People's commentary on the Gospel according to LukeContaining the common version, 1611, and the Revised version, 1881 American reading and renderings . to give the equivalent ofturtle doves, and another for the equivalent of young pigeons. Some supposethat these turtle doves or pigeons were not actually offered by Mary, themother of Jesus, but that it was usual to compound these offerings in moneygiven into the treasury, and that daily or at stated periods this money wastaken out and a corresponding number of doves or pigeons offered. Besidesthe chests marked for legal offerings, several were
People's commentary on the Gospel according to LukeContaining the common version, 1611, and the Revised version, 1881 American reading and renderings . to give the equivalent ofturtle doves, and another for the equivalent of young pigeons. Some supposethat these turtle doves or pigeons were not actually offered by Mary, themother of Jesus, but that it was usual to compound these offerings in moneygiven into the treasury, and that daily or at stated periods this money wastaken out and a corresponding number of doves or pigeons offered. Besidesthe chests marked for legal offerings, several were marked for voluntary gifts. Common Version. 47 Which devour widows houses, and for ashew make long prayers: the same shall re-reive greator ilamnation. CHAP. XXI.—And he looked up, and sawthe rich men casting their gifts into thetreasury. ^Qr, and saw them that . , . treasury, and they were rich. Revised Version. 47 feasts; who devour widows houses, and fora pretence make long prayers : these shallreceive greater condemnation. 1 And he locked up, i and saw the richmen that were casting their gifts into the Luke 21 : 2-6.] THE WIDOWS MIDES. 277. The chambers of the treasury, Neh. 10 : 38, may have been in the court ofthe women also. This court was so called, not because it was for women ex-clusively, but because women could not go farther into the temple, except forsacrifice. From the mode of marking the chests, as well as from the dressand appearance of the givers, one could distinguish the circumstances of thegivers and the gifts. The amount of the gifts put into the treasury may beinferred by the 2000 talents that Josephus says were there when plundered byPompey and Crassus. Compare Ant. 14 : 4, 4, Wars, I. 7 : 6; 8:8. 2. poor Widow . two mites] She put in two Ietttq, the lepton beingthe smallest copper or brass coin, and equal to a Ko(^pdvT7/g, or the smallestfarthing, about three-eighths of a cent. The rab-bins did not allow persons to give less than twoof these coins, 3.
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