^17:24After⁴² they arrived in Capernaum,⁴³ the collectors of the temple tax⁴⁴ came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn’t he?”

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Footnotes

42 Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
43 For location see ; ; .
44 Grk “Collectors of the double drachma.” This is a case of metonymy, where the coin formerly used to pay the tax (the double drachma coin, or δίδραχμον [didrachmon]) was put for the tax itself (cf. ). Even though this coin was no longer in circulation in NT times and other coins were used to pay the tax, the name for the coin was still used to refer to the tax itself. The temple tax refers to the half-shekel tax paid annually by male Jews to support the temple (Exod 30:13–16).

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?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

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