Farthing

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

Two names of coins in the New Testament are rendered in the Authorized Version by this word:


• Quadrans, (Matthew 5:26; Mark 12:42) a coin current in the time of our Lord, equivalent to three-eights of a cent;

• The assarion, equal to one cent and a half, (Matthew 10:29; Luke 12:6)

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