Luke 20:24

Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἐπιδείξατέ
G1925
epideiknymi
to exhibit (physically or mentally)
  • to exhibit, show
    • to bring forth to view, to show
      • furnish to be looked at, produce what may looked at
      • "to display something belonging to one's self
      to prove, demonstrate, set forth to be known and acknowledged
μοι
G3427
moi
to me
  • I, me, my
δηνάριον·
G1220 N-ASN
dēnarion
containing ten
a denarius (or ten asses)
  • A Roman silver coin in New Testament time
τίνος
G5101 I-GSM
tis
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
  • who, which, what
ἔχει
G2192 V-PAI-3S
echō
to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
  • to have, i.e., to hold
    • to have (hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, to have (hold) possession of the mind (refers to alarm, agitating emotions, etc.), to hold fast keep, to have or comprise or involve, to regard or consider or hold as
    to have i.e., own, possess
    • external things such as pertain to property or riches or furniture or utensils or goods or food etc.
    • "used of those joined to any one by the bonds of natural blood or marriage or friendship or duty or law etc, of attendance or companionship
    to hold one's self or find one's self so and so, to be in such or such a condition"to hold one's self to a thing, to lay hold of a thing, to adhere or cling to
    • to be closely joined to a person or a thing
εἰκόνα
G1504 N-ASF
eikōn
a likeness, i.e., (literally) statue, profile, or (figuratively) representation, resemblance
  • an image, figure, likeness
    • an image of the things (the heavenly things)
      • used of the moral likeness of renewed men to God
      • "the image of the Son of God, into which true Christians are transformed, is likeness not only to the heavenly body, but also to the most holy and blessed state of mind, which Christ possesses
      the image of one
      • one in whom the likeness of any one is seen
      • "applied to man on account of his power of command"to Christ on account of his divine nature and absolute moral excellence
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
ἐπιγραφήν
G1923 N-ASF
epigraphē
an inscription
  • an inscription, title
    • in the New Testament of an inscription in black letters upon a whitened tablet
    • "of the inscription on a coin
ἀποκριθέντες
G611
apokrinomai
to conclude for oneself, i.e., (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare H6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
  • to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer
  • "to begin to speak, but always where something has preceded (either said or done) to which the remarks refer
δὲ
G1161 CONJ
de
but, and, etc
  • but, moreover, and, etc.
εἶπον
G2036
epō
to speak or say (by word or writing)
  • to speak, say
Καίσαρος
G2541 N-GSM-T
kaisar
severed
Caesar, a title of the Roman emperor
  • the surname of Julius Caesar, which adopted by Octavius Augustus and his successors afterwards became a title, and was appropriated by the Roman emperors as part of their title

ἐπιδείξατέ μοι δηνάριον· τίνος ἔχει εἰκόνα καὶ ἐπιγραφήν ἀποκριθέντες δὲ εἶπον Καίσαρος
24
Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
Cross References

Matthew 18:28

ἐξελθὼν δὲ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος εὗρεν ἕνα τῶν συνδούλων αὐτοῦ ὃς ὤφειλεν αὐτῷ ἑκατὸν δηνάρια καὶ κρατήσας αὐτὸν ἔπνιγεν λέγων Ἀπόδος μοι τι ὀφείλεις
28
But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

Luke 3:1

Ἐν ἔτει δὲ πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ τῆς ἡγεμονίας Τιβερίου Καίσαρος ἡγεμονεύοντος Ποντίου Πιλάτου τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Γαλιλαίας Ἡρῴδου Φιλίππου δὲ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ τετραρχοῦντος τῆς Ἰτουραίας καὶ Τραχωνίτιδος χώρας καὶ Λυσανίου τῆς Ἀβιληνῆς τετραρχοῦντος
1
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

Philippians 4:22

ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι μάλιστα δὲ οἱ ἐκ τῆς Καίσαρος οἰκίας
22
All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.

Acts 26:32

Ἀγρίππας δὲ τῷ Φήστῳ ἔφη Ἀπολελύσθαι ἐδύνατο ἄνθρωπος οὗτος εἰ μὴ ἐπεκέκλητο Καίσαρα
32
Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

Acts 25:8

ἀπολογουμένου αὐτοῦ ὅτι Οὔτε εἰς τὸν νόμον τῶν Ἰουδαίων οὔτε εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν οὔτε εἰς Καίσαρά τι ἥμαρτον
8
While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.

Matthew 20:2

συμφωνήσας δὲ μετὰ τῶν ἐργατῶν ἐκ δηναρίου τὴν ἡμέραν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα αὐτοῦ
2
And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

Luke 23:2

ἤρξαντο δὲ κατηγορεῖν αὐτοῦ λέγοντες Τοῦτον εὕρομεν διαστρέφοντα τὸ ἔθνος καὶ κωλύοντα Καίσαρι φόρους διδόναι λέγοντα ἑαυτὸν Χριστὸν βασιλέα εἶναι
2
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

Luke 2:1

Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἐξῆλθεν δόγμα παρὰ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου ἀπογράφεσθαι πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην
1
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

Luke 20:22

ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν Καίσαρι φόρον δοῦναι οὔ
22
Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?

Acts 11:28

ἀναστὰς δὲ εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν ὀνόματι Ἄγαβος ἐσήμανεν διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος λιμὸν μέγαν μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι ἐφ' ὅλην τὴν οἰκουμένην ὅστις καὶ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος
28
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.