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Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
(containing ten), Authorized Version "penny," ( Matthew
18:28 ; 20:2 , 20:9 , 20:13 ) a Roman silver coin in the time of our Saviour and
the Apostles, worth about 15 cents. It took its name from its being first equal
to ten "asses," a number afterwards increased to sixteen. It was the principal
silver coin of the Roman commonwealth. From the parable of the laborers in the
vineyard it would seem that a denarius was then the ordinary pay for a days labor.
( Matthew 20:2 , 20:4 , 20:7 , 20:9 , 20:10 , 20:13 )
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
de-na'-ri-us (denarion):
A Roman silver coin, 25 of which went to the aureus, the standard gold coin of
the empire in the time of Augustus, which was equal in value to about one guinea
or, 25; more exactly ?1.0,6 = .00, the ? = ,866. Hence, the value of the denarius
would be about 20 cents and this was the ordinary wage of a soldier and a day
laborer. The word is uniformly rendered "penny" in the King James Version and
"shilling" in the American Standard Revised Version, except in Matthew 22:19 ;
Mark 12:15 and Luke 20:24, where the Latin word is used, since in these passsages
it refers to the coin in which tribute was paid to the Roman government. See MONEY.
H. Porter
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