He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 33. In three measures. Sata, the word here used, was a particular Hebrew measure, which corresponds not to any particular measure that we make use of, and therefore I have put measures, as it is in other English translations. See Walton de Ponderibus & mensuris, before his first tome, p. 42. Witham.—It was the Seah of the Jews, the third part of the Epha, and contained about ten pints, and appears to be the ordinary quantity they baked at a time. V.—By the woman here mentioned, S. Jerom understands the Church gathered from all nations; or the power and wisdom of God, according to Saint Augustine.
literally, three sata. Three sata is about 39 liters or a bit more than a bushel