Mark 12:16

16 at illi adtulerunt et ait illis cuius est imago haec et inscriptio dicunt illi Caesaris

Mark 12:16 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 12:16

And they brought it
The penny, which was a Roman one, and worth seven pence halfpenny of our money:

and he saith unto them, whose is this image, and superscription;
for it had the head of an emperor upon it, very likely the image of the then reigning emperor Tiberius, and a superscription on it, expressing his name, and perhaps a motto along with it:

and they said unto him, Caesar's;
one of the Roman emperors, Augustus, or Tiberius; most probably the latter; (See Gill on Matthew 22:20), (See Gill on Matthew 22:21).

Mark 12:16 In-Context

14 qui venientes dicunt ei magister scimus quoniam verax es et non curas quemquam nec enim vides in faciem hominis sed in veritate viam Dei doces licet dari tributum Caesari an non dabimus

15 qui sciens versutiam eorum ait illis quid me temptatis adferte mihi denarium ut videam

16 at illi adtulerunt et ait illis cuius est imago haec et inscriptio dicunt illi Caesaris

17 respondens autem Iesus dixit illis reddite igitur quae sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo et mirabantur super eo

18 et venerunt ad eum Sadducaei qui dicunt resurrectionem non esse et interrogabant eum dicentes