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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Wycliffe Bible

Mark 12:16

And thei brouyten to hym. And he seide to hem, Whos is this ymage, and the writyng? Thei seien to him, The emperouris.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Citizens;   Jesus, the Christ;   Satire;   The Topic Concordance - Rendering;   Tribute;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kingdom of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Tiberius Caesar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Commerce;   Herodian;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Caesar, Caesar's Household;   Common Life;   Ethics (2);   Image (2);   Numbers (2);   Questions and Answers;   Worldliness (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Caesar ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Superscription;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They brought a coin. “Whose image
King James Version (1611)
And they brought it: and he saith vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said vnto him, Cesars.
King James Version
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
English Standard Version
And they brought one. And he said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him, "Caesar's."
New American Standard Bible
And they brought one. And He said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?" And they said to Him, "Caesar's."
New Century Version
They gave Jesus a coin, and he asked, "Whose image and name are on the coin?" They answered, "Caesar's."
Amplified Bible
So they brought one. Then He asked them, "Whose image and inscription is this?" They said to Him, "Caesar's."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They brought one. And He said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" And they said to Him, "Caesar's."
Legacy Standard Bible
And they brought one. And He *said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" And they said to Him, "Caesar's."
Berean Standard Bible
So they brought it, and He asked them, "Whose image is this? And whose inscription?" "Caesar's," they answered.
Contemporary English Version
They brought him a silver coin, and he asked, "Whose picture and name are on it?" "The Emperor's," they answered.
Complete Jewish Bible
They brought one; and he asked them, "Whose name and picture are these?" "The Emperor's," they replied.
Darby Translation
And they brought [it]. And he says to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.
Easy-to-Read Version
They gave Jesus a coin and he asked, "Whose picture is on the coin? And whose name is written on it?" They answered, "It is Caesar's picture and Caesar's name."
Geneva Bible (1587)
So they brought it, and he said vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? and they said vnto him, Cesars.
George Lamsa Translation
And they brought it to him. He said to them, Whose is this image and inscription? They said, Caesar''s.
Good News Translation
They brought him one, and he asked, "Whose face and name are these?" "The Emperor's," they answered.
Lexham English Bible
So they brought one. And he said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?" And they said to him, "Caesar's."
Literal Translation
And they brought one . And He said to them, Whose image and inscription is this? And they said to Him, Caesar's.
American Standard Version
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
Bible in Basic English
And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.
Hebrew Names Version
They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's."
International Standard Version
So they brought one. Then he asked them, "Whose face and name is this?" They said to him, "Caesar's."
Etheridge Translation
And they brought it to him. He said to them, Of whom (is) this image and writing ? And they said, Of Caesar.
Murdock Translation
And they brought [fn] to him. And he said to them: Whose is this image and inscription? They said to him: Caesar's.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they brought it: And he sayth vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they sayde vnto hym: Caesars.
English Revised Version
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
World English Bible
They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he saith, Whose is this image and superscription?
Weymouth's New Testament
They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.
Update Bible Version
And they brought it. And he says to them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they brought [it]: and he saith to them, Whose [is] this image and superscription? And they said to him, Cesar's.
New English Translation
So they brought one, and he said to them, "Whose image is this, and whose inscription?" They replied, "Caesar's."
New King James Version
So they brought it. And He said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?" They said to Him, "Caesar's."
New Living Translation
When they handed it to him, he asked, "Whose picture and title are stamped on it?" "Caesar's," they replied.
New Life Bible
They brought Him one. He asked them, "Whose picture is this? Whose name is on it?" They answered, "Caesar's."
New Revised Standard
And they brought one. Then he said to them, "Whose head is this, and whose title?" They answered, "The emperor's."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, they, brought one. And he saith unto them - Whose, is this image, and the inscription? And, they, said unto him - Caesar's.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they brought it him. And he saith to them: Whose is this image and inscription? They say to him, Caesar’s.
Revised Standard Version
And they brought one. And he said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" They said to him, "Caesar's."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they brought. And he sayde vnto them: Whose ys thys ymage and superscripcion? And they sayde vnto him Cesars.
Young's Literal Translation
and they brought, and he saith to them, `Whose [is] this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, `Caesar's;'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they brought it him. Then sayde he: Whose ymage and superscripcion is this? They sayde vnto him: The Emperours.
Mace New Testament (1729)
let me see a penny. and when they brought it, he asked them, whose image and inscription is this? they said, Cesar's.
Simplified Cowboy Version
One of them pulled a coin out of his pocket and flipped it to Jesus. He held the coin up and asked, "Who's picture is on this coin?""Caesar's," they answered.

Contextual Overview

13 and thei wenten awei. And thei senten to hym summe of the Farisees and Erodians, to take hym in word. 14 Whiche camen, and seien to hym, Maistir, we witen that thou art sothfast, and reckist not of ony man; for nethir thou biholdist in to the face of man, but thou techist the weie of God in treuthe. Is it leeueful that tribute be youun to the emperoure, or we schulen not yyue? 15 Which witynge her pryuei falsnesse, seide to hem, What tempten ye me? brynge ye to me a peny, that Y se. 16 And thei brouyten to hym. And he seide to hem, Whos is this ymage, and the writyng? Thei seien to him, The emperouris. 17 And Jhesus answeride and seide to hem, Thanne yelde ye to the emperour tho thingis that ben of the emperours; and to God tho thingis that ben of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

image: Matthew 22:19-22, Luke 20:24-26, 2 Timothy 2:19, Revelation 3:12

Cross-References

Genesis 12:13
Therfor, Y biseche thee, seie thou, that thou art my sistir, that it be wel to me for thee, and that my lijf lyue for loue of thee.
Genesis 12:14
And so whanne Abram hadde entrid in to Egipt, Egipcians sien the womman that sche was ful fair; and the prynces telden to Farao, and preiseden hir anentis him;
Genesis 12:15
and the womman was takun vp in to the hous of Farao.
Genesis 13:2
Forsothe he was ful riche in possessyoun of siluer and of gold.
Genesis 20:14
Therfore Abymelech took scheep, and oxun, and seruauntis, and handmaydenes, and yaf to Abraham; and he yeldide to him Sare, `his wijf, and seide, The lond is bifor you;
Genesis 24:35
and the Lord hath blessid my lord greetli, and he is maad greet; and God yaf to hym scheep, and oxun, siluer, and gold, seruauntis, and handmaides, camels, and assis.
Genesis 26:14
Also he hadde possessioun of scheep and grete beestis, and ful myche of meyne. For this thing Palestyns hadden enuye to hym,
Genesis 32:5
Y haue oxun, and assis, and scheep, and seruauntis, and hand maydis, and Y sende now a message to my lord, that Y fynde grace in thi siyt.
Job 1:3
and his possessioun was seuene thousynde of scheep, and thre thousynde of camels, and fyue hundrid yockis of oxis, and fyue hundrid of femal assis, and ful myche meynee; and `thilke man was grete among alle men of the eest.
Job 42:12
Forsothe the Lord blesside the laste thingis of Joob, more than the bigynnyng of hym; and fouretene thousynde of scheep weren maad to hym, and sixe thousinde of camels, and a thousynde yockis of oxis, and a thousynde femal assis.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they brought it,.... The penny, which was a Roman one, and worth seven pence halfpenny of our money:

and he saith unto them, whose is this image, and superscription; for it had the head of an emperor upon it, very likely the image of the then reigning emperor Tiberius, and a superscription on it, expressing his name, and perhaps a motto along with it:

and they said unto him, Caesar's; one of the Roman emperors, Augustus, or Tiberius; most probably the latter;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 22:15-22.


 
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