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When they were come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachmas came to Peter, and said, "Doesn`t your teacher pay the didrachma?"
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The Temple Tax Explained
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the 'half-shekel' was not a Roman tax but a religious contribution for the upkeep of the Jerusalem temple and its services. Based on a custom from Exodus, it was an expected annual payment for every adult Jewish male. This distinguishes it from the civil taxes paid to Caesar, which are discussed elsewhere in the Gospels.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And when they were come to Capernaum. (See Barnes on Matthew 4:13).
They that received tribute. In the original, this refe…
They that received the half-shekel (ο τα διδραχμα λαμβανοντες). This temple tax amounted to an Attic drachma or the Jewish half-sh…
19th Century
Anglican
They that received tribute money — The word for tribute here is didrachma, which differs from the word used in Matthew 17…
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Baptist
The half-shekel tribute was a religious payment, based originally on law, but enlarged by a custom which had no support in Scripture. It was ordain…
“The two-drachma tax” was probably not a civil tax in support of Rome (cf. 22:15–22) but a Jewish “tax” of half a shekel levied on every male Jew b…
16th Century
Protestant
And when they came to Capernaum. We must attend, first of all, to the design of this narrative. Its purpose is that Christ, by paying trib…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when they were come to Capernaum Called Christ's own city (Matthew 9:1), where he dwelt some time ([…
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 withheld from him. We m…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, He foretells the tranquility of glory, which is assaulted by diabolical possession and the disturbance of men. He foretells that the first as…
