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# Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?

This is a rhetorical question. You can translate it as a strong statement. Alternate translation: "This perfume could have been sold for three hundred denarii and the money could have been given to the poor!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])

# three hundred denarii

You can translate this as a numeral. Alternate translation: "300 denarii" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])

# denarii

A denarius was the amount of silver that a common laborer could earn in one day of work. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bmoney]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This is a rhetorical question. You can translate it as a strong statement. Alternate translation: "This perfume could have been sold for three hundred denarii and the money could have been given to the poor!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# three hundred denarii`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`You can translate this as a numeral. Alternate translation: "300 denarii" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# denarii`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`A denarius was the amount of silver that a common laborer could earn in one day of work. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bmoney]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00