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Lucas 20:24

Listen to Lucas 20:24
24 Mostradme un denario . ¿De quién es la imagen y la inscripción que lleva? Y ellos le dijeron: Del César.

Lucas 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).

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Lucas 20:24 In-Context

22 ¿Nos es lícito pagar impuesto al César, o no?
23 Pero El, percibiendo su astucia, les dijo:
24 Mostradme un denario . ¿De quién es la imagen y la inscripción que lleva? Y ellos le dijeron: Del César.
25 Entonces El les dijo: Pues dad al César lo que es del César, y a Dios lo que es de Dios.
26 Y no podían sorprenderle en palabra alguna delante del pueblo; y maravillados de su respuesta, callaron.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Un denario vala aprox. 4 gramos de plata, o el equivalente al salario de un da
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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