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Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?: If Jesus said yes, he would make the people angry, because they hated the burden of Roman taxation. If he said no, he would be accused of rebellion against the Roman authorities.
The religious leaders asked this question to trap Jesus, but he answered in a way that avoided their trap.
In this series of controversies between Jesus and the religious leaders of Jerusalem, they repeatedly questioned and challenged him, and he repeatedly outmatched them with his spiritual wisdom, insight, and authority.
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Tiberius: Roman emperor during Jesus' ministry and death
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Caesar: Tiberius Citizens: Duties of Craftiness: Jews, in Seeking to Entangle the Master Jesus, the Christ: Tested by the Pharisees and the Herodians Law: General Scriptures Concerning