On the face of it, this is about paying taxes. Jesus seems to say we should pay taxes. And he has good reason for this. To encourage the people not to pay taxes would be to subject them to punishment from Rome, which could mean death. As we know, Jesus did not come to incite a violent uprising or encourage people to be killed.
However, the question about paying taxes was not just a political question. It was also a moral and theological question. What is legal is not necessarily moral. What is lawful from Rome’s perspective might not be acceptable to God.
Paying to God what is God’s, is about us participating in God’s kingdom – and this in itself was entirely subversive in Roman times where Caesar was considered a type of God.
On the face of it, this is about paying taxes. Jesus seems to say we should pay taxes. And he has good reason for this. To encourage the people not to pay taxes would be to subject them to punishment from Rome, which could mean death. As we know, Jesus did not come to incite a violent uprising or encourage people to be killed.
However, the question about paying taxes was not just a political question. It was also a moral and theological question. What is legal is not necessarily moral. What is lawful from Rome’s perspective might not be acceptable to God.
Paying to God what is God’s, is about us participating in God’s kingdom – and this in itself was entirely subversive in Roman times where Caesar was considered a type of God.
This made Champollion think at once of the Coptic word for "give birth," which was pronounced mes. He put that sound in place of the question mark, and there the name was Ramesses, "The Child of Ra."
This made Champollion think at once of the Coptic word for "give birth," which was pronounced mes. He put that sound in place of the question mark, and there the name was Ramesses, "The Child of Ra."
4. Cassius cannot believe that a weakling like Caesar has become so great.
From the excerpt we can understand that Cassius is incapable of believing that the man he once saw pale and sick is the same man that rules others. He compares Caesar to a sick girl and criticizes his weakness. As he states, 'it doth amaze me (that) a man of such a feeble temper should so get the start of the majestic world, and bear the palm alone.'
In act 1, scene 2 of Julius Caesar, Cassius is trying to convince Brutus that Caesar is not better than any of them, that they should not be his subjects. He tells Brutus that people talk of him (Brutus) as a noble man whom they would very much like to follow instead of Caesar.
4. Cassius cannot believe that a weakling like Caesar has become so great.
From the excerpt we can understand that Cassius is incapable of believing that the man he once saw pale and sick is the same man that rules others. He compares Caesar to a sick girl and criticizes his weakness. As he states, 'it doth amaze me (that) a man of such a feeble temper should so get the start of the majestic world, and bear the palm alone.'
In act 1, scene 2 of Julius Caesar, Cassius is trying to convince Brutus that Caesar is not better than any of them, that they should not be his subjects. He tells Brutus that people talk of him (Brutus) as a noble man whom they would very much like to follow instead of Caesar.
In this excerpt, Cassius believes that Caesar is not fit to rule because he is not healthy enough. Cassius tells us that he has seen how Caesar gets sick. He says that he shakes when he has a fever and his lips become white. He also says that he groans and complains like a sick girl. This leads Cassius to conclude that such a weak man should not have so much power.
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