Matthew 17:27
But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- ἄγκιστρονánkistrona hook (as bent)
- στατήρstatḗra stander (standard of value), i.e. (specially), a stater or certain coin
- ἰχθύςichthýsa fish
- ἀντίantíopposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
- σκανδαλίζωskandalízōto entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy o
- πρῶτονprōtonfirstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
- στόμαstómathe mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication, language (and its relations); figura
- ἀνοίγωanoígōto open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
2Co 6:3, 1Co 8:9, 1Co 9:19–22, 2Co 8:9, 1Co 8:13, Rom 15:1–3, Mat 15:12–14, Jon 1:17