Luke Chapter 16, Verse 7
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7: επειτα ετερω ειπεν συ δε ποσον οφειλεις ο δε ειπεν εκατον κορους σιτου και λεγει αυτω δεξαι σου το γραμμα και γραψον ογδοηκοντα
7: Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said,
An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy
bill, and write fourscore.
7: Then he said to another: And how much dost thou owe? Who said: An
hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him: Take thy bill and write
eighty.
Measures of wheat. The measure here mentioned -- the kor, or
homer -- contained, according to the tables of Dr. Arbuthnot, about
32 pecks, or 8 bushels; or, according to the marginal note, about 14
bushels and a pottle. A pottle is 4 pints. The Hebrew kor,
^hebrew^ -- or homer, ^hebrew^ -- was equal to 10 baths or 70 gallons,
and the actual amount of the measure, according to this, was not far
from 8 gallons. Robinson (Lex.), however, supposes that the bath was
11 1/2 gallons, and the kor or homer 14.45 bushels. The amount is not
material to the proper understanding of the parable.
Fourscore. Eighty.
- {2} "measures" = "The measure here indicated contained about fourteen
bushels and a pottle"
