Luke 20:24

Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”

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WEBBE

Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”

BSB

“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

KJV

Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.

ASV

Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said, Cæsar’s.

BBE

Let me see a penny. Whose image and name are on it? And they said, Caesar's.

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δείξατέ deixate do show G1166 μοι moi Me G3165 δηνάριον dēnarion a denarius G1220 τίνος tinos Of whom G5101 ἔχει echei has it G2192 εἰκόνα eikona [the] image G1504 καὶ kai and G2532 ἐπιγραφήν; epigraphēn inscription G1923 οἱ hoi Those G3588 δὲ de And G1161 εἶπαν eipan they said G2036 Καίσαρος Kaisaros Caesar’s G2541

The early church

Let those who impute the question of our Saviour to ignorance, learn from this place that Jesus was well able to know whose image was on the money; but He asks the question, that He might give a fitting answer to their words; for it follows, They answered and said, Cæsar's. We must not suppose Augustus is thereby meant, but Tiberius, for all the Roman kings were called Cæsar, from the first Caius Cæsar.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 20–26

Those who are most crafty in their designs against Christ and his gospel, cannot hide them. He did not give a direct answer, but reproved them for offering to impose upon him; and they could not fasten upon any thing wherewith to stir up either the governor or the people against him. The wisdom which is from above, will direct all who teach the way of God truly, to avoid the snares laid for them by wicked men; and will teach our duty to God, to our rulers, and to all men, so clearly, that opposers will have no evil to say of us.

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