7/13/2023 0 Comments Gog caesar 3![]() His brilliant avoidance of the trap that had been carefully laid for Him left the rabbis speechless. ![]() When they told him it was Caesar's, Christ spoke these oft-quoted words, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's" (Mk12:13-17). Jesus, "knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them.bring me a penny." When someone presented the coin, Jesus asked whose picture was on it. If He answered "no," He would be fomenting rebellion against Caesar, and the Romans would crucify Him. If He answered "yes," He would be a stench to the Jews, who hated Roman taxes. ![]() Hoping to entrap Him, the Pharisees and Herodians publicly confronted Jesus with an apparently unanswerable question, "Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? Shall we give, or shall we not give?" They had cleverly plotted to place Christ in an impossible position. Every Sunday-school child knows the story well.
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