Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 20:2
And when he had (a) agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
(a) Literally, "fell in time": it is a kind of speech taken from poetry.
And when he had (a) agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
(a) Literally, "fell in time": it is a kind of speech taken from poetry.
Verse Matthew 20:2. _A PENNY_] A Roman coin, as noted before, Matthew 18:28, worth about _seven-pence halfpenny_ or _seven-pence three farthings_ of our money, and equal to the Greek _drachma_. This...
A PENNY A DAY - The coin here referred to was a Roman coin, equal in value, at different periods, to 15 cents or 17 cents (7 1/2 d. to 8 1/2 d.) (circa 1880’s). The original denotes the Roman denarius...
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"For the situation in the Kingdom of Heaven is like what happened when a householder went out first thing in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. When he had come to an agreement with them th...
THE MASTER SEEKS HIS WORKERS (Matthew 20:1-16)...
WITH. Greek. _meta._ THE LABOURERS: i.e. the twelve Apostles (the first called). FOR. Greek. _ek._ App-104. _ek =_ out of, or from [the bargain]. penny. day. PENNY. Greek. _denarion_ (App-51.). a da...
_a penny_ a denarius. See ch. Matthew 18:28....
ἘΚ ΔΗΝΑΡΊΟΥ. ‘On the terms of a denarius,’ ἐκ indicates the point from which the bargaining proceeds, the starting point and so the basis of the compact. It is not = δηναρίου, Matthew 20:13, genitive...
THE PARABLE OF THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD Peculiar to St Matthew...
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ΣΥΜΦΩΝΉΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΣΥΜΦΟΝΈΩ (G4856) соглашаться, _см._ Matthew 18:19. _Сопутств._ или _temp. part._ ΕΚ (G1537) за; выражает соглашение (RWP). ΔΗΝΆΡΙΟ Ν (G1220) динарий, римская монета, о...
FOR A PENNY A-DAY— A _denarius,_ or Roman _penny,_ in value about seven-pence halfpenny of our money,—which hence it seems was the usual price of a day's service among the Jews, as Tacitus tells us it...
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ἐκ δηναρίου : on the basis of a penny; the agreement sprang out of the offer, and acceptance, of a denarius as a day's wage (so Meyer, Weiss, etc.). τὴν ἡμέραν = _per diem_, only a single day is conte...
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The Roman penny, or denarius, was the 8th part of an ounce; which, at the rate of 5s. per ounce, is 7\'bdd. It is put here for the usual hire of a day-labourer....
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AND WHEN HE HAD AGREED WITH THE LABOURERS FOR A PENNY A DAY,.... These labourers were of that sort that were called שכיר יום, "hired for a day"; concerning whom is the following rule q: "he that is h...
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_And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day_ “A _denarius_, or Roman penny, in value about seven and one half pence sterling, which it seems was the usual price of a day's service amo...
A PENNY; about fourteen cents. The proper compensation, at that time, for a day's labor....
The hiring:...
AND WHEN HE HAD AGREED WITH THE LABORERS FOR A PENNY A DAY, HE SENT THEM INTO HIS VINEYARD....
The principle of the first and the last is now illustrated in a most penetrating parable of the kingdom of heaven. The householder goes out early in the morning to hire labourers to work in his vineya...
PENNY: the Roman penny is the eighth part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce, is seven pence halfpenny...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 20:16"....
Origen Commentary on John Book I "The God of gods hath spoken, and called the earth." Now God, according to the Gospel,[152]...
Matthew 20:2 Now G1161 agreed G4856 (G5660) with G3326 laborers G2040 for G1537 denarius G1220 day G2250 sent...
“And when he had agreed with the labourers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.” In this case the estate owner agreed with the workers whom He hired from those who were standing there...
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FOR A PENNY A DAY (εκ δηναριου την ημεραν). See on Matthew 18:28. "Penny" is not adequate, "shilling" Moffatt has it. The εκ with the ablative represents the agreement (συνφωνησας) with the workmen...
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Matthew 20:1. _For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers f...
Matthew 20:1. _For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers f...
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Matthew 20:1. _A householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers_ for the work of his vineyard, the time, the most important time of the vintage being understood. It was the custom...
AND SENT THEM TO WORK. This was just at sunrise about 6 A.M. A "silver coin" was the normal wage, and would buy as much in proportion as a day's wage now....
_For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard: _ THE LABOURERS IN THE VINEYARD 1. This story is on the...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 20:2 DENARIUS. A typical day’s wage for a laborer. THIRD HOUR. 9:00 A.M. The workday was typically divided into four three-hour parts, running from approximately 6:00 A.
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_When he had agreed with the labourers._ Jovian and Calvin have asserted that all the just are equal in reward, _i.e._, in the denarius of eternal life, and that therefore they are equal in merit, and...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 20:1. FOR, etc.—The division of the Chapter s is here singularly unfortunate, as separating the parable both from the events which gave occasion to it and from the teaching wh...
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1 Kings 18:12; 1 Kings 3:6; 1 Samuel 16:11; 1 Samuel 16:12; 1 Sa
For a penny [ε κ δ η ν α ρ ι ο υ]. A denarius, the chief silver coin of the Romans at this time, and of the value of about seventeen cents. We must remember to reckon according to the rate of wages in...
The Roman penny was about seven pence halfpenny. [About thirteen and three quarter cents, American.] This was then the usual price of a day's labour....