mark-12:41-44,-matthew-26:6-23-niv

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:1-44

Jesus Begins His Final Journey to Jerusalem On The Road To The Cross and Spends Much Time in Teaching His Disciples And Disputing With His Enemies In Readiness For That Event, For He Is Giving His Life As A Ransom For Many (9:33-12:44). Having returned to Capernaum Jesus now has His face set towards Jerusalem, and in Mark 9:33-50 He will lay the foundation by pointing out the fact that all must look to and respond to His Name, and the dangers inherent in not doing so. Then He will advance into... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:13-44

Jesus Deals With The Final Challenges With Which The Jews Seek To Entrap Him (12:13-44). In this last part of Section 4 Jesus is faced with attempts to entrap and discredit Him. They come from various sources, the Pharisees and Herodians, the Sadducees, and a Scribe. In each case He emerges having confounded His adversaries. The picture is of Jesus against the establishment, because the establishment have all gone astray. Analysis. a The question of payment of tribute, and the need to give... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:38-44

Jesus’ Criticism of Certain Rabbis and The Contrast Made By Him of A Widow’s Generosity (12:38-44). Having been challenged by the different leading parties in Judaism, and having given them a final weighing up, Jesus now feels a responsibility to warn the people against the Scribes, whose influence over the people was so great. The ideas here are expanded on in Matthew 23:0. Mark’s rendering gives us very much a summary. There is a threefold contrast in what follows. Firstly, the Rabbis are... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:41

‘And he say down opposite the Treasury and watched how the crowd dropped money into the Treasury, and many who were rich dropped in large amounts.’ ‘The Treasury.’ This probably referred to the thirteen trumpet shaped receptacles which were placed against the wall of the Court of the Women, the actual closed box being presumably behind the wall. Each had a separate purpose. One was for the purchase of materials for sacrifices, one was for the upkeep of the Temple, and so on. Alternately it may... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:41-44

The Poor Widow Who Gave More Than Everyone Else (12:41-44). In contrast with the greed of some of the Scribes (Mark 12:40), and the love of money of the rich young man (Mark 10:22), we now have drawn to our attention the generosity and self-sacrifice of a humble poor widow. Here was ‘true discipleship’ from one who was not yet a disciple. And the main point that comes out from it is that God sees her as having given more than everyone else because He measured all their giving by what they had... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:42

‘And there came a poor widow, and she dropped in two mites which make a fraction of a penny (a cent or two).’ And lastly there was a poor widow. No one apart from Jesus noticed the poor woman who crept unobtrusively up to the trumpets and dropped in her two mites, with no display at all (Mark uses a Roman term for the coins (‘quadrans’) which was commonly in use in Palestine). The ‘two should be noted. She could so easily have kept one. But she did not feel that she could withhold it from God.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:43

‘And he called to him his disciples, and said to them, “Truly I say to you, this poor widow dropped in more than all those who are dropping money into the Treasury, for they all dropped in of what they had to spare, but she of her want did drop in all that she had, even all that she had to live on.” ’ There is a deliberate contrast here between the Rabbis who ‘devoured widows’ houses’ (Mark 12:40), and the widow who unselfishly gave all that she had to God. There is also a contrast with the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:41-44

Mark 12:41-Acts : . The Widow’ s Mites.— After teaching in the court of the Gentiles, Jesus sat down near to the treasury in the court of the women. He watched those who came to contribute. “ As (a poor widow) brought her last coin as an offering to God, she received high praise from Jesus; we do not hear that He ended her poverty. A love which can give up all, ranked in His eyes as the highest wealth a man can win” (Schlatter). Jesus admired both the generosity and the faith of the woman.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 12:41-44

This is the only piece of history in this chapter which we did not before meet with in Matthew. Luke hath this, Luke 21:1-4. For the understanding of this history, both as to the letter and profitable instruction arising from it, we must know, that in the temple (where our Saviour now was) there was a treasury, or rather treasuries. And famous Dr. Lightfoot said, there were treasure chambers, called Lesacoth, and thirteen treasure chests, called Shopheroth, all called by the general name of... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 12:41-44

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 12:41-44(PARALLEL: Luke 21:1-4.)A celebrated contribution.—The “collection” is generally considered to be commonplace. Jesus, in this passage, clothed it with sublimity. He immortalised the famous farthing. The two mites are transformed into two angels, and they seem to watch over the contribution chest of the Church as the cherubim did over the Ark of the Covenant. Jesus was memorable for seeing the many in the one, the much in the little, the sublime in... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:1-44

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:13-44

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:38-44

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:41

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:41-44

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:42

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:43

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:41-44

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 12:41-44

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 12:41-44

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