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An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas. ... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MANEH; MINA. ... /m/mina.htm - 9k. Upharsin (1 Occurrence)... As to the interpretation of the inscription, it makes no difference whether the signs represented a mina, a shekel, and two perases, as has ...
- Minas
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- Parable of The Pounds
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- Minas
Writings from Ugarit give the value of a mina as equivalent to fifty shekels. [10] The prophet Ezekiel refers to a mina (maneh in the King James Version) also as 60 shekels, in the Book of Ezekiel 45:12. Jesus of Nazareth tells the "parable of the minas" in Luke 19:11–27, also told as the "parable of the talents" in Matthew 25:14–30.
Luke 19:13 tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2. Luke 19:13 sn That is, one for each. A mina was a Greek monetary unit worth 100 denarii or about four months’ wages for an average worker based on a six-day work week. Luke 19:14 tn Or “subjects.” Technically these people were not his subjects yet, but would be upon his return.
Feb 6, 2022 · It’s the parable of the minas, and a mina was a unit of money, a measurement of money. It amounted to about three months’ wages. When we’re reading about the minas each person is receiving, that’s what they’re receiving; about three months of wages for a laborer in that day and time. Let’s read the word of God.
Aug 4, 2016 · Secondly, the unit of weight in this parable has changed from a talent to a mina. In Jesus’ day one mina was equal to 1/60th of a talent, so a mina represented considerably less value than a talent. Once again, the relatively modest payment to each slave is consistent with the master's charge to "do business."
And having called his own ten bondmen, he gave to them ten minas, and said to them, Trade while I am coming. (DBY NAS NIV) Luke 19:16 The first came before him, saying,'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.' (WEB DBY NAS) Luke 19:18 "The second came, saying,'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.' (WEB DBY NAS) Luke 19:24
The Parable of the Minas - Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately. Therefore He said: “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business ...