Luke 7:41

“There was a certain creditor, etc.] All the Oriental versions premise something to this. The Syriac version reads, “Jesus said unto him”. The Arabic version, “then he said”. The Persic version, “Jesus said”; and the Ethiopic version, “and he said to him”; and something of this kind is understood, and to be supplied in the text: which had two debtors, the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty; these were, as the word shows, Roman “denarii” or “pence”; the former of these sums, reckoning a Roman penny at seven pence halfpenny of our money, amounted to fifteen pounds and twelve shillings and six pence; and the latter, to one pound eleven shillings and three pence; the one of these…”

“A certain creditor - A man who had lent money or sold property, the payment for which was yet due. Five hundred pence - About 69 dollars 26 cents, or 14 British pounds, 11 shilling, 8d. See the notes at Matthew 18:28. Fifty - About 7 dollars, or 1 British pound, 9 shillings, and 2d. return to 'Top of Page'”

“7:41 500 pieces of silver (denarii) was almost two years’ wages for a day laborer. The poor were often heavily indebted to the wealthy in first-century Galilee.”

“a certain: Luk 11:4, Luk 13:4 \*marg. Isa 50:1; Mat 6:12, Mat 18:23-25 the one: Luk 7:47; Rom 5:20; Ti1 1:15, Ti1 1:16 pence: Mat 18:28 \*marg. the other: Luk 12:48; Num 27:3; Jer 3:11; Joh 15:22-24; Rom 3:23; Jo1 1:8-10 Luke 7:42”