The Roman coins had the image of โdivineโ Caesar and they could not be used in the temple, so they needed to be converted to shekels. People used shekels for charity in the temple.
The Roman coins had the image of โdivineโ Caesar and they could not be used in the temple, so they needed to be converted to shekels. People used shekels for charity in the temple.
i did not know that! i guess iโd always imagined it was whatever passed for banking in the first christian century.