Mark 12:41 — Community Reflections

MARK 12:41 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.”

Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts — the treasury observation scene is introduced as a deliberate watching: Jesus sat down and watched. The treasury had thirteen trumpet-shaped receptacles for different offerings; the sound of coins and the visibility of the givers made giving a semi-public act. Many rich people threw in large amounts — the language threw in (eballon) communicates the physicality and possibly the showiness of the large-gift deposit.

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