A denarius was a piece of money, accounted equal to ten smaller coins, and bearing the image of Caesar; wherefore there follows: “And He saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto Him, Caesar’s .
Let those who think that our Saviour asked the question through ignorance and not by an economy, learn from this that He might have known whose image it was; but He puts the question, in order to return them a fitting answer.
Wherefore there follows: “And Jesus answering said unto them, Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s , and unto God the things that are God’s .”
Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).