Matthew 22:17
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Shew me the tribute money,.... Not any money, or any sort of coin that was current among them; but that in which the tribute was usually paid, which was Roman money: and they brought unto him a penny;…
The Pharisees and Herodians endeavor to entangle Jesus - This narrative is also found in Mar 12:12-17; Luk 20:20-26. Mat 22:15 Then went the Pharisees - See the notes at Mat 3:7. How they might…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not? The injunction, "thou mayest not set a stranger over thee" (Deu 17:15), was interpreted to mean that the Jews should pay tribute to no foreign power.…
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