New Testament 299

      Matthew 25:14-30 Compare Mark 13:34; Luke 19:11-27   The word talent (Latin talentum, from the ancient Greek τάλαντον [talanton], meaning “scale,” “balance,” or “sum”) originally referred to a denomination of money or, more precisely, to a weight of metal.  Homer, for instance, knew the concept, and tells how Achilles gave a half-talent of gold to Antilochus, son of [Read More...]