Matthew 17:27
“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
BSB
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ASV
But, lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
KJV
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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Commentary
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31 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἵνα | ina | That | G2443 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| μὴ | mē | not | G3361 → |
| σκανδαλίσωμεν | skandalisōmen | we may offend | G4624 → |
| αὐτούς, | autous | them, | G846 → |
| πορευθεὶς | poreutheis | having gone | G4198 → |
| εἰς | eis | to | G1519 → |
| θάλασσαν | thalassan | sea | G2281 → |
| βάλε | bale | do cast | G906 → |
| ἄγκιστρον | agkistron | a hook | G44 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| ἀναβάντα | anabanta | having raised | G305 → |
| πρῶτον | prōton | first | G4413 → |
| ἰχθὺν | ichthun | fish | G2486 → |
| ἆρον· | aron | do take; | G142 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἀνοίξας | anoixas | having opened | G455 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| στόμα | stoma | mouth | G4750 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of it | G846 → |
| εὑρήσεις | heurēseis | you will find | G2147 → |
| στατῆρα. | statēra | a four-drachma coin. | G4715 → |
| ἐκεῖνον | ekeinon | That [which] | G1565 → |
| λαβὼν | labōn | having taken | G2983 → |
| δὸς | dos | do give | G1325 → |
| αὐτοῖς | autois | to them | G846 → |
| ἀντὶ | anti | for | G473 → |
| ἐμοῦ | emou | Me | G1473 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| σοῦ.¶ | sou | yourself. | G4771 → |
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