CHAPTER 12 1 _The parable of the vineyard_. 13 _Touching the paying of
tribute_. 18 _The Sadducees confuted_. 35 _A difficulty proposed to
the scribes._ VER. 1 _. Planted a vineyard._ Gr.
_ε̉φύτευσεν_, Vulg. _pastinavit._ The verb _pastinare_ is
especially used of vines. It means to dig the soil of... [ Continue Reading ]
_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... [ Continue Reading ]