Matthew 17

Matthew 17
Matthew 17
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	Apostle Peter paying the temple tax with coin from the fish's mouth by Augustin Tünger, 1486.
Book	Gospel of Matthew
Category	Gospel
Christian Bible part	New Testament
Order in the Christian part	1

Matthew 17 is the seventeenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. Jesus continues his final journey to Jerusalem ministering through Perea. The narrative can be divided into the following subsections:

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The coin in the fish's mouth is one of the miracles of Jesus, told in the Gospel of Matthew 17:24–27.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The four-drachma (or shekel) coin would be exactly enough to pay the temple tax (two-drachma coin) for two people.^[4] It is usually thought to be a Tyrian shekel.^[5]^[6]

The Bible does not specify the species of the fish caught by Peter, but Tilapia is sometimes referred to as "St. Peter's fish"

^ Daniel J. Scholz 2009 Introducing the New Testament ISBN 0-88489-955-1 page 86
^ Steven L. Cox, Kendell H Easley, 2007 Harmony of the Gospels ISBN 0-8054-9444-8 page 349
^ Herbert Lockyer, All the Miracles of the Bible (Zondervan, 1988) page 219.
^ Keener, Craig S., 2009, The Gospel of Matthew: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, ISBN 0-8028-6498-8, page 445.
^ Hendin, David. "The coin in the fish's mouth". Coins Weekly. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
^ Lewis, Peter E.; Bolden, Ron (2002). The Pocket Guide to Saint Paul: Coins Encountered by the Apostle on His Travels. Wakefield Press. p. 21. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

Preceded by Matthew 16	Chapters of the New Testament Gospel of Matthew	Succeeded by Matthew 18