Matthew 17:24

The Temple Tax

17:24 After ¹  they arrived in Capernaum, ²  the collectors of the temple tax ³  came to Peter and said, “Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn’t he?”

Matthew 26:40

26:40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He ⁴  said to Peter, “So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour?

Matthew 16:23

16:23 But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.” ⁵ 

Matthew 26:73

26:73 After ⁶  a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, “You really are one of them too – even your accent ⁷  gives you away!”

[17:24]  ¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[17:24]  ² map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 C3; Map3 B2.

[17:24]  ³ tn Grk “Collectors of the double drachma.” This is a case of metonymy, where the coin formerly used to pay the tax (the double drachma coin, or δίδραχμον [didracmon]) was put for the tax itself (cf. BDAG 241 s.v.). Even though this coin was no longer in circulation in NT times and other coins were used to pay the tax, the name for the coin was still used to refer to the tax itself.

[26:40]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[16:23]  ⁷ tn Grk “people.”

[26:73]  ¹⁰ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[26:73]  ¹¹ tn Grk “your speech.”