Tribute money (το νομισμα του κηνσου). Κηνσος, Latin census, was a capitation tax or head-money, tributum capitis, f…

The tribute money. The money in which the tribute was paid. This was a Roman coin. The tribute for the temple service was paid in the Jewi…

Show me the tribute money — The parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:2) indicates that the denarius…

Having exposed their folly and hypocrisy, Jesus proceeds to put them publicly to shame. He said to them, “Shew me the tribute money.”

Pseudo-Chrysostom: Just as when someone tries to dam a flowing stream, as soon as one outlet is blocked, it carves out …

But Jesus will not be forced into a yes or no reply. He recognizes the duplicity of his opponents. Jesus chooses to answer them on his own terms an…

Show me the tribute-money. When Christ orders them to bring forward a coin, though at first sight it appears to be of no great importance,…

Show me the tribute money
Not any money, or any sort of coin that was current among them; but that in which the trib…

The Pharisees sent their disciples with the Herodians, a party among the Jews who favored full subjection to the Roman emperor. Though opposed to e…

Above, the Lord refuted the Pharisees by a parable; here, He manifests His wisdom in a second way by disputing with them. He does so in two ways: