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Matthew Chapter 22 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Matthew 22:20

And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
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BBE Matthew 22:20

And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it?
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DARBY Matthew 22:20

And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription?
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KJV Matthew 22:20

And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
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WBT Matthew 22:20

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WEB Matthew 22:20

He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"
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YLT Matthew 22:20

and he saith to them, `Whose `is' this image and the inscription?'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - Image and superscription. The figure and inscription on the denarius. Jesus takes the coin, and points to it as he speaks. It must have borne a likeness of the emperor, and,therefore, as Edersheim remarks, must have been either a foreign one (Roman) or possibly one of the Tetrareh Philip, who on some of his coins introduced the image of Tiberius. The coins struck by the Romans in or for Palestine had, in accommodation to Jewish prejudices, no representation of any personage upon them. The Roman denarius at this date had on the obverse side the head of Tiberius, crowned with laurel leaves, and bore the legend, "TI CAESAR DIVI AVG FAVGVSTVS," and on the reverse, a seated female figure, with the inscription, "PONTIF MAXIM."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Image and superscription.--Better, inscription. The coin brought would probably be a silver denarius of Tiberius, bearing on the face the head of the emperor, with the inscription running round it containing his name and titles.