They marvelled. They had been foiled in their attempt. Though he had apparently decided in favor of the Herodians, yet his answer confound…

They marveled—We can imagine the surprise the conspirators felt to find themselves baffled when they thought success was so certai…

They had some sense left even if they had no feeling. They saw that their plot had ignominiously failed; they marveled at the wisdom with which Chr…

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…

They wondered at Him. Here, too, it appears how God turns to a different purpose the wicked attempts of His enemies, and not only disappoi…

When they had heard these words
This answer returned unto them, this advice which was given them, which they could n…

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: