Luca 20:24

24 Mostratemi un denaro; di chi porta l’effigie e l’iscrizione? Ed essi dissero: Di Cesare.

Luca 20:24 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:24

Show me a penny
A Roman denarius, value seven pence halfpenny of our money. The Persic version adds, "they showed it, he asked of them"; and the Ethiopic version, "and they brought it, and he said unto them", as follows;

whose image and superscription hath it?
for the penny had an head upon it, with something written, as the name of the emperor, whose image it was, his titles, the date of the coin, or some motto on it:

they answered and said, Caesar's;
very likely Tiberius Caesar's, who was at that time emperor of Rome; (See Gill on Matthew 22:20) and (See Gill on Matthew 22:21).

Luca 20:24 In-Context

22 E’ egli lecito a noi pagare il tributo a Cesare o no?
23 Ma egli, avvedutosi della loro astuzia, disse loro:
24 Mostratemi un denaro; di chi porta l’effigie e l’iscrizione? Ed essi dissero: Di Cesare.
25 Ed egli a loro: Rendete dunque a Cesare quel ch’è di Cesare, e a Dio quel ch’è di Dio.
26 Ed essi non poteron coglierlo in parole dinanzi al popolo; e maravigliati della sua risposta, si tacquero.
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