Coins in the Bible is usually thought that the coin was a Roman denarius with the head of Tiberius. However, it has been suggested that the coin may have instead been an Antiochan tetradrachm bearing the head of Tiberius, with Augustus on the reverse or the denarius of Augustus with Caius and Lucius on the reverse. Coins of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and Germanicus are also considered possibilities. The coin in the fish's mouth mentioned in Matthew 17 is usually thought to be a Tyrian shekel. According to the Gospel of Matthew 26:15, the price for which Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus was thirty pieces
Jesus in the synagogue of Capernaum Jesus in the synagogue of Capernaum All four gospels report that Jesus visited Capernaum and often attended the synagogue there: John Chijioke Iwe argues that the Markan pericope marks the beginning of the last year of the three years of the public ministry of Jesus. An exorcism performed in the synagogue is one of the miracles of Jesus, recounted in Mark 1:21–28 and Luke 4:31–37. Jesus and his disciples went to Capernaum, and Jesus began to teach on the Sabbath. People were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of