Matthew 17:24 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 17:24

After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Doth not your teacher pay the half-shekel?

KJV

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

Or otherwise; From the time of Augustus Cæsar Judæa was made tributary, and all the inhabitants were registered, as Joseph with Mary his kinswoman gave in His name at Bethlehem. Again, because the Lord was brought up at Nazareth, which is a town of Galilee subject to Capernaum, it is there that the tribute is asked of Him; but for that His miracles were so great, those who collected it did not dare to ask Himself, but make up to the disciple. Or, They enquire with malicious purpose whether He pays tribute, or resists Caesar's will.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

This was the reason why they stayed till he came thither, to ask him for the tribute. Doth not your Master pay tribute? - This was a tribute or payment of a peculiar kind, being half a shekel, (that is, about fifteen pence, ) which every master of a family used to pay yearly to the service of the temple, to buy salt, and little things not otherwise provided for.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They that received tribute - This was not a tax to be paid to the Roman government; but a tax for the support of the temple. The law, Exo 30:13, obliged every male among the Jews to pay half a shekel yearly; for the support of the temple; and this was continued by them wherever dispersed, till after the time of Vespasian, see Josephus, War, book 7. c. 6, who ordered it afterwards to be paid into the Roman treasury. The word in the text, which is generally translated tribute - τα διδραχμα, signifies the didrachma, or two drachms.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

(1856)

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐλθόντων	Elthontōn	When are coming	G2064 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	they	G846 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Καφαρναοὺμ	Kapharnaoum	Capernaum	G2584 →
προσῆλθον	prosēlthon	came	G4334 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
δίδραχμα	didrachma	didrachmas	G1323 →
λαμβάνοντες	lambanontes	collecting	G2983 →
τῷ	tō	to <the>	G3588 →
Πέτρῳ	Petrō	Peter	G4074 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἶπαν·	eipan	said;	G2036 →
ὁ	ho	The	G3588 →
διδάσκαλος	didaskalos	Teacher	G1320 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
οὐ	ou	surely	G3756 →
τελεῖ	telei	he pays	G5055 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
δίδραχμα;	didrachma	didrachmas?	G1323 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 38:26
a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
leads to
- Numbers 1:46
  And all those counted totaled 603,550.
- Exodus 30:13
  Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
Through
Mark 9:33
Then they came to Capernaum. While Jesus was in the house, He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
leads to
- Matthew 18:1–5
  At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
- Hebrews 4:13
  Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
- Luke 9:46–48
  Then an argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.
Through
Exodus 30:13
Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
leads to
- Leviticus 27:25
  Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
- Numbers 3:47
  you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
- Ezekiel 45:12
  The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.