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157:1.1 As [[Jesus]], with [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], tarried by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee lake] near the boatshop, a [[temple]]-[[tax]] collector came upon them and, recognizing [[Jesus]], called [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] to one side and said: " Does not your [[The Master|Master]] pay the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Jewish_Temple#Construction temple tax]? " [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_17] [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was inclined to show [[indignation]] at the suggestion that [[Jesus]] should be [[expected]] to contribute to the [[maintenance]] of the [[religious]] [[activities]] of his sworn [[enemies]], but, noting a peculiar [[expression]] on the face of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Jewish_Temple#Construction tax collector], he rightly surmised that it was the [[purpose]] to entrap them in the [[act]] of refusing to pay the customary half shekel for the [[support]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Jewish_Temple temple]] services at [[Jerusalem]]. Accordingly, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] replied: " Why of course [[the Master]] pays the [[temple]] [[tax]]. You wait by the gate, and I will presently return with the tax. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_17]

157:1.1 As [[Jesus]], with [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], tarried by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee lake] near the boatshop, a [[temple]]-[[tax]] collector came upon them and, recognizing [[Jesus]], called [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] to one side and said: " Does not your [[The Master|Master]] pay the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Jewish_Temple#Construction temple tax]? " [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_17] [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] was inclined to show [[indignation]] at the suggestion that [[Jesus]] should be [[expected]] to contribute to the [[maintenance]] of the [[religious]] [[activities]] of his sworn [[enemies]], but, noting a peculiar [[expression]] on the face of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Jewish_Temple#Construction tax collector], he rightly surmised that it was the [[purpose]] to entrap them in the [[act]] of refusing to pay the customary half shekel for the [[support]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Jewish_Temple temple]] services at [[Jerusalem]]. Accordingly, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] replied: " Why of course [[the Master]] pays the [[temple]] [[tax]]. You wait by the gate, and I will presently return with the tax. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_17]

157:1.2 Now [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had [[spoken]] hastily. [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] carried their [[funds]], and he was across the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee lake]. Neither he, his [[brother]], nor [[Jesus]] had brought along any [[money]]. And knowing that the [[Pharisees]] were looking for them, they could not well go to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] to obtain [[money]]. When [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] told [[Jesus]] about the collector and that he had [[promised]] him the [[money]], [[Jesus]] said: " If you have [[promised]], then should you pay. But wherewith will you redeem your [[promise]]? Will you again become a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fisherman] that you may [[honor]] your [[word]]? Nevertheless, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], it is well in the circumstances that we pay the [[tax]]. Let us give these men no occasion for [[offense]] at our [[attitude]]. We will wait here while you go with the boat and cast for the fish, and when you have sold them at yonder [[market]], pay the collector for all [[three]] of us. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_17]

157:1.2 Now [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] had [[spoken]] hastily. [[Judas Iscariot|Judas]] carried their [[funds]], and he was across the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee lake]. Neither he, his [[brother]], nor [[Jesus]] had brought along any [[money]]. And knowing that the [[Pharisees]] were looking for them, they could not well go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida] to obtain [[money]]. When [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] told [[Jesus]] about the collector and that he had [[promised]] him the [[money]], [[Jesus]] said: " If you have [[promised]], then should you pay. But wherewith will you redeem your [[promise]]? Will you again become a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fisherman] that you may [[honor]] your [[word]]? Nevertheless, [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], it is well in the circumstances that we pay the [[tax]]. Let us give these men no occasion for [[offense]] at our [[attitude]]. We will wait here while you go with the boat and cast for the fish, and when you have sold them at yonder [[market]], pay the collector for all [[three]] of us. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_17]

157:1.3 All of this had been overheard by the [[secret]] [[messenger]] of [[David Zebedee|David]] who stood near by, and who then [[signaled]] to an [[associate]], fishing near the shore, to come in quickly. When [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] made ready to go out in the boat for a catch, this [[messenger]] and his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fisherman] [[friend]] presented him with several large baskets of fish and [[assisted]] him in carrying them to the fish merchant near by, who purchased the catch, paying sufficient, with what was added by the [[messenger]] of [[David Zebedee|David]], to meet the [[temple]] [[tax]] for the three. The collector [[accepted]] the tax, forgoing the [[penalty]] for tardy payment because they had been for some time absent from [[Galilee]].

157:1.3 All of this had been overheard by the [[secret]] [[messenger]] of [[David Zebedee|David]] who stood near by, and who then [[signaled]] to an [[associate]], fishing near the shore, to come in quickly. When [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] made ready to go out in the boat for a catch, this [[messenger]] and his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisherman fisherman] [[friend]] presented him with several large baskets of fish and [[assisted]] him in carrying them to the fish merchant near by, who purchased the catch, paying sufficient, with what was added by the [[messenger]] of [[David Zebedee|David]], to meet the [[temple]] [[tax]] for the three. The collector [[accepted]] the tax, forgoing the [[penalty]] for tardy payment because they had been for some time absent from [[Galilee]].

157:1.4 It is not strange that you have a [[record]] of Peter's catching a fish with a shekel in its mouth.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_17] In those days there were current many [[stories]] about finding [[treasures]] in the mouths of fishes; such tales of near [[miracles]] were commonplace. So, as [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] left them to go toward the boat, [[Jesus]] remarked, half-[[humor]]ously: " Strange that the sons of the [[king]] must pay [[tribute]]; usually it is the stranger who is [[tax]]ed for the upkeep of the [[court]], but it behooves us to afford no stumbling block for the [[authorities]]. Go hence! maybe you will catch the fish with the shekel in its mouth. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_17] [[Jesus]] having thus [[spoken]], and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] so soon [[appearing]] with the temple tax, it is not [[surprising]] that the [[episode]] became later expanded into a [[miracle]] as recorded by the [[writer]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_matthew Matthew's Gospel].

157:1.4 It is not strange that you have a [[record]] of Peter's catching a fish with a shekel in its mouth.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_17] In those days there were current many [[stories]] about finding [[treasures]] in the mouths of fishes; such tales of near [[miracles]] were commonplace. So, as [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] left them to go toward the boat, [[Jesus]] remarked, half-[[humor]]ously: " Strange that the sons of the [[king]] must pay [[tribute]]; usually it is the stranger who is [[tax]]ed for the upkeep of the [[court]], but it behooves us to afford no stumbling block for the [[authorities]]. Go hence! maybe you will catch the fish with the shekel in its mouth. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_17] [[Jesus]] having thus [[spoken]], and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] so soon [[appearing]] with the temple tax, it is not [[surprising]] that the [[episode]] became later expanded into a [[miracle]] as recorded by the [[writer]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_matthew Matthew's Gospel].

157:1.5 [[Jesus]], with [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], waited by the seashore until nearly [[Twilight|sundown]]. [[Messengers]] brought them [[word]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary]'s house was still under [[surveillance]]; therefore, when it grew [[dark]], the [[three]] waiting men entered their boat and slowly rowed away toward the eastern shore of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee].

157:1.5 [[Jesus]], with [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], waited by the seashore until nearly [[Twilight|sundown]]. [[Messengers]] brought them [[word]] that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus) Mary]'s house was still under [[surveillance]]; therefore, when it grew [[dark]], the [[three]] waiting men entered their boat and slowly rowed away toward the eastern shore of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee Sea of Galilee].

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