Thematic Bible: Pound


Thematic Bible



So he called ten of his servants, and gave them ten minas [one apiece, each equal to about a hundred days’ wages] and said to them, ‘Do business [with this] until I return.’ Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsTradeAppropriationTen PeopleLarge DenominationsSpecific Sums Of MoneyEternal PerspectiveBusinessFinancesTalentsGifts And Talentsinvesting

They gave according to their ability to the treasury for the work, 61,000 drachmas of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly [linen] garments. Verse ConceptsGiving, Of PossessionsCoinageGoldStoringCoinsOne HundredPriests GarmentsLarge DenominationsMoney For The Temple

He made three hundred smaller shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon [the king’s armory]. Verse ConceptsForestsThree To Four HundredRoyal HousesThree Hundred And AboveWeights Of Gold

Some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the treasury for the work 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver. What the rest of the people gave was 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests' garments.

Then Mary took a pound of very expensive perfume of pure nard, and she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. Verse ConceptsSweet OdoursFeetAnointing, Social CustomAnointing With OilGuestsHairsPerfumeSmellsAdoration, Of ChristAdmirationAnointed By PeopleExpensiveOther References To HairPure ThingsWeights Of Other ThingsHair