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Matthew 17:24
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter and said, Doth not your Master pay tribute?
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter and said, Doth not your Master pay tribute?
Verse Matthew 17:24. _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, Exodus 30:13, obliged every male among...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO CAPERNAUM - See the notes at Matthew 4:13. THEY THAT RECEIVED TRIBUTE - In the original this is, they who received the didrachma, or double drachma. The drachma was a Grecia...
5. THE COMING GLORY; the Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. The Tribute Money. CHAPTER 17 1. The Transfiguration. (Matthew 17:1 .) 2. The Helpless Disciples and the Power of the King. (M...
TEMPLE TRIBUTE. Mt. only. The collectors of the half-shekel, expected from every Jew towards the maintenance of the Temple, and usually paid just before the Passover, ask Peter if his master fulfilled...
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION (Matthew 17:1-8)...
When they came to Capernaum, those who received the half-shekel Temple tax came to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the tax?" Peter said, "He does pay it." When he had gone into the house, b...
TRIBUTE. money. the _didrachma =_ the half-shekels (Exodus 30:11). Occurs only here. See App-51.:8. Not the same word as in Matthew 17:25; Matthew 22:19....
Jesus pays the half shekel of the Sanctuary Peculiar to St Matthew 24. _they that received_ i. e. "the collectors of." After the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple the Jews were obl...
JESUS PAYS THE HALF SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY Peculiar to St Matthew. ΤᾺ ΔΊΔΡΑΧΜΑ. This was not a tribute levied by Cæsar or by Herod, but the half-shekel (Exodus 30:13) paid annually by every Jew into...
Ver 24. And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, "Doth not your master pay tribute?" 25. He saith, "Yes." And when he was come into the house, Je...
_JESUS IN HIS HUMILITY, PAYING TAX MATTHEW 17:24-27:_ It was costly to operate the temple. The ransom tax was used for that purpose. (Exodus 30:11-16) The tax authorities questioned Peter about whethe...
ΈΛΘΌΝΤΩΝ _aor. act. part., см._ Matthew 17:14. _Gen. abs._ ΠΡΟΣΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 17:7. ΔΊΔΡΑΧΜΟΝ (G1323) дидрахма. Монета, равная двум драхмам: примерно 36 центов. Такова была годо...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO CAPERNAUM— Josephus has expressly asserted, that each of the Jews used yearly to pay a didrachma, or half shekel, the piece of money here mentioned, and in value about fifte...
Section 45 JESUS QUIZZES PETER ABOUT TEMPLE TAXES TEXT: 17:24-27 24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Doth not your teacher pay the hal...
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO CAPERNAUM, THEY THAT RECEIVED TRIBUTE MO...
24 See Exo_30:11-16; Exo_38:25-26. 24 According to the law every one who was numbered in Israel, being over twenty years of age, paid half a shekel to shelter his soul (Exo_30:12-14). It was used for...
17:24 didrachmas (a-11) A Jewish personal tribute to the temple. See Exodus 30:11-16 , and cf. Nehemiah 10:32 ,Nehemiah 10:33 ....
THEY THAT RECEIVED TRIBUTE _money_] RV 'the half-shekel' (Gk. _didrachama_). Every male Isralite above the age of twenty was required by the Law (Exodus 30:11; Exodus 38:25) to pay half a shekel annua...
THE HALFSHEKEL OR TEMPLE TRIBUTE (peculiar to St. Matthew). Jesus is asked to pay the usual tax towards the maintenance of the temple services. As son of God He claims exemption, yet pays lest He shou...
THE TRANSFIGURATION 1-8. The Transfiguration (Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28). St. Leo rightly apprehended the historical situation when he said that in the Transfiguration the principal object aimed at was tha...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 17 JESUS CHANGED HIS APPEARANCE 17:1-13 V1 Six days later Jesus took Peter, James and John (who was James’s brother) with him. He le...
THEY THAT RECEIVED TRIBUTE MONEY. — The word for tribute here is _didrachma,_ and differs from that of Matthew 17:25; Matthew 22:17. The latter is the _census,_ or Roman poll-tax; the former was the T...
CHAPTER 14 Last Words at Capernaum - Matthew 17:22; Matthew 18:1 THE TEMPLE TRIBUTE Matthew 17:22 THE way southward lies through Galilee; but the time of Galilee's visitation is now over, so Jesus a...
εἰς Καπ.: home again after lengthened wandering with the satisfaction home gives even after the most exhilarating holiday excursions. Matthew 17:24. προσῆλθον οἱ, etc.: home-coming often means return...
_The temple tax_. In Mt. only, but unmistakably a genuine historic reminiscence in the main. Even Holtzmann (H. C.) regards it as history, only half developed into legend....
PAY TRIBUTE WHERE IT IS DUE Matthew 17:22-27 All Jews were required to pay the half-shekel for the maintenance of the Temple services. See Exodus 30:13. As God's own Son, our Lord might surely have c...
"After six days." Days of silence. No record have we of what transpired in those days. The strange declarations of the Cross had crushed the hearts of these men. Now to three of their number, as speci...
(6) And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute [money] came to Peter, and said, Doth (i) not your master (k) pay (l) tribute? (6) In that Christ willingly obeys Caesar's edicts,...
Then the children. From these words and the following, that we may not scandalize them, some argue that Christians are exempt from taxes. The fallacy of this deduction is victoriously demonstrated fro...
PAYING TRIBUTE Matthew 17:24-27. “And they, having come into Capernaum, those receiving the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Does not your Teacher also pay the half-shekel? He says, Yes. And when...
"And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? (25) He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus preven...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
Matthew 17:24._And when they came to Capernaum. _We must attend, first of all, to the design of this narrative; which is, that Christ, by paying tribute of his own accord, declared his subjection, as...
Jesus leads them up into a high mountain, and there is transfigured before them: "His face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light." Moses and Elias appeared also, talking with Hi...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME TO CAPERNAUM,.... Called Christ's own city, Matthew 9:1 where he dwelt some time Matthew 4:13 and Peter had an house, Matthew 8:14 "they that received tribute money", or the "d...
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute _money_ came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? Ver. 24:. _They that received tribute money_] This didrachmum or ha...
_When they were come to Capernaum_ Where our Lord now dwelt. Hence the collectors of the sacred tribute did not ask him for it till he came to this the ordinary place of his residence. _They that rece...
TRIBUTE - MONEY; paid yearly for the support of public worship and the service of the temple, amounting to half a shekel, or about twenty-five cents....
Only six days intervened before the three disciples witnessed the transfiguration of the Lord Jesus. Luke says, "about eight days after these things," for no doubt he counts the day the Lord spoke, an...
TRIBUTE MONEY: called in the original Didrachma, being in value fifteen pence...
24-27 Peter felt sure that his Master was ready to do what was right. Christ spoke first to give him proof that no thought can be withholden from him. We must never decline our duty for fear of givin...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 17:27"....
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II as tribute, taxes, or poll-money, as our Lord by giving a piece of money was freed from disturbance.[213] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V and se...
Matthew 17:24 G1161 they G846 come G2064 (G5631) to G1519 Capernaum G2584 received G2983 (G5723) tax...
JESUS AGAIN REVEALS HIS SONSHIP (17:24-27). In contrast with man's coming treatment of Him Jesus continues to reveal His Sonship preparatory to what is coming. What follows is not just an outlandish d...
‘And when they were come to Capernaum, those who received the shekel came to Peter, and said, “Does not your teacher pay the didrachma (shekel)?” (Matthew 17:24). The didrachma or shekel tax was proba...
Matthew 17:24. CAPERNAUM. His usual residence, hence the place where the temple tax would be collected from Him. THEY THAT RECEIVED THE HALF-SHEKEL, which every male Jew above twenty of age paid (in...
The definite details as to time and place show that our Lord repeated His prediction of His sufferings (chap. Matthew 16:21-23). Our Lord now left the foot of the mount and passed through Galilee (Mar...
THEY THAT RECEIVED THE HALF-SHEKEL (ο τα διδραχμα λαμβανοντες). This temple tax amounted to an Attic drachma or the Jewish half-shekel, about one-third of a dollar. Every Jewish man twenty years of...
CONTENTS: The transfiguration of Jesus Christ. The powerless disciples, unable to heal a lunatic, and the mighty Christ. Resurrection again foretold. Miracle of the tribute money. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Matthew 17:2. _He was transfigured before them._ Μεταμορφωθη, was transformed before them. Matthew, Mark, and Luke record this vision; and name the three selected witnesses. Peter had just confessed t...
WHEN JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES CAME TO CAPERNAUM. From Mt. Hermon through Galilee to Capernaum. See map. DOES YOUR TEACHER PAY THE TEMPLE TAX? Every Jewish male over twenty years old paid a yearly tax t...
_And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter._ CHRIST AND THE TRIBUTE MONEY I. On what principle christ claimed exemption. This tax levied for temple service...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 17:24 TWO-DRACHMA TAX. Exodus 30:11 required each person over the age of 20 to give a half-shekel offering (the equivalent of two drachmas) for the
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 17:22. WHILE THEY ABODE.—See R.V. margin. While they were sojourning in Galilee on their way back—on their return from the northern parts about Cæsarea Philippi (_Morison_)....
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 17:1 _The Transfiguration of Jesus_._ _(Mark 9:2; Luke 9:28.) This mysterious event was intended primarily to confirm the faith of the three apostles who were to h
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Matthew chapter seventeen. The seventeenth chapter of Matthew actually begins with the twenty-eighth verse of the sixteenth chapter. It's unfortunate that the men who d...
Exodus 30:13; Exodus 38:26; Mark 9:33...
They that received tribute - money [ο ι τ α δ ι δ ρ α χ μ α λ α μ β α ν ο ν τ ε ς]. Rev., They that received the half - shekel. Every male Israelite of age, including proselytes and manumitted Jews, w...
SEEING CHRIST IN MATTHEW Matthew 17:21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In Matthew we have decided to address ourselves to Christ's relationship to His people. For our introduction we will center our thought on...
When they were come to Capernaum — Where our Lord now dwelt. 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 tribut...
Observe here, 1. The question put to Peter; DOTH YOUR MASTER PAY TRIBUTE? This tribute-money originally was. tax paid yearly by every Jew to the service of the temple, to the value of fifteen-pence. h...