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Selected Verse: Luke 10:35 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Lu 10:35	King James	And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
two pence--equal to two day's wages of a laborer, and enough for several days' support.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

two pence--equal to two day's wages of a laborer, and enough for several days' support.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Two pence - About 27 cents, or 1 shilling, 2d. This may seem a small sum, but we are to remember that that sum was probably ten times as valuable then as now - that is, that it would purchase ten times as much food and the common necessaries of life as the same sum would now. Besides, it is probable that all the man wanted was "attention" and kindness, and for all these it was the purpose of the Samaritan to pay when he returned. The host - The innkeeper.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Two pence - About 27 cents, or 1 shilling, 2d. This may seem a small sum, but we are to remember that that sum was probably ten times as valuable then as now - that is, that it would purchase ten times as much food and the common necessaries of life as the same sum would now. Besides, it is probable that all the man wanted was "attention" and kindness, and for all these it was the purpose of the Samaritan to pay when he returned.

The host - The innkeeper.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
pence The Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which at five shillings the ounce is seven pence half penny, or 15 cents.

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]

pence

The Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which at five shillings the ounce is seven pence half penny, or 15 cents.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Two pence About thirty-five cents. See on Mat 20:2. I will repay The I is expressed (ἐγὼ), and is emphatic. Trouble him not for the reckoning; I will repay.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]

Two pence

About thirty-five cents. See on Mat 20:2.

I will repay

The I is expressed (ἐγὼ), and is emphatic. Trouble him not for the reckoning; I will repay.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Two pence - Two denarii, about fifteen pence, English; and which, probably, were at that time of ten times more value there than so much is with us now.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Two pence - Two denarii, about fifteen pence, English; and which, probably, were at that time of ten times more value there than so much is with us now.

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