Matthew 18:24 (KJV)
And when he had begun to reckon one was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents
Cross-references
owed. Lu 7:41 Lu 7:42 Lu 13:4 Lu 16:5 Lu 16:7
ten thousand.[Murias talanton ,] a myriad of talents, the highest number known in Greek arithmetical notation. According to Prideaux, the Roman talent was equal to 216£; ten thousand of which would amount to 2,160,000£. If the Jewish talent of silver be designed, which is estimated by the same learned writer at 450£., this sum amounts to 4,500,000£.; but if the gold talent is meant, which is equal to 7200£., then the amount is 72,000,000£. This immense sum represents our boundless obligations to God, and our utter incapacity, as sinners infinitely indebted to Divine justice, of paying one mite out of the talent. 1Ch 29:7 Ezr 9:6 Ps 38:4 Ps 40:12 Ps 130:3 Ps 130:4
talents."A talent is 750 ounces of silver, which after five shillings the ounce is 187£. 10s."
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