Matthew 17:24

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, 'Doesn’t your Teacher pay the temple tax?'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἐλθόντων δὲ αὐτῶν εἰς Καπερναούμ, προσῆλθον οἱ τὰ δίδραχμα λαμβάνοντες τῷ Πέτρῳ, καὶ εἶπον, Ὁ διδάσκαλος ὑμῶν οὐ τελεῖ τὰ δίδραχμα;

Transliteration

Elthontōn de of them into Kapernaoum, prosēlthon the ta didrachma lambanontes to the Petrō, and eipon, The didaskalos of you not telei the didrachma?

Grammar Details

• *Elthontōn*: aorist, active, participle, genitive, masculine, plural - having come
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - and/but
• *Kapernaoum*: accusative, feminine, singular - Capernaum
• *prosēlthon*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd plural - approached/came to
• *ta*: article, accusative, neuter, plural - the
• *didrachma*: accusative, neuter, plural - two-drachma coins (temple tax)
• *lambanontes*: present, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - collecting
• *Petrō*: dative, masculine, singular - Peter
• *eipon*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd plural - said
• *didaskalos*: nominative, masculine, singular - teacher
• *telei*: present, active, indicative, 3rd singular - pays

Word Meanings

• *Elthontōn*: having come/when they came
• *Kapernaoum*: Capernaum (town on north shore of Sea of Galilee)
• *prosēlthon*: approached/came to/came near to
• *didrachma*: two-drachma coins/temple tax
• *lambanontes*: collecting/receiving/taking
• *didaskalos*: teacher/master/instructor
• *telei*: pays/fulfills/completes

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And when they came to Capernaum, those who collected tribute money came to Peter, and said, Does your master not pay tribute?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Doth not your teacher pay the half-shekel?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when they were come to Capernau they yt were wont to gadre poll money came to Peter and sayde: Doth youre master paye tribute?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now wha they were come to Capernaum, they that receaued ye tribute money, came to Peter, and sayde: Doth youre master paye tribute?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when they were come to Capernaum, they that receiued polle money, came to Peter, and sayd, Doeth not your Master pay polle money?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when they were come to Capernaum, they that receaued tribute money, came to Peter, and sayde: Doth not your maister pay tribute?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute [money] came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins{A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, because 2 drachmas were worth one half shekel of silver.} came to Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher -- doth he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, `Yes.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Doth not your teacher pay the half-shekel?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said, Doth not your teacher pay the half-shekel?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when they had come to Capernaum, those who took the Temple tax came to Peter and said, Does not your master make payment of the Temple tax?

• World English Bible (2000)

  When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Temple Tax After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said,“Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn’t he?”

Referenced Verses

• Exod 30:13 : 13 This is what everyone who is counted must give: a half-shekel according to the sanctuary shekel (twenty gerahs to the shekel), as an offering to the LORD.
• Exod 38:26 : 26 Each person who was registered gave a half-shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone twenty years old or over who was counted—a total of six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
• Mark 9:33 : 33 They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them, 'What were you arguing about on the way?'