Mǎtaìfúyīn 17:26

26 Bǐdé shuō , shì xiàng waìrén . Yēsū shuō , jìrán rúcǐ , érzi jiù kĕyǐ miǎnshuì le .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 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.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 17:26 In-Context

24 Dào le Jiābǎinóng , yǒu shōu dīng shuì de rén lái jiàn Bǐdé shuō , nǐmen de xiānsheng bú nà dīng shuì ma . ( dīng shuì yuē yǒu bàn kuaì qián )

25 Bǐdé shuō , nà . tā jìn le wūzi , Yēsū xiān xiàng tā shuō , Xīmén , nǐde yìsi rúhé . shìshang de jūnwáng , xiàng shuí zhēngshōu guānshuì dīng shuì . shì xiàng zìjǐ de érzi ne , shì xiàng waìrén ne .

26 Bǐdé shuō , shì xiàng waìrén . Yēsū shuō , jìrán rúcǐ , érzi jiù kĕyǐ miǎnshuì le .

27 Dàn kǒngpà chùfàn tāmen , ( chùfàn yuánwén zuò bàn dào ) nǐ qiĕ wǎng hǎi biān qù diào yú , bǎ xiān diào shang lái de yú ná qǐlai , kāi le tāde kǒu , bì dé yī kuaì qián , kĕyǐ ná qù gĕi tāmen , zuò nǐ wǒde shuì yín .