Mark 12:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And they brought it. He said to them, 'Whose image and inscription is this?' They said to him, 'Caesar's.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἱ δὲ ἤνεγκαν. Καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς, Τίνος ἡ εἰκὼν αὕτη καὶ ἡ ἐπιγραφή; Οἱ δὲ εἶπον αὐτῷ, Καίσαρος.

Transliteration

Hoi de ēnegkan. And he-legei to-them, Whose hē eikōn hautē and hē epigraphē? Hoi de eipon to-him, Kaisaros.

Grammar Details

• *Hoi de*: nominative plural masculine article + postpositive particle - but they/and they
• *ēnegkan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - brought
• *legei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - says
• *hē eikōn*: nominative singular feminine article + noun - the image
• *hautē*: demonstrative pronoun, nominative singular feminine - this
• *hē epigraphē*: nominative singular feminine article + noun - the inscription
• *eipon*: aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - said
• *Kaisaros*: genitive singular masculine - of Caesar

Word Meanings

• *ēnegkan*: brought/carried
• *legei*: says/tells/speaks
• *eikōn*: image/likeness/portrait
• *hautē*: this/this one
• *epigraphē*: inscription/written text/title
• *eipon*: said/told/answered
• *Kaisaros*: of Caesar's/belonging to Caesar

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They brought it, and he asked them, 'Whose image and inscription is this?' They replied to him, 'Caesar’s.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And they brought. And he sayde vnto them: Whose ys thys ymage and superscripcion? And they sayde vnto him Cesars.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And they brought it him. Then sayde he: Whose ymage and superscripcion is this? They sayde vnto him: The Emperours.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So they brought it, and he said vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said vnto him, Cesars.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they brought it: And he sayth vnto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they sayde vnto hym: Caesars.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they brought [it]. And he saith unto them, ‹Whose› [is] ‹this image and superscription?› And they said unto him, Caesar's.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and they brought, and he saith to them, `Whose `is' this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, `Caesar's;'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They brought it. He said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" They said to him, "Caesar's."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So they brought one, and he said to them,“Whose image is this, and whose inscription?” They replied,“Caesar’s.”

Referenced Verses

• Matt 22:19-22 : 19 Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a denarius. 20 And he said to them, Whose image and inscription is this? 21 They said to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. 22 When they heard these words, they marveled, and left him, and went their way.
• Luke 20:24-26 : 24 Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have? They answered and said, Caesar's. 25 And he said to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. 26 And they could not trap him in his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and kept silent.
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."
• Rev 3:12 : 12 He who overcomes, I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.