mark 12:37. And the common people heard him gladly.— They heard with great attention and pleasure; for the clear and solid answers which he returned to the ensnaring questions of his foes, gave them a high opinion of his wisdom, and shewed them how far he was superior to their most renowned rabbies; whose arguments to prove their opinions, and answers to the objections that were raised against them, were, generally speaking, but mean and trifling, compared to his. Besides, the common people... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 12:38

Mark 12:38. Long clothing,— Long garments, or robes. Mark 12:39. Rooms] Seats. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 12:41

Mark 12:41. And Jesus sat over-against the treasury,— Jesus was now in the treasury, or that part of the women's court, where the chests were placed for receiving the offerings of those who came to worship. These chests, being thirteen in number, had each of them an inscription fixed to the pillars of the portico which surrounded the court, and signifying for what use the offerings put into them were destined. Hence the propriety of St. Mark's expression, Jesus sat over-against the treasury; he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 12:42-44

Mark 12:42-44. She threw in two mites, which make a farthing, &c.— Κοδραντης . This coin in value was no more than three-fourths of our farthing: wherefore the offering given by this poor widow was very small in itself, though in another respect it was a great gift, being all that she had, even all her living. We can hardly suppose, that at each of the chests there were officers placed to receive and count the money which the people offered, and to name the sum aloud before they put it in;... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 12:35

35. And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple—and "while the Pharisees were gathered together" ( :-). How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?—How come they to give it out that Messiah is to be the son of David? In Matthew ( :-), Jesus asks them, "What think ye of Christ?" or of the promised and expected Messiah? "Whose son is He [to be]? They say unto Him, The son of David." The sense is the same. "He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call Him Lord?"... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 12:36

36. For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool— ( :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 12:37

37. David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son?—There is but one solution of this difficulty. Messiah is at once inferior to David as his son according to the flesh, and superior to him as the Lord of a kingdom of which David is himself a subject, not the sovereign. The human and divine natures of Christ, and the spirituality of His kingdom—of which the highest earthly sovereigns are honored if they be counted worthy to be its subjects—furnish the only key to this... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 12:38

38. And he said unto them in his doctrine—rather, "in His teaching"; implying that this was but a specimen of an extended discourse, which Matthew gives in full (Matthew 23:1-39). Luke says (Luke 20:45) this was "in the audience of all the people said unto His disciples." Beware of the scribes, which love—or like. to go in long clothing—(see on Luke 20:45- :). and love salutations in the market-places, read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 12:39

39. And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms—or positions. at feasts—On this love of distinction, see on :-; :-. read more

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