Webpeter said to him, from strangers. jesus said to him, then the sons are free. Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that. 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. Webjesus said to peter, “then the children of the king don’t have to pay taxes. 27 but we don’t want to upset these tax collectors. So go to the lake and fish. After you catch the first. Paying the temple tax. 24 when jesus and the others arrived in capernaum, the collectors for the temple tax came to peter and. It is the only miracle—with. Webin the mouth of that fish, jesus says, peter will find a shekel—this is described as a statēr in the original greek. A statēr coin was worth four drachmas.
