Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?
Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
"Why wasn't this ointment sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?"
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
Three hundred pence - Or denarii: about 9. 13s. 9d. of our money; reckoning the denarius at 7 3/4d. One of my MSS. of the Vulgate (a MS. of the 14th century) reads, cccc denarii.
Three hundred pence - About 40,00, or 8 British pounds, 10 shillings (circa 1880's).
And given to the poor - The avails or value of it given to the poor.