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Matthew 17:24  (King James Version)
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Matthew 17:24

They that received tribute - This was not a tax to be paid to the Roman government; but a tax for the support of the temple. The law, Exodus 30:13, obliged every male among the Jews to pay half a shekel yearly; for the support of the temple; and this was continued by them wherever dispersed, till after the time of Vespasian, see Josephus, War, book 7. c. 6, who ordered it afterwards to be paid into the Roman treasury. The word in the text, which is generally translated tribute - , signifies the didrachma , or two drachms. This piece of money was about the value of two Attic drachms, each equal to fifteen pence of our money. The didrachma of the Septuagint, mentioned Exodus 30:13, was twice as heavy as the Attic, for it was equal to a whole shekel, this being the value of that piece of money at Alexandrina, the place where the Septuagint translation was made; for the half shekel mentioned in the above passage, they render , the half of a didrachma .




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 17:24:

Exodus 38:24
2 Samuel 14:30
Nehemiah 10:32
Matthew 4:13
Matthew 8:14
Matthew 13:1
Mark 9:30

 

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