Beat me to it.

I do dislike how even intelligent people are increasingly relying on AI for answers.

It is like talking to a hippie at a music festival after midnight; Occasionally it will offer you some fantastic insight, but most of what it says will meaningless hallucinations aimed at engaging your further in conversation so you come back to their campground and engage in their drum circle.

Good calculation.

I think it can be improved by taking into account how the value of silver has changed (since silver could have been worth more or less around Jesus time).

I Asked AI to estimate how the purchasing power of silver has changed:

Labor Wages as the Standard Roman Era: 3.9 grams of silver = 1 day's labor wages 1 gram of silver = 0.256 day's wages Today (using US minimum wage as a baseline): 1 gram of silver ($1.54) = 0.027 day's wages ($58) Result: Silver has lost 89.6% of its purchasing power relative to labor

So silver was about 10 times more valuable around Jesus time (if the AI is correct), so would be equal about $6270 today. Pretty close to 7k.

It’s surprising he didn’t kvetch for more.