Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
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Gill's Exposition
And Jesus answering said unto them,.... Very wisely and pertinently,
render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's: or "to the king, which are the king's", as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions render…
Adam Clarke
Shall we give, or shall we not give? - This is wanting in the Codex Bezae, and in several versions.
When the enemies of Christ, who thirsted for his blood, could not find occasion against him from what he said against them, they tried to ensnare him by putting questions to him. Here we have him…
Cambridge Bible
knowing their hypocrisy "verum se eis ostendit, ut dixerant." Bengel.
bring me "They would not be likely to carry with them the hated Roman coinage with its heathen symbols, though they might have…
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