Matthew 17:26

Peter saith unto him,.... The Vulgate Latin reads, "and he said": and so the Ethiopic, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel; but without doubt Peter is meant, and rightly expressed; whose answer to Christ's…

And when they were come to Capernaum - See the notes at Mat 4:13. They that received tribute - In the original this is, they who received the didrachma, or double drachma. The drachma was a Grecian…

We have here an account of Christ's paying tribute.

I. Observe how it was demanded, Mat 17:24. Christ was now at Capernaum, his headquarters, where he mostly resided; he did not keep from thence, to…

then are the children free "the sons are exempt from tribute." The deduction is, "Shall He whom thou hast rightly named the Son of God pay tribute to the Temple of his Father?" The Romans called their…