Luke 21:2

21:2 He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. ¹ 

Luke 4:26

4:26 Yet ²  Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. ³ 

Luke 18:5

18:5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out ⁴  by her unending pleas.’” ⁵ 

[21:2]  ¹ sn These two small copper coins were lepta (sing. “lepton”), the smallest and least valuable coins in circulation in Palestine, worth one-half of a quadrans or 1/128 of a denarius, or about six minutes of an average daily wage. This was next to nothing in value.

[4:26]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast.

[4:26]  ³ sn Zarephath in Sidon was Gentile territory (see 1 Kgs 17:9-24). Jesus’ point was that he would be forced to minister elsewhere, and the implication is that this ministry would ultimately extend (through the work of his followers) to those outside the nation.

[18:5]  ³ tn The term ὑπωπιάζω (Jupwpiazw) in this context means “to wear someone out by continual annoying” (L&N 25.245).

[18:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “by her continual coming,” but the point of annoyance to the judge is her constant pleas for justice (v. 3).