Topic
Denarius
10 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 18:28Smith
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
- Matthew 20:2Smith
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
- Matthew 20:4Smith
And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
- Matthew 20:7Smith
They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.
- Matthew 20:9Smith
And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
- Matthew 20:10Smith
But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
- Matthew 20:13Smith
But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
- Matthew 22:19ISBE
Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
- Mark 12:15ISBE
Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
- Luke 20:24ISBE
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar’s.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 10 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 3 references
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 $5,25; more exactly œ1.0,6 = $5.00, the œ = $4,866. 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 Mt 22:19; Mr 12:15 and Lu 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
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.