Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 21:2

"And he saw a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites." — Luke 21:2 (ASV)

A certain poor widow.—St. Luke’s word for “poor” differs from St. Mark’s, and seems to have been carefully chosen to express the fact that the widow, though “needy,” and compelled to work for her scanty maintenance, yet was not a “beggar,” as the more common word for “poor” suggested. It is not found elsewhere in the New Testament.