The question of the tribute money.
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Luke 20:20-26
The Pulpit Commentary on Luke 20:20-26
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 20:1-47EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 20:19-26The sacred and the secular. There are three preliminary truths which may be gathered before considering the proper subject of the text. 1. The worthlessness of heartless praise. What value do we suppose Jesus Christ att…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Luke 20:20-26Those who are most crafty in their designs against Christ and his gospel, cannot hide them. He did not give a direct answer, but reproved them for offering to impose upon him; and they could not fasten upon any thing wh…Matthew HenrycommentaryChrist's Enemies NonplussedCHRIST'S ENEMIES NONPLUSSED. We have here Christ's evading a snare which his enemies laid for him, by proposing a question to him about tribute. We had this passage before, both in Matthew and Mark. Here is, I. The misc…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 20:20-40Christ supreme in debate. We have seen in the last section how our Lord told a parable whose bearing was unmistakably against the Jewish rulers. They are determined, in consequence, to so entrap him in discussion as, if…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 20:20And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take held of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. In their intense h…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 20:24Show me a penny; literally, a denarius, a coin of the value of 7.5 d., but really representing a larger sum in our money. It seems probable, from the language of Mark 12:15, Mark 12:16, that his interrogators had to bor…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 20:25And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. As regarded the immediate issues the Lord's answer was in the affirmative: "Yes, it is lawful und…Joseph S. Exell and contributors