Anf-02 vi.iii.iii.xii Pg 37.2
Anf-03 iv.iv.xv Pg 5
Matt. xxii. 21; Mark xii. 17; Luke xx. 25.
It is enough that He set in apposition thereto, “and to God the things which are God’s.” What things, then, are Cæsar’s? Those, to wit, about which the consultation was then held, whether the poll-tax should be furnished to Cæsar or no. Therefore, too, the Lord demanded that the money should be shown Him, and inquired about the image, whose it was; and when He had heard it was Cæsar’s, said, “Render to Cæsar what are Cæsar’s, and what are God’s to God;” that is, the image of Cæsar, which is on the coin, to Cæsar, and the image of God, which is on man,279 279
Anf-03 iv.ix.x Pg 41
Lignarium aliquem regem. It is remarkable, in connection herewith, that our Lord is not only called by the Jews “the carpenter’s son” (Matt. xiii. 55; Luke iv. 22), but “the carpenter” (Mark vi. 3).
is signified, and not Christ, who has reigned from that time onward when he overcame the death which ensued from His passion of “the tree.”
