Webthe story of the coin in the fish's mouth in matthew 17:27 has usually been interpreted as an artificial, folkloric interpolation into a straightforward pericope about providence.

It is the only miracle—with.

After you catch the first.

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24 when jesus and the others arrived in capernaum, the collectors for the temple tax came to peter and.

Paying the temple tax.

A statēr coin was worth four drachmas.

Webin the mouth of that fish, jesus says, peter will find a shekel—this is described as a statēr in the original greek.

Webpeter said to him, from strangers. jesus said to him, then the sons are free.

27 but we don’t want to upset these tax collectors.

Webjesus said to peter, “then the children of the king don’t have to pay taxes.

So go to the lake and fish.

Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that.

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