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Originally Posted by idknow
butbutbut, he paid!
he sent peter to fish out coins!
i dont get this thread. but that's me.
what am I missing here that hasnt been written plainly?
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One has to keep perspective about the different kinds of currency available at that time.* The event and its obvious symbolism (finding coins in fish) teaches me more about Peter testifying for Jesus. Peter should have said, "Go ask Jesus." Jesus was obviously a little miffed with Peter for making the obligation to pay up.
It may have been that at about this time Jesus was figuring out the moneychanger scam and did not appreciate the priests pushing for a promise to pay up.
Regards,
David Merrill.
* Contracting the drachma was a hidden tax. Between the two events (Give unto Caesar and Peter speaking hearsay for Jesus) one can work out the entire lesson. The Herodians were not making an obvious taxation to Caesar, they were hoarding the drachma (half-shekel) and making the pilgrims pay an inflated price to get them back, only to pay them back into the Temple till.