792. The Firkin

By: James M. Freeman

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Duration: 26sec

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John 2:6⁶And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. (John 2:6). Six waterpots of stone....containing two or three firkins apiece.

The metretes, “firkin,” was the principal Greek liquid measure, and contained a little more than eight gallons and seven eighths. It corresponded to the Hebrew bath. See note on Ezekiel 45:10¹⁰Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. (Ezekiel 45:10) (#584).

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