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Matthew 17:24

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Paying the Double Drachma Temple Tax

24Now when* they arrived in Capernaum, the ones who collected the double drachma taxf came up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the double drachma tax?”

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“arrived”)
  2. fThis refers to the half-shekel annual tax paid by Jewish males to support the temple; over time the name of the coin commonly used to pay the tax came to be used for the tax itself

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the temple tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

NLTNew Living Translation

On their arrival in Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the Temple tax?”

KJV 1900King James Version

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?