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Matthew 17:23-25
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Matthew 17:23-25
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
23 And they will kill Him. And He will be raised on the third day”. And they were extremely grieved.
Jesus Pays His Temple Tax With a Coin From a Fish He Sent Peter To Catch
24 And they having come to Capernaum, the ones[a] taking the double-drachmas[b] came to Peter and said, “Does not your teacher pay the double-drachmas?” 25 He says, “Yes”. And Peter having come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What seems right to you, Simon— from whom do the kings of the earth take taxes[c] or a poll-tax[d], from their sons[e] or from the strangers?”
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- Matthew 17:24 These are Jews commissioned by the Temple, not the hated ‘tax collectors’.
- Matthew 17:24 This was the yearly half-shekel (equivalent to two drachmas, the silver double-drachma coin) temple tax required of all male Jews 20 to 50 years old throughout the world. One Greek drachma was equivalent to one Roman denarius (one day’s wage).
- Matthew 17:25 That is, local taxes.
- Matthew 17:25 That is, a tax paid to the Emperor, based on a census.
- Matthew 17:25 Does the king’s family pay taxes, or the families of his subjects?
Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT) 
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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