Noun litra (pound) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV)


John

12: 3Mary took a pound (litra) of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
19: 39Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds (litra).