Matthew Chapter 22 verse 22 Holy Bible
And when they heard it, they marvelled, and left him, and went away.
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And hearing it, they were full of wonder, and went away from him.
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And when they heard [him], they wondered, and left him, and went away.
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When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
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When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.
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and having heard they wondered, and having left him they went away.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 22. - They marvelled. Well might they marvel. Their carefully laid plot, which had seemed so irresistible, was utterly frustrated. The view of the relations of Church and state set forth by Christ was novel and incomprehensible. Hitherto the two provinces had been considered identical. The emperor, as we see impressed on his coins, was Pontifex Maximus; the Jewish priesthood had a political character, and the civil power was its instrument. In Christ's theory the spheres were distinct and not to be confounded. The state compelled obedience to its enactments; the Church left the conscience free, and obedience was voluntary and enforced by no external powers. The new society stood aloof from all political interests, and was responsible alone to God, while it performed its duties. Left him. They had no answer to give. There was nothing in Christ's words that they could lay hold of; nothing treasonable, nothing unpatriotic. Baffled, though not convinced, the questioners sullenly withdrew; but they or their comrades afterwards had the effrontery to accuse Jesus of forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar (Luke 23:2).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(22) They marvelled.--We can picture to ourselves the surprise which the conspirators felt at thus finding themselves baffled where they thought success so certain. The Herodians could not charge the Teacher with forbidding to give tribute to Caesar. The Pharisees found the duty of giving to God what belonged to Him pressed as strongly as they had ever pressed it. They had to change their tactics, and to fall back upon another plan of attack.
