Mateo 17:26

26 —A los demás —contestó Pedro.—Entonces los suyos están exentos —le dijo Jesús—.

Mateo 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.

Mateo 17:26 In-Context

24 Cuando Jesús y sus discípulos llegaron a Capernaúm, los que cobraban el impuesto del templo se acercaron a Pedro y le preguntaron:—¿Su maestro no paga el impuesto del templo?

25 —Sí, lo paga —respondió Pedro.Al entrar Pedro en la casa, se adelantó Jesús a preguntarle:—¿Tú qué opinas, Simón? Los reyes de la tierra, ¿a quiénes cobran tributos e impuestos: a los suyos o a los demás?

26 —A los demás —contestó Pedro.—Entonces los suyos están exentos —le dijo Jesús—.

27 Pero, para no escandalizar a esta gente, vete al lago y echa el anzuelo. Saca el primer pez que pique; ábrele la boca y encontrarás una moneda. Tómala y dásela a ellos por mi impuesto y por el tuyo.