Luke 20:24 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)24 “Show me the coin [used for paying the taxes]. [Note: This coin was equivalent to one twelve-hour day of a farm laborer’s pay, or about $108 in 2005]. Whose image and inscription are on this coin?” And they answered Him, “Caesar’s.” Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176924 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cæsar's. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition24 Show Me a denarius (a coin)! Whose image and inscription does it have? They answered, Caesar's. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription hath it? And they said, Cæsar’s. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible24 “Show me a coin.Whose image and inscription does it have on it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?" In response, they said to him, "Caesar's." Ver Capítulo |
Now it was the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler of the regions of Ituraea and Trachonitus [Note: These two men were sons of Herod the Great (See Matt. 2:1) and ruled over provinces east of the Jordan River] and Lysanias was ruler of Abilene [Note: This was a province just north of the two previously mentioned ones].
When he had agreed with the workers [on wages] for the usual farm laborer’s pay for a day’s work, he [then] sent them to work in his vineyard. [Note: The coin mentioned here would amount to about $9.00, based on the average farm laborer’s hourly wage in 2005. [National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Feb. 2005]. This coin also forms the basis for calculating all other monetary references in the New Testament].