Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
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Gill's Exposition
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them,.... Though Christ could have maintained his right of exemption from payment, by such strong and clear reasons and arguments; yet he chose to forego it,…
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…
Cambridge Bible
a piece of money Literally, a stater; a Greek silver coin equivalent to the Hebrew shekel, or to four drachmæ in Greek money.
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