Render (αποδοτε). "Give back" to Caesar what is already Caesar's.

Render therefore unto Caesar, etc. Caesar's image and name on the coin proved that it was his. It was proper, therefore, to give it back t…

Render therefore unto Caesar — As far as the immediate question was concerned, this was an answer in the affirmative. It recognized the pr…

He asked another question so that they themselves might contribute to their own answer. He said to them, “Whose is this image and superscriptio…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: Just as when someone tries to dam a flowing stream, as soon as one outlet is blocked, it carves out …

Superficially, Jesus’ answer accords with Jewish teaching that people ought to pay taxes to their foreign overlords, since the great, even the paga…

Render therefore to Caesar those things which are Caesar’s. Christ reminds them that, as the subjection of their nation was attested by th…

They say unto him, Caesar's Either Augustus Caesar's; for there was a coin of that emperor's, as Dr. Hammond reports, from Occo, wh…

The Pharisees sent their disciples with the Herodians, a party among the Jews who favored full subjection to the Roman emperor. Though opposed to e…

Above, the Lord refuted the Pharisees by a parable; here, He manifests His wisdom in a second way by disputing with them. He does so in two ways: