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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 17:25

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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17:25-26 As an obedient Jew, Jesus would have paid the tax annually, and he did pay it. Jesus’ point was that as God’s Son, he is greater than the Temple (12:5-6), and he makes a decisive break with it (see 16:18-19; 21:33-46).
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