This section involves the religious rulers in the first of 3 attempts to trap Jesus. Verse 16 states "Teacher," they said, "we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are.
Sounds like a compliment but the idea was for Jesus to say something that could allow them to accuse Him of. Caesar's tax was something that could get the Romans to pursue Jesus if He stated that it wasn't necessary to pay it. We are reminded somewhat of His comments in Matthew 17:27 where Jesus asked Peter to fish a coin out the mouth of a fish so as not to insult the person asking for tribute tax. Is it possible someone heard Him and the response to Peter? At any rate if He said that it should be paid then the Pharisees and others would be upset since they hated the Romans and for the bigger reason; no doubt that they were covetous for everything they could get their hands on. Jesus simply stated to pay what is obligated to both.
This situation could be extrapolated to those today who wish to circumvent the law of the land in not paying taxes. There are taxes also which allow one to live in many Muslim nations which no doubt are unjust but it beats death; at least premature to God's timing in being a witness for Christ. My point would be that unjust subjugation isn't the issue; but unjust use of money collected if directly going against Scripture is an issue. That is not something I am going to pursue further here.
Test #2 Matthew 22: 23-32, crowd response verse 33
The Pharisees used the Herodians to test Christ; in this case we had the Sadducees who didn't believe in a Resurrection asking a question about that very subject regarding whose wife someone would have if a woman married seven times and each husband died before she did. Whatever their aim; the Resurrection was justified along with an explanation of a heavenly body
This section involves the religious rulers in the first of 3 attempts to trap Jesus. Verse 16 states "Teacher," they said, "we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are.
Sounds like a compliment but the idea was for Jesus to say something that could allow them to accuse Him of. Caesar's tax was something that could get the Romans to pursue Jesus if He stated that it wasn't necessary to pay it. We are reminded somewhat of His comments in Matthew 17:27 where Jesus asked Peter to fish a coin out the mouth of a fish so as not to insult the person asking for tribute tax. Is it possible someone heard Him and the response to Peter? At any rate if He said that it should be paid then the Pharisees and others would be upset since they hated the Romans and for the bigger reason; no doubt that they were covetous for everything they could get their hands on. Jesus simply stated to pay what is obligated to both.
This situation could be extrapolated to those today who wish to circumvent the law of the land in not paying taxes. There are taxes also which allow one to live in many Muslim nations which no doubt are unjust but it beats death; at least premature to God's timing in being a witness for Christ. My point would be that unjust subjugation isn't the issue; but unjust use of money collected if directly going against Scripture is an issue. That is not something I am going to pursue further here.
Test #2 Matthew 22: 23-32, crowd response verse 33
The Pharisees used the Herodians to test Christ; in this case we had the Sadducees who didn't believe in a Resurrection asking a question about that very subject regarding whose wife someone would have if a woman married seven times and each husband died before she did. Whatever their aim; the Resurrection was justified along with an explanation of a heavenly body
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