Sometimes a translation can be dramatically changed when the translator learns more about the culture in which the original events took place. Luke 20:25 is one such instance.
During the final week of Jesus’ ministry, a crisis developed with the religious authorities. First, Jesus tried to stop the money lenders and the merchants from operating in the Temple. The religious authorities demanded an explanation of his actions, and he responded with a parable about wicked tenants who beat and killed their landlord’s son. The authorities knew the parable was spoken against them, and they sent agents to try to catch Jesus in a word against the Roman government so that they could have him arrested and condemned.
Loaded Question
![Gold denarius bearing the portrait of Tiberius, who was Roman emperor when Jesus said, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." The Latin inscription reads: "TI CAESAR DIVI AVG[usti] F[ilius] AVGVSTVS" (Tiberius Caesar, son of the deified Augustus, Augustus). (Courtesy of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem)](http://3fl57v4a19ai270s1i3u79qp6yx-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/1990/01/Denarius-Tiberius-295x300.jpg)
Gold denarius bearing the portrait of Tiberius, who was Roman emperor when Jesus said, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” The Latin inscription reads: “TI CAESAR DIVI AVG[usti] F[ilius] AVGVSTVS” (Tiberius Caesar, son of the deified Augustus, Augustus).
(Courtesy of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem)
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