Luke 21:2
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
KJV
εἶδεν δέ τινα χήραν πενιχρὰν βάλλουσαν ἐκεῖ δύο λεπτά,
Greek NT
Vidit autem et quamdam viduam pauperculam mittentem æra minuta duo.
Vulgate
And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
ASV
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βάλλω
ballo
verb · 125×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
λεπτόν
lepton
noun · 3×
πενιχρός
penichros
adjective · 1×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
χήρα
chera
noun · 26×
ἐκεῖ
ekei
adverb · 94×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: τινα | WH/Treg/NIV: τινα | RP: + καὶ
- τινα — SBLGNT
- τινα — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + καὶ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: λεπτὰ δύο | WH/Treg/NIV: λεπτὰ δύο | RP: δύο λεπτά
- λεπτὰ δύο — SBLGNT
- λεπτὰ δύο — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- δύο λεπτά — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Truly, where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. Romans 5:20 This at least the blessed Paul intimates here also, in the very beginning of his Epistle to the Hebrews. For since as it was likely that afflicted, worn out by evils, and judging of things thereby, they would think themselves worse off than all other men, — he shows that herein they had rather been made parta…
Cross-references
- Mark 12:42 — And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
- Mark 12:44 — For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.