Mark 12:17

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 12:13-17

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 12:13. To catch Him in His words.—The chief priests and scribes and elders having signally failed in their last attempt (chap. Mark 11:27-33), now send a band of Pharisees and Herodians, in the hope that they may be able to entangle and ensnare Him in an argument.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 12:13-17(PARALLELS: Matthew 22:15-22; Luke 20:19-26.)Question as to tribute money.—One part of the business of a teacher of Divine truth is to be ready to resolve... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 12:17

Mark 12:17 I. The questioners here, we are told, were the Pharisees and the Herodians. With the Pharisees we are well acquainted. Of the Herodians we know nothing, except what this incident reveals. Whether they were a religious sect or a political party, we are not informed. Their name only shows that they were favourable to the ascendancy of Herod, and Herod's family. The Pharisees and the Herodians alike must have had a genuine interest in the question which they asked, "Is it lawful to give... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Mark 12:17

DISCOURSE: 1447DUTIES TO OUR EARTHLY AND OUR HEAVENLY KINGMark 12:17. And Jesus answering, said unto them, Render to Cζsar the things that are Cζsar’s and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.IT is said of Jesus, that “he spake as never man spake.” This was true, as to his general instructions: but it was more especially manifest, when, by the malice of his enemies, he was brought into circumstances wherein a merely finite wisdom would have been insufficient for his... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 12:1-44

Mark's gospel, chapter 12.Now we remember that Jesus is in the temple. This is the day after He had cleansed it again. It is on Tuesday. It is His final week. Sunday He had made His triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the donkey. Monday He came in and cleansed the temple. Now Tuesday He returns to the temple with His disciples, where immediately He is challenged by the religious leaders concerning the authority by which He has done these things.And he began to speak unto them by parables. [And... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 12:1-44

Mark 12:1 . A certain man planted a vineyard. See on Matthew 20:1. The idea conveys an enlarged view of its magnitude, conformably to what is said in Psalms 80:0. and Isaiah 5:0. Mark 12:2 . He sent to the husbandmen a servant. Matthew has the plural, servants. The harmony is, that the steward had servants with him. Those innocent variations tend to strengthen the gospel history: the evangelists did not write in concert. Mark 12:6 . Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved. ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 12:17

Mark 12:17Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.Our obligations to God and manThe spirit of the passage requires us to regard the rights of all beings as sacred, and to give to them all that is theirs.I. What is due to God? Or what are the things, the property of God, which our Saviour here requires us to render to Him? “The earth is the Lord’s,” etc. Of course we, and all that we possess, are God’s property. More particularly-1. Our souls with all... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 12:17

17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him. Ver. 17. See Trapp on " Mat 22:21 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Mark 12:17

Render: Proverbs 24:21, Matthew 17:25-Daniel :, Romans 13:7, 1 Peter 2:17 and to: Mark 12:30, Proverbs 23:26, Ecclesiastes 5:4, Ecclesiastes 5:5, Malachi 1:6, Acts 4:19, Acts 4:20, Romans 6:13, Romans 12:1, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 1 Corinthians 6:20, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 2 Corinthians 5:15 And they: Job 5:12, Job 5:13, Matthew 22:22, Matthew 22:33, Matthew 22:46, 1 Corinthians 14:24, 1 Corinthians 14:25 Reciprocal: Proverbs 24:26 - shall Malachi 3:8 - a man Luke 20:25 - Render Luke 23:2 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Mark 12:17

And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.They marvelled at him — At the wisdom of his answer. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 12:13-17

THE HERODIANS ATTACK JESUS, Mark 12:13-17. (See notes on Matthew 22:15-22.) read more

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