Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 20:24
Show me a penny — A Roman penny, which was the money that was usually paid on that occasion.
Show me a penny — A Roman penny, which was the money that was usually paid on that occasion.
See this explained in the Matthew 22:15 notes, and Mark 12:13 notes....
CHAPTER 20 _ 1. His Authority Demanded and His Answer.(Luke 20:1)_ 2. Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen. (Luke 20:9) 3. Question about Tribute to Caesar. (Luke 20:20) 4. The Question Concerning Resu...
THE QUESTION OF TRIBUTE (Mark 12:13 *, Matthew 22:15 *). The authorities send spies who pretend to be honest inquirers, pious observers of the Law, with a really conscientious scruple. Luke 20:21. th...
BY WHAT AUTHORITY? (Luke 20:1-8)...
The scribes and chief priests tried to lay hands on Jesus at that very hour; and they feared the people, for they realized that he spoke this parable to them. They watched for an opportunity, and they...
SHEW. Exhibit. Not the same word as in Luke 20:37. PENNY. Greek. _denarius._ App-51. WHOSE IMAGE, &c.. See note on Matthew 22:20....
_Shew me a penny_ A denarius. See on Luke 7:41. We see from Mark 12:15-16 that they were obliged to borrow the heathen coin from one of the tables of the money-changers. They would only carry Jewish m...
ΟἹ ΔῈ ἜΔΕΙΞΑΝ ΚΑῚ ΕἾΠΕΝ is added by אBL, La[347] In this and many other instances the text has been modified by the scribes, in an unimportant manner, from the parallels. [347] La. Lachmann. 24. ΔΕΊΞ...
QUESTION ABOUT THE TRIBUTE MONEY...
Ver 19. And the Chief Priests and the Scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. 20. And they watche...
ΔΕΊΞΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ (G1166) показывать, ΔΗΝΆΡΙΟΝ (G1220) _асс. sing._ динарий. Римская серебряная монета с изображением цезаря (_см._ Matthew 22:20; H. St J. Hart, "The Coin of 'Re...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Search For An Excuse Scripture_ Luke 20:19-47 And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they percei...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Religion and Government (Luke 20:20-26) 20So they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might take hold of what he said, so as to deliver hi...
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor...
24 Two kinds of coins were in circulation, the Roman and the Jewish. The temple taxes had to be paid in the Jewish shekel, the Roman in the foreign currency. The fact that they had accepted the conque...
VARIOUS INCIDENTS OF THE LAST WEEK 1-8. The authority of Jesus challenged (Matthew 21:23; Mark 11:27). See on Mt....
THE TRIBUTE MONEY (Matthew 22:15; Mark 12:13). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 20 THE QUESTION ABOUT JESUS’ AUTHORITY 20:1-8 V1 One day Jesus was in the *Temple. He was teaching the people and declaring the Good News. The chief...
(20-26) AND THEY WATCHED HIM. — See Notes on Matthew 22:15 and Mark 12:13. AND SENT FORTH SPIES. — The noun is, again, one of St. Luke’s characteristic words not used by any other New Testament writer...
Lk. reports more briefly than Mt. and Mk., not thinking it necessary to state that the denarius asked for was handed to Jesus....
_The tribute question_ (Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17)....
TRIBUTE TO CAESAR AND TO GOD Luke 20:19-26 Fearing to touch Him themselves, and finding no foothold against Him according to the Mosaic law, His enemies sought to bring Christ into collision with th...
This chapter records the remarkable happenings gathered around our Lord's entrance into the Temple. By a parable He revealed the awful sin and failure of the Hebrew nation, culminating in His own reje...
TRIBUTE TO CAESAR Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:20-26. “And lying in wait for Him, they sent sharpers, hypocritically claiming to be righteous, that they may catch His word, in order to del...
4. _The Question of the Pharisees: Luke 20:20-26_. The official question of the Sanhedrim served only to prepare a triumph for Jesus. From this time forth the different parties make attempts on Him s...
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor....
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
It will be remarked here that, as He draws nigh to Jerusalem, the Lord weeps over the city. It is not now as in Matthew, where, while discoursing with the Jews, He points it out to them as that which...
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 sai...
_And they watched him_ For an elucidation of this paragraph, see on Matthew 22:16, and Mark 12:13; _and sent spies, which should feign themselves just men_ Men scrupulously conscientious in every poin...
Tribute to Cesar-the resurrection. Matthew 22:15-33....
The answer of Jesus:...
SHOW ME A PENNY. WHOSE IMAGE AND SUPERSCRIPTION HATH IT? THEY ANSWERED AND SAID, CAESAR'S....
AUTHORITY:FROM HEAVEN OR OF MEN? (vs.1-8) The chief priests and scribes used every means they could to discredit the Lord Jesus among the people. While He was teaching and preaching in the temple, th...
PENNY: See Matthew 18:28...
20-26 Those who are most crafty in their designs against Christ and his gospel, cannot hide them. He did not give a direct answer, but reproved them for offering to impose upon him; and they could no...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 20:21...
Luke 20:24 Show G1925 (G5657) Me G3427 denarius G1220 Whose G5101 image G1504 and G2532 inscription G1923 have...
‘But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription has it?” And they said, “Caesar's.” ' Jesus, however, saw through them immediately. And so He...
THE SECOND TEST: IS IT LAWFUL TO GIVE TRIBUTE TO CAESAR? (20:20-26). In the chiasmus of the Section this challenge parallels the challenge concerning His authority (Luke 20:1). Sneakily they seek to...
Luke 20:20-26. THE QUESTION RESPECTING TRIBUTE. See on Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17. Luke's account states more fully the crafty method of the chief-priests, but as regards the interview itself pre...
Passing over the incident of the barren fig tree (Monday evening and Tuesday morning, on the way to and from Bethany) related by Matthew and Mark, Luke gives a sketch of the various assaults made upon...
CONTENTS: Jesus' authority questioned. Parable of the vineyard. Question of the tribute money. Answer to Sadducees about resurrection. Jesus questions Scribes. CHARACTERS: Jesus, priests, Scribes, Jo...
Luke 20:2. _Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things._ A question after all his miracles which offered the foulest insult to God, and was the emanation of complot and of malice. See Matthew...
TELL US, IS IT AGAINST OUR LAW? For notes on this question about paying taxes, see Matthew 22:15-22....
_They watched Him_ CHRIST WAS WATCHED, AND SO ARE WE The chief priests and rulers of the Jews watched Jesus, but not to learn the way of salvation. They watched Him with the evil eyes of malice and...
JUST A PENNY Show me a penny Luke 20:24. I expect there are a good many copies of our text in church today. For the text is an old and useful friend. We meet him every day and he is quite a frequen...
RELIGIOUS LEADERS QUESTION JESUS ABOUT PAYING TAXES MATTHEW 22:15-22; MARK 12:13-17; LUKE 20:20-26; MATTHEW 22:15 Then went
CHAPTER 20 VER. 36. _They are equal unto the angels._ So the Arabic, Syriac, Egyptian, Persian, and Ethiopic; equal in celibacy, immortality, glory. As therefore the angels do not marry nor generate,...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 20:19. AND THEY FEARED THE PEOPLE.—The state of mind in which the attempt to ensnare Jesus was made: “and they did so in fear of the people” (_Alford_). Luke 20:20. THEY WATCHED...
EXPOSITION LUKE 20:1 _Question of the priests and scribes as to the nature of the authority under which Jesus was acting._ LUKE 20:1, LUKE 20:2...
We are in the final week of the life of Jesus. He is now in Jerusalem. This is the week in which pilgrims are coming from all over the world to celebrate the Feast of the Passover. He has made His tri...
Acts 11:28; Acts 25:8; Acts 26:32; Luke 2:1; Luke 20:22;...
Penny. See on Matthew 20:2. Image and superscription. See on Matthew 22:20....