And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums.
This passage of story was not in Matthew, but is here and in Luke; it is Christ's commendation of the poor widow, that cast two mites into the treasury, which our Saviour, busy as he was in preaching, found leisure to take notice of. Observe, I.
Commenting on Mark 12:41-44
For all they did cast in of their abundance,.... Or "superabundance", as the Arabic version renders it; or "superfluity", as the Ethiopic: they abounded in the things of the world, of which they gave only a part; and though they might give much, yet they could easily spare it, and had enough remaining: but she, of her want; or "penury", as in Luk 21:4; see...
Verse 41. Sat over against. Opposite to, in full sight of. The treasury. This was in the court of the women. See . In that court there were fixed a number of places or coffers, made with a large open mouth, in the shape of a trumpet, for the purpose of receiving the offerings of the people; and the money thus contributed was devoted to...