Payment of the Temple Tax - When Jesus and his disciples came to Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your
The "money changers" were individuals who exchanged foreign currency for the temple currency, which was required for paying the temple tax. The Greek word "kermatistas" refers to these exchangers, who often charged exorbitant fees, exploiting pilgrims who came to worship. Their presence "seated ...
Bible Book List Font Size Luke 18:10-12 Tree of Life Version Luke 18:10-12 New International Version 10“Two men went up to the temple to pray,one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.11The Pharisee stood by himselfand prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other peopl...
The story of Jesus in the Temple, Luke 2:41-52, teaches children that by studying and learning they can grow in favor with God and man. Children are often very proud of what they are learning. This Bible story teaches them that just as they are growing and learning many things, so di...
With the weight of 8.41 grams per cubic centimetre, it is easy enough to calculate that their weight would be nearly 40 tonnes each. To cast them in one piece would greatly tax the capacity of the most modern foundry. Hence we must assume that they were cast in sections and assembled on...
” Spelling the Word: George Herbert and the Bible (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985), 199. See also Julia Carolyn Guernsey, The Pulse of Praise: Form as Second Self in the Poetry of George Herbert, Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1999). Google Scholar For a brilliant...
Archaeologist Eli Shukron, who directed the excavations on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, explains that “When the half-shekel tax was brought to the Temple during the First Temple period, there were no coins, so they used silver ingots. In order to calculate the weight of these...
9 A proclamation was then issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they should bring to the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God had required of Israel in the wilderness. 10 All the officials and all the people brought their contributions gladly, dropping them into the chest until it was ...
6 Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the Lord and by the assembly of Israel for the tent of the covenant law?”...
6Therefore the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, “Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of theLordand by the assembly of Israel for the tent of the covenant law?” ...