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20. Καὶ παρατηρήσαντες ἀπέστειλαν ἐγκαθέτους, ὑποκρινομένους ἑαυτοὺς δικαίους εἶναι, ἵνα ἐπιλάβωνται αὐτοῦ λόγου, eis τὸ 1 παρα-
δοῦναι αὐτὸν τῇ ἀρχῇ καὶ τῇ ἐξουσίᾳ τοῦ ἠἡγεμόνος.
21. καὶ
ἐπηρώτησαν αὔτόν, λέγοντες, “ Διδάσκαλε, οἴδαμεν ὅτι ὀρθῶς λέγεις καὶ διδάσκεις, καὶ οὐ λαμβάνεις πρόσωπον, GAN ἐπ ἀληθείας τὴν
ὁδὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ διδάσκεις.
3” bx Cor, ΠΠ. ἢ οὔ; Ig. 2 Cor. iv. 2; χὶ,3 αὐτούς, “Ti µε Teipdtete § ; Eph. iv. 14.
34. 3 ή. La > ἔχει εἰκόνα καὶ ἐπιγραφήν ;
22. ἔξεστιν ἡμῖν Καΐσαρι φόρον δοῦναι, 23. Κατανοήσας δὲ αὐτῶν τὴν > πανουργίαν, εἶπε πρὸς
24. ἐπιδείξατέ" por δηνάριον: τίνος ᾽Αποκριθέντες δὲ εἶπον,ὸ “ Καίσαρος.”
25. Ὁ δὲ εἶπεν adtois,® “΄᾽Απόδοτε τοίνυν᾿ τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι,
καὶ τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ τῷ Oca.”
a , αὐτοῦ, ἐσιγησαν.
26. Καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν ἐπιλαβέσθαι αὐτοῦ ὃ ῥήματος ἐναντίον τοῦ aod :
ν ῃ > 8 ae , και θαυμάσαντες επι τη σοποκρισει
1 For εις το SBCDL have ωστε (Tisch., W.H.).
Σημας in NABL 13, 33, 69 al.
7 ποιγυν αποδοτε in 3 ΒΙ, 69.
Vv. 20-26. The tribute question (Mt. xxii. 15-22, Mk. xii. 13-17).—Ver. 20, παρατηρήσαντες: used absolutely = watching, not Him, but their opportu- nity; so Grotius and Field (Ot. Nor.); watching with close cunning observation (accurate et insidiose observare, Kypke). ---ἐγκαθέτους: some derive from ἐν and κάθηµαι = sitters down, lying in wait (subsessores, Grotius), others from κατα- τίθηµι. The most probable derivation is from KaOinpr, to place in ambush (so Kypke, Schanz, etc.). Pricaeus cites Sirach viii. 11: ἵνα μὴ ἐγκαθίσῃ ὡς ἔνεδρον τῷ στόµατί σον, as probably in the mind of Lk. Here only in N.T. = “spies” (A.V., R.V.), ‘“ Aufpasser ’’ (Weizsacker).—troxptvopévous €., pass- ing themselves off as; that was the trick they had been put up ἴο.--δικαίους, honest men, sincerely anxious to know and do their duty. They might pose as such with the better chance of success if they were as Mt. states ‘‘ disciples ”’; scholars of the scribes = ingenuous young men.—avrod λόγον: that they might lay hold either of a word of His, or of Him by a word (eum in sermone, Vulgate), or of Him, t.e., of a word spoken by Him; all three alternatives find support.—dore (eis τὸ T.R.), in- dicating aim and tendency.—+. ἀρχῇ καὶ τ. ἐξουσίᾳ: the repetition of the article taises a doubt whether both nouns refer
CD have ηµιν. 3 Omit Tt µεπειρ. 9 BL minusc. e cop. 5 For αποκρ. δε ειπον NBL 33 have οι δε e.
ὁδειξατε in NABDLMP ai. 6 προς αντους in NBL 1, 13, 69. 8 rov for αυτον in NBL 433 (W.H.).
to τοῦ ἡγεμόνος. So construed the clause will mean ‘to the rule and especially to the authority of the governor,’ rule being general, and authority a more special definition of it. Some take ἀρχῇ as referring to the Sanhedrim. ‘The probability is that both refer to Pilate. On the aim thus said to be in view Grotius remarks: ‘ When _ disputes about religion do not suffice to oppress the innocent, matters relating to the state are wont to be taken up’’.—Ver. 21. ὀρθῶς, rightly, as in vii. 43, pointing not tq sincerity in speech (λέγεις) and teaching (διδάσκεις) but to sound judg- ment = you always say the right thing ; the second clause points to impartiality = you say the same thing to all; the third to sincerity = you say what you think. They describe an ideal from which their own masters were as remote as possible.
Ver. 22 f. The question.—dédpov = κῆνσον, a Latinism, in the parallels.— Ver. 23. πανουργίαν, craft, cunning, as in 2 Cor. iv. 2, which possibly the evangelist had in his eye. Each synoptist has his own word here (πονηρίαν Mt., ὑπόκρισιν Mk.) as if trying to describe the indescribable.—Ver. 24. Lk. repoits more briefly than Mt. and Mk., not thinking it necessary to state that the denarius asked for was handed to Jesus. —Ver. 25. τοίνυν, therefore, connecting