Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them.

This sum is mentioned mainly because it was an estimate of how much it would cost to give each one. little (John 6:7). Some have supposed that this is the amount of money they had in their common treasury, but it seems rather to be mentioned as. sum beyond their ability to pay. It was equal to $30, or £6, 5 s.. a large amount of money then, since. denarius, or "penny," was the hire of. day's labor. The penny, or denarius, was about seventeen cents, and was equivalent to about one dollar now, so that the whole sum would reach $200.

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