'Coin' in the Bible
A toss of a coin ends disputes, and settles the issue between strong opponents.
"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
“But, so we won’t offend them, go to the sea, cast in a fishhook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth you’ll find a coin. Take it and give it to them for Me and you.”
Show Me the coin used for the tax.” So they brought Him a denarius.
Should we pay [the tax] or should we not pay?” But knowing their hypocrisy, He asked them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a coin (denarius) to look at.”
And a poor widow came and dropped in two tiny coins worth very little.
“Or what woman who has 10 silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it?
When she finds it, she calls her women friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, because I have found the silver coin I lost!’
The first servant came and said, "Sir, your coin has earned ten more coins.'
"The second servant came and said, "Your coin, sir, has earned five coins.'
"Then the other servant came and said, "Sir, look! Here's your coin. I've kept it in a cloth for safekeeping
"So the king told those standing nearby, "Take the coin away from him and give it to the man who has the ten coins.'
“Show Me a [Roman] denarius. Whose image and inscription does the coin have?” They answered, “[the Emperor Tiberius] Caesar’s.”
So He plaited a whip of rushes, and drove all--both sheep and bullocks--out of the Temple. The small coin of the brokers He upset on the ground and overturned their tables.