Five hundred pence,— Δηναρια, a Roman coin, in value about seven pence halfpenny of our money; so that five hundred were nearly equivalent to fifteen of our guineas, and fifty to one guinea and a half. There is no reason to believe that any mystery was intended by Christ in fixing on these sums rather than any others, which had as great a difference between them.
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Luke 7:41
41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.