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a certain poor widow = one poor widow.
threw = cast, as above,
mites. Pl, of lepton = the small thin Jewish copper coin (from leptos = peeled, or pared down). Occ only here, and Luk_12:59; Luk_21:2. See App-51.
a farthing. Greek. kodrantes. A [Roman] quadrans; i.e. a fourth, being a fourth of the Roman "as". Hence a fourthing = our farthing. Occurs only here, and Mat_5:26. See App-51.