{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/009/0090454.htm","path":"chr/ecf/009/0090454.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/009/0090454.htm","text":"Moreover to the saying, \u201cThey that received the half-shekel came to Peter,\u201d 5914 you will adduce from Numbers that, for the saints according to the law of God, is paid not a half-shekel simply, but a sacred half-shekel. For it is written, \u201cAnd thou shalt take five shekels per head, according to the sacred half-shekel.\u201d 5915 But also on behalf of all the sons of Israel is given a sacred half-shekel per head. Since then it was not possible for the saint of God to possess along with the sacred half-shekels the profane shekels, so to speak, on this account, to them who do not receive the sacred half-shekels, and who asked Peter and said, \u201cDoth not your master pay the half-shekel?\u201d the Saviour commands the stater to be paid, in which was the half-shekel which was found in the mouth of the first fish that came up, in order that it might be given for the Teacher and the disciple.","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol IX: Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew.: Chapter XIII","type":"page"}