Take that, and give it to them for me and you.
Take that and give it to them for me and you.
Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth and you will find in it a dollar.
Men have inferred that a miracle must have been wrought from a literal interpretation of the promise.
Sometimes things are expedient for which there is not the letter of the law. Proverbs 17:27 German Bible Alphabetical: A and cool even-tempered has He his is knowledge man of restrains restraint spirit understanding uses who with words OT Poetry: Proverbs 17:27 He who spares his words has knowledge (Prov.
If the house was Peter's, this will account for payment being provided on this occasion, not for all the Twelve, but only for him and His Lord. Matthew 17:27 × Parallel Verses. Take it and give it to them for us both.
Jeremiah 17:27 New King James Version (NKJV). 64. "But so that we don't offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. And [when you] open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. (2.)
"Yet that we may not offend them, go to the sea, and cast an hook, and take the fish that first cometh up.
Take that and give it to them, for me and you.But, that we may not cause them to stumble, go unto the sea, and cast in a hook, and, the first fish that cometh up, take, and, opening its mouth, thou shalt find a shekel, - that, take, and give to them for me and thee.But that we give them no offence, go unto the sea, and cast in a hook, and take the first fish which cometh up; and on opening his mouth, thou wilt find a stater, that take and give them for me and thee.
This was a wonderful instance of the omniscience of Christ, who knew there was in such a fish, such a piece of money, as exactly answered the present exigence, and that that would come first to Peter's hook; and of his omnipotence, if not in forming this piece of money immediately in the fish's mouth, as is thought by some, yet in causing this fish to come to Peter's hook first, and as soon as cast in; and of his power and dominion over all creatures, even over the fishes of the sea; and so proved himself to be what he suggested, the Son of the King of kings; and to be a greater person than the kings of the earth, to whom tribute was paid: and yet, at the same time, it declares his great poverty as man, that he had not a shekel to pay on such an occasion, without working a miracle; and his great condescension to do it, rather than give offence by non-payment: and take, and give unto them for me and thee; for the half shekel was expected of Peter, as well as of Christ, and he had not wherewith to pay it; and this Christ knew, and therefore provides for both.
There is no actual record that a miracle was wrought at all. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin.
"But lest we should offend them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. The story is told for the sake of the teaching, not of the wonder.
1. New American Standard Bible. And when you have opened its mouth, you shall find a stater; take that, and give it to them for Me and you.Nevertheless, lest we should offend them, go to the sea and cast in thine angle, and take the fish that first cometh up: and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of twenty pence: that take, and pay for me and thee. Take it and give it [to the tax collectors] for you and me.
(w) Gloss.
"Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take the fish that first cometh up: and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: take that, and give to them for me and thee. If he created the coin for the occasion and placed it there, then it was proof of divine power. It is by no means absurd that a fish should have swallowed a silver coin. Translations When Peter said, “From strangers,” Jesus said to him, Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of And have appointed him over the works of Your hands