Mark - 12:16



16 They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's."

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 12:16.

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And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
And they brought it. And he says to them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.
And they brought it: and he saith to them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said to him, Cesar's.
and they brought, and he saith to them, 'Whose is this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, 'Caesar's;'
They brought one; and He asked them, "Whose is this likeness and this inscription?" "Caesar's," they replied.
And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.
And they brought it to him. And he said to them, "Whose image and inscription is this?" They said to him, "Caesar's."
And, when they had brought it, he asked, "Whose head and title are these?" "The Emperor's," they said;

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And they brought it,.... The penny, which was a Roman one, and worth seven pence halfpenny of our money:
and he saith unto them, whose is this image, and superscription; for it had the head of an emperor upon it, very likely the image of the then reigning emperor Tiberius, and a superscription on it, expressing his name, and perhaps a motto along with it:
and they said unto him, Caesar's; one of the Roman emperors, Augustus, or Tiberius; most probably the latter; See Gill on Matthew 22:20, Matthew 22:21.

And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image--stamped upon the coin.
and superscription?--the words encircling it on the obverse side.
And they said unto him, CÃ&brvbr;sar's.

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