Editing Denarius (section)

==Use in the Bible==
In the [[New Testament]], the gospels refer to the ''denarius'' as a day's wage for a common laborer ([[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] 20:2,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+20%3A2&version=NIV |title=Matthew 20:2 NIV – He agreed to pay them a denarius |publisher=Bible Gateway |access-date=2013-10-02 |archive-date=2013-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004212932/http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+20%3A2&version=NIV |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gospel of John|John]]  12:5).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jn%2012:5;&version=31 |title=Jn 12:5; NIV – "Why wasn't this perfume sold ... |publisher=Bible Gateway |access-date=2013-10-02 |archive-date=2023-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904145051/https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jn%2012:5;&version=NIV |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[Book of Revelation]], during the Third Seal: Black Horse, a [[Ancient Greek units of measurement#Volume|choinix]] ("quart") of wheat and three quarts of barley were each valued at one ''denarius''.<ref>Revelation 6:6</ref> Bible scholar [[Robert H. Mounce]] says the price of the wheat and barley as described in the vision appears to be ten to twelve times their normal cost in ancient times.<ref>The New International Commentary on the New Testament, "The Book of Revelation", p.&nbsp;155)</ref> Revelation thus describes a condition where basic goods are sold at greatly inflated prices. Thus, the [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse|black horse rider]] depicts times of deep scarcity or famine, but not of starvation. Apparently, a choinix of wheat was the daily ration of one adult. Thus, in the conditions pictured by [[Revelation 6]], the normal income for a working-class family would buy enough food for only one person. The less costly barley would feed three people for one day's wages.

The ''denarius'' is also mentioned in the [[Parable of the Unforgiving Servant]] & in [[Parable of the Good Samaritan]] ([[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 10:25–37). The [[Render unto Caesar]] passage in Matthew 22:15–22 and Mark 12:13–17 uses the word (δηνάριον) to describe the coin held up by Jesus, translated in the King James Bible as "[[tribute penny]]". It is commonly thought to be a ''denarius'' with the head of Tiberius.