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Coin in the fish's mouth

The Apostle Peter paying the temple tax with a coin from the fish's mouth, by Augustin Tünger, 1486.
Tilapia zilli ("St. Peter's fish"), served in a Tiberias restaurant.

The coin in the fish's mouth is one of the miracles of Jesus, recounted in the Gospel of Matthew 17:24–27.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Daniel J. Scholz 2009 Introducing the New Testament ISBN 0-88489-955-1 p. 86
  2. ^ Steven L. Cox, Kendell H Easley, 2007 Harmony of the Gospels ISBN 0-8054-9444-8 p. 349
  3. ^ Herbert Lockyer, All the Miracles of the Bible (Zondervan, 1988) p. 219.

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