Matthew 22:20

Matthew 22:20

18 But Jesus¹ perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test Me, you hypocrites?

19 Show Me the tax money.” So they brought Him a denarius.

20 And He said to them, “Whose image and inscription is this?”

21 They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, ^a“Render therefore to Caesar the things that are ^bCaesar’s, and to God the things that are ^cGod’s.”

22 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.

The Sadducees: What About the Resurrection?

23 ^aThe same day the Sadducees, ^bwho say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,

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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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This image and superscription (h eikwn auth kai h epigrafh). Probably a Roman coin because of the image (picture) on it. The earlier Herods avoided this practice because of Jewish prejudice, but the Tetrarch Philip introduced it on Jewish coins and he was followed by Herod Agrippa I. This coin was pretty certainly stamped in Rome with the image and name of Tiberius Caesar on it.

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