24 [a]And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received poll money, came to Peter, and said, Doth [b]not your Master [c]pay [d]poll money?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:24 In that that Christ doth willingly obey Caesar’s edicts, he showeth that civil policy is not taken away by the Gospel.
  2. Matthew 17:24 He denieth not, but he asketh.
  3. Matthew 17:24 Ought he not to pay?
  4. Matthew 17:24 They that were from twenty years of age to fifty, paid half a shekel of the Sanctuary, Exod. 30:13. This was an Attic didrachma which the Romans exacted, after they had subdued Judea.

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