A penny a day. — Measured by its weight, the “penny — i.e., the Roman denarius, then the common standard of value in Palestine — was, as nearly as possible, sevenpence-halfpenny of our coinage. Its real equivalent, however, is to be found in its purchasing power, and, as the average price of the unskilled labour of the tiller of the soil, it may fairly be reckoned as equal to about half-a-crown of our present currency. It was, that is, in itself, an adequate and just payment.
Related Commentaries of Matthew 20:2
Matthew 20:2
2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a pennya a day, he sent them into his vineyard.