Matthew 22:22

22 And [when they] heard [this], they were astonished, and they left him [and] went away.

Matthew 22:22 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 22:22

When they had heard these words
This answer returned unto them, this advice which was given them, which they could not gainsay or deny to be good,

they marvelled:
were amazed and astonished, at his prudence and wisdom, in answering them, in such an unexpected and cautious manner:

they left him:
being silenced, confounded, and disappointed:

and went their way:
not being able to get any advantage against him, neither to bring him into contempt with the people, and alienate their affections from him; nor to charge him with sedition or treason to the Roman governor; and so had but a very indifferent account of their success, to report to them that sent them.

Matthew 22:22 In-Context

20 And he said to them, "Whose image and inscription [is] this?"

21 They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!"

22 And [when they] heard [this], they were astonished, and they left him [and] went away.

23 On that day Sadducees--who say there is no resurrection--came up to him and asked him,

24 saying, "Teacher, Moses said if someone dies without having children, his brother is to marry his wife and {father} descendants for his brother.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal
• [b] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [c] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("left") has been translated as a finite verb