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# Is it lawful ... or not?
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They hoped that Jesus would say either "yes" or "no." If he said "yes," then the Jewish people would be angry with him for telling them to pay taxes to a foreign government. If he said "no," then the religious leaders could tell the Romans that Jesus was teaching the people to break the Roman laws.
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# Is it lawful
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They were asking about God's law, not about Caesar's law. Alternate translation: "Does our law permit us"
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# Caesar
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Because Caesar was the ruler of the Roman government, they could refer to the Roman government by Caesar's name. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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