Luke 7:41
ContextNETBible | “A certain creditor 1 had two debtors; one owed him 2 five hundred silver coins, 3 and the other fifty. |
XREF | Nu 27:3; Isa 50:1; Jer 3:11; Mt 6:12; Mt 18:23-25; Mt 18:28; Lu 7:47; Lu 11:4; Lu 12:48; Lu 13:4; Joh 15:22-24; Ro 3:23; Ro 5:20; 1Ti 1:15,16; 1Jo 1:8-10 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn A creditor was a moneylender, whose business was to lend money to others at a fixed rate of interest. 2 tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. 3 tn Grk “five hundred denarii.” sn The silver coins were denarii. The denarius was worth about a day’s wage for a laborer; this would be an amount worth not quite two years’ pay. The debts were significant: They represented two months’ pay and one and three quarter years’ pay (20 months) based on a six day work week. |