Mat 17:24 | TSK | e4.org | when tribute "Gr. didrachma, in value fifteen pence." , ; This tribute seems to have been the half shekel which every male among the Jews paid yearly for the support of the temple, and which was continued by them, wherever dispersed, till after the time of Vespasian.

‏ Matthew 17:24

tribute "Gr. didrachma, in value fifteen pence." Exod 30:13, Exod 38:26; This tribute seems to have been the half shekel which every male among the Jews paid yearly for the support of the temple, and which was continued by them, wherever dispersed, till after the time of Vespasian.