Luke 7:41-42

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Luke 7:41 sn A creditor was a moneylender, whose business was to lend money to others at a fixed rate of interest.
2. Luke 7:41 tn The word “him” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
3. Luke 7:41 tn Grk “five hundred denarii.”sn The silver coins were denarii. The denarius was worth about a day’s wage for a laborer; this would be an amount worth not quite two years’ pay. The debts were significant: They represented two months’ pay and one and three quarter years’ pay (20 months) based on a six day work week.
4. Luke 7:42 tn The verb ἐχαρίσατο (echarisato) could be translated as “forgave.” Of course this pictures the forgiveness of God’s grace, which is not earned but bestowed with faith (see v. 49).