Anf-02 vi.iii.iii.xii Pg 37.3
Anf-03 iv.iv.xv Pg 5
Matt. xxii. 21; Mark xii. 17; Luke xx. 25.
It is enough that He set in apposition thereto, “and to God the things which are God’s.” What things, then, are Cæsar’s? Those, to wit, about which the consultation was then held, whether the poll-tax should be furnished to Cæsar or no. Therefore, too, the Lord demanded that the money should be shown Him, and inquired about the image, whose it was; and when He had heard it was Cæsar’s, said, “Render to Cæsar what are Cæsar’s, and what are God’s to God;” that is, the image of Cæsar, which is on the coin, to Cæsar, and the image of God, which is on man,279 279
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxxviii Pg 12
Luke xx. 25.
What will be “the things which are God’s?” Such things as are like Cæsar’s denarius—that is to say, His image and similitude. That, therefore, which he commands to be “rendered unto God,” the Creator, is man, who has been stamped with His image, likeness, name, and substance.4991 4991 Materia.
Let Marcion’s god look after his own mint.4992 4992 Monetam.
Christ bids the denarius of man’s imprint to be rendered to His Cæsar, (His Cæsar I say,) not the Cæsar of a strange god.4993 4993 Non alieno.
The truth, however, must be confessed, this god has not a denarius to call his own! In every question the just and proper rule is, that the meaning of the answer ought to be adapted to the proposed inquiry. But it is nothing short of madness to return an answer altogether different from the question submitted to you. God forbid, then, that we should expect from Christ4994 4994 Quo magis absit a Christo.
conduct which would be unfit even to an ordinary man! The Sadducees, who said there was no resurrection, in a discussion on that subject, had proposed to the Lord a case of law touching a certain woman, who, in accordance with the legal prescription, had been married to seven brothers who had died one after the other. The question therefore was, to which husband must she be reckoned to belong in the resurrection?4995 4995
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 20
VERSE (25) - Pr 24:21 Mt 17:27; 22:21 Mr 12:17 Ro 13:6,7 1Pe 2:13-17
