Matthew 17:24-26

Paying the Double Drachma Temple Tax

24 Now [when] they arrived in Capernaum, the ones who collected the double drachma [tax] came up to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the double drachma [tax]?"

25 He said, "Yes." And [when he] came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect tolls or taxes--from their own sons, or from foreigners?"

26 And [when he] said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("arrived")
• [b]. This refers to the half-shekel annual tax paid by Jewish males to support the temple; over time the name of the coin commonly used to pay the tax came to be used for the tax itself
• [c]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came") which is understood as temporal
• [d]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("said") which is understood as temporal