Thus may it properly be made out; what is delivered, _John_ 13. _Erat recumbens unus ex Discipulis ejus in sinu Jesu quem diligebat_; Now there was leaning on Jesus bosom one of his Disciples whom Jesus loved; which gesture will not so well agree unto the position of sitting, but is natural, and cannot be avoided in the Laws of accubation. And the very same expression is to be found in _Pliny_, concerning the Emperour _Nerva_ and _Veiento_ whom he favoured; _Cœnabat Nerva cum paucis, Veiento recumbebat proprius atque etiam in sinu_; and from this custom arose the word ἐπιστήθιος, that is, a near and bosom friend. And therefore _Causabon_ [SN: _Not_ in Evan.] justly rejecteth _Theophylact_; who not considering the ancient manner of decumbency, imputed this gesture of the beloved Disciple unto Rusticity, or an act of incivility. And thus also have some conceived, it may be more plainly made out what is delivered of _Mary Magdalen_[SN: Luke 7.]. That she stood at Christs feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head. Which actions, if our Saviour sat, she could not perform standing, and had rather stood behind his back, than at his feet. And therefore it is not allowable, what is observable in many pieces, and even of _Raphael Urbin_; wherein _Mary Magdalen_ is pictured before our Saviour, washing his feet on her knees; which will not consist with the strict description and letter of the Text. Now whereas this position may seem to be discountenanced by our Translation, which usually renders it sitting, it cannot have that illation, for the _French_ and _Italian_ Translations expressing neither position of session or recubation, do only say that he placed himself at the table; and when ours expresseth the same by sitting, it is in relation unto our custom, time, and apprehension. The like upon occasion is not unusual: so when it is said, _Luke_ 4. πτύξας τὸ βιβλίον, and the Vulgar renders it, _Cum plicasset librum_, ours translateth it, he shut or closed the book; which is an expression proper unto the paginal books of our times, but not so agreeable unto volumes or rolling books in use among the _Jews_, not only in elder times, but even unto this day. [SN: _What_ Denarius, _or the penny in the Gospel is_.] So when it is said, the _Samaritan_ delivered unto the host two pence for the provision of the _Levite_; and when our Saviour agreed with the Labourers for a penny a day, in strict translation it should be seven pence half penny; and is not to be conceived our common penny, the sixtieth part of an ounce. For the word in the Original is δηνάριον, in Latine, _Denarius_, and with the _Romans_ did value the eight part of an ounce, which after five shillings the ounce amounteth unto seven pence half penny of our money.