“Pay your taxes is what that means. It’s a big jump from that to the Divine Right of Kings.”
I take it differently. Part of the reason why it’s one of my favorite parts of the Gospel: it’s deliciously cryptic. Was Christ saying “pay your taxes” or something else? I take it as something else. In context, this came up us an attempt to trick Christ into making a treasonous statement. He turned it on it’s head and didn’t say obey caesar, but to render onto caesar. Or give the things that are of caesar right back to him. Be that his coinage...or other things. Those other things at the time including state sanctioned murder, abortion, gladiatorial games, and all manner of debauchery.
What do you think “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s” means?
Never thought of it THAT way.
If more Democrats were like you.......our country wouldn’t be in this mess!