Denarius

So the famous, what people allude to as the tribute pen, you've got your mouse on it right now.

Um, they call a Denarius of Tiberius who was emperor at the time would be most likely.

the coin that Jesus was referring to.

And so that's something that my dad had in his collection and that I kept of his, and I think it's very important.

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come! And I looked, and behold, a black horse, and its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.

And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, A quart of wheat for Denarius, and three quarts of barley for Denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.

When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, Come.

And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, and its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him.

They've only been going three weeks and they were advised to buy an Equinox 900 each.

And they've already made the most amazing finds, like Roman, really beautiful Denarius and another special Roman coin.

I can't remember what it's called, but like special, the kind of thing we'd be happy to find in five years.

Yeah.

The first assumption is, why is the Samaritan beating our people? It's not just personal safety, it's now personal expense.

Denarius is a day's wages.

He pays two days up front.

And then he says, and when I return, the word there is only used twice in the New Testament.

He says, well, I need to see this coin first.

This Denarius.

Well, it would be a Tiberius Denarius because that's who was emperor at the time.

And they said, show it to me.

Notice Jesus doesn't touch it.

And so they are showing to the Son of God the icon of an emperor who claims to be the Son of God.

Here's the coin.

This is a Tiberius Denarius.

For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.

He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

Denarius, obviously we don't transact in denarius, but denarius was the appropriate payment for a day's work.

So he agreed to pay them fairly for a day's work.

So about nine in the morning, the landowner went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing.