Luke - 20:22



22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 20:22.

Differing Translations

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Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Cesar, or not?
Is it allowable to pay a tax to Caesar, or not?"
Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?
are we right in paying tribute to the Emperor or not?"

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar - See this insidious but important question considered at large on Matthew 22:16-22 (note).

Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? The Syriac and Persic versions here, as in the other evangelists, render it, "head money". The phrase, "for us", is here added, and on it lies the emphasis, and stress of the question; for the doubt pretended, was not whether it was lawful for the Romans to pay tribute to Caesar, but whether it was lawful for them who were Jews, were Abraham's seed, and, as they boasted, were never in bondage, but were the Lord's free people, to pay tribute to an Heathen emperor, or no.

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