And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
All Commentaries on Mark 12:42 Go To Mark 12
Cornelius a Lapide
AD 1637
A certain poor widow cast in two mites, which make a farthing. Not as if one mite made a farthing, as Euthymius understands, relying on Matthew 5:26. But two mites were equivalent to one farthing, as is here clearly expressed. For a farthing was the fourth part of a little ass; and ten small asses made a denarius. A mite was half a farthing.
