Mateus 17:26

26 “Dos outros”, respondeu Pedro.Disse-lhe Jesus: “Então os filhos estão isentos.

Mateus 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.

Mateus 17:26 In-Context

24 Quando Jesus e seus discípulos chegaram a Cafarnaum, os coletores do imposto de duas dracmas vieram a Pedro e perguntaram: “O mestre de vocês não paga o imposto do templo?”

25 “Sim, paga”, respondeu ele.Quando Pedro entrou na casa, Jesus foi o primeiro a falar, perguntando-lhe: “O que você acha, Simão? De quem os reis da terra cobram tributos e impostos: de seus próprios filhos ou dos outros?”

26 “Dos outros”, respondeu Pedro.Disse-lhe Jesus: “Então os filhos estão isentos.

27 Mas para não escandalizá-los, vá ao mar e jogue o anzol. Tire o primeiro peixe que você pegar, abra-lhe a boca, e você encontrará uma moeda de quatro dracmas. Pegue-a e entregue-a a eles, para pagar o meu imposto e o seu”.