* Render.
  17:25-27  Pr 24:21  Lu 23:2  Ro 13:7 
 * are Caesar's.
   This conclusion is drawn from their own maxims and premises.
   They held that "wherever the money of any king is current,
   there the inhabitants acknowledge that king for their lord."
   Now, by admitting that this was C(9173)ar's coin, and by
   consenting to receive it as the current coin of their country,
   they in fact acknowledged their subjection to his government,
   and of course their obligation to pay the tribute demanded of
   them.  This answer was full of consummate wisdom, and it
   completely defeated the insidious designs of his enemies.  He
   avoided rendering himself odious to the Jewish people by
   opposing their notions of liberty, or appearing to pay court
   to the emperor, without exposing himself to the charge of
   sedition and disaffection to the Roman government.

 * and.
  37  4:10  Da 3:16-18  6:10,11,20-23  Mal 1:6-8  3:8-10  Ac 4:19  5:29 
  1Pe 2:13-17