馬太福音 17:26

26 彼 得 說 : 是 向 外 人 。 耶 穌 說 : 既 然 如 此 , 兒 子 就 可 以 免 稅 了 。

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馬太福音 17:26 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 17:26

Peter saith unto him
The Vulgate Latin reads, "and he said": and so the Ethiopic, and Munster's Hebrew Gospel; but without doubt Peter is meant, and rightly expressed; whose answer to Christ's question is,

of strangers:
meaning not foreigners, or such who formerly belonged to other nations, but were now taken captive, and brought into subjection; but their own native subjects, so called, in distinction from their domestics, their children, and those of their own family:

Jesus saith unto him, then are the children free;
from paying custom, tribute, and taxes, and leaves Peter to make the application; and which he suggested might be made, either thus: supposing it was a civil tax, that since he was the son of David, king of Israel, was of his house and family, and heir apparent to his throne and kingdom; according to this rule, he must be exempt from such tribute: or, thus; taking it to have respect to the half shekel, paid on a religious account, for the service of the temple worship; that since he was the Son of the King of kings, for the support of whose worship and service that money was collected; and was also the Lord and proprietor of the temple, and greater than that, he might well be excused the payment of it.

馬太福音 17:26 In-Context

24 到 了 迦 百 農 , 有 收 丁 稅 的 人 來 見 彼 得 , 說 : 你 們 的 先 生 不 納 丁 稅 ( 丁 稅 約 有 半 塊 錢 ) 麼 ?
25 彼 得 說 : 納 。 他 進 了 屋 子 , 耶 穌 先 向 他 說 : 西 門 ﹐ 你 的 意 思 如 何 ? 世 上 的 君 王 向 誰 徵 收 關 稅 、 丁 稅 ? 是 向 自 己 的 兒 子 呢 ? 是 向 外 人 呢 ?
26 彼 得 說 : 是 向 外 人 。 耶 穌 說 : 既 然 如 此 , 兒 子 就 可 以 免 稅 了 。
27 但 恐 怕 觸 犯 ( 觸 犯 : 原 文 是 絆 倒 ) 他 們 , 你 且 往 海 邊 去 釣 魚 , 把 先 釣 上 來 的 魚 拿 起 來 , 開 了 他 的 口 , 必 得 一 塊 錢 , 可 以 拿 去 給 他 們 , 作 你 我 的 稅 銀 。
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