Mar 12:42 | RWP | e4.org | One poor widow ( μια χηρα πτωχη ). Luke has πενιχρα , a poetical late form of πενης . In the N.T. the πτωχος is the pauper rather than the mere peasant, the extreme opposite of the rich ( πλουσιο ). The money given by most was copper ( χαλκον ). Two mites ( δυο λεπτα ). Λεπτος means peeled or stripped and so very thin. Two λεπτα were about two-fifths of a cent. Farthing ( κοδραντες , Latin quadrans , a quarter of an as ).

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One poor widow ( μια χηρα πτωχη ). Luke has πενιχρα, a poetical late form of πενης. In the N.T. the πτωχος is the pauper rather than the mere peasant, the extreme opposite of the rich ( πλουσιο ). The money given by most was copper ( χαλκον ).

Two mites ( δυο λεπτα ). Λεπτος means peeled or stripped and so very thin. Two λεπτα were about two-fifths of a cent.

Farthing ( κοδραντες, Latin quadrans, a quarter of an as).