Lucas 20:22

22 é-nos lícito dar tributo a César, ou não?

Lucas 20:22 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:22

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.

Lucas 20:22 In-Context

20 E, aguardando oportunidade, mandaram espias, os quais se fingiam justos, para o apanharem em alguma palavra, e o entregarem � jurisdição e � autoridade do governador.
21 Estes, pois, o interrogaram, dizendo: Mestre, sabemos que falas e ensinas retamente, e que não consideras a aparência da pessoa, mas ensinas segundo a verdade o caminho de Deus;
22 é-nos lícito dar tributo a César, ou não?
23 Mas Jesus, percebendo a astúcia deles, disse-lhes:
24 Mostrai-me um denário. De quem é a imagem e a inscrição que ele tem? Responderam: De César.
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