Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionAnd when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GWhen they arrived at K'far Nachum, the collectors of the didrachma came to Kefa and said, "Does your teacher not pay the didrachma?"
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageWhen they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, "Does your teacher not pay the temple tax?"
BSB
Berean Standard BibleAfter they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”
Footnotes
δίδραχμα (didrachma) — the annual half-shekel temple tax required of every Jewish male over twenty, rooted in Exod. 30:11–16 and renewed in Neh. 10:32–33, amounting to two drachmas (roughly two days' wages). This is a distinctly Jewish covenantal obligation — not a Roman imposition — that funded Temple maintenance and worship. The question therefore probes Yeshua's/Jesus' relationship to Torah and the Temple itself. FOG retains 'didrachma' to keep the Jewish covenantal frame visible; FOG Message renders it 'two-drachma temple tax' to make the religious significance immediately clear.
