F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 17:22-27
Pay Tribute Where It Is Due Matthew 17:22-27 All Jews were required to pay the half-shekel for the maintenance of the Temple services. See Exodus 30:13 . As God’s own Son, our Lord might surely have claimed exemption from taxation for His Father’s house. But He waived His claims, that He might not put a stumbling-block in the way of others. We must often conform to requirements that seem needless, because of the effect of our example on others who have not had the advantages of our... read more
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Matthew 17:22-23
F. The Church in its human weakness. Matthew 17:22-23(Mark 9:30-32; Luke 9:43-45.)22And, while they [again] abode27 in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed [is about to be given up, μέλλει παραδίδοσθαι] into the hands of men;23And they shall kill him [will put him to death], and the third day he shall be raised [rise] again.28 And they were exceeding sorry.EXEGETICAL AND CRITICALMatthew 17:22. The expression ἀναστρεφο μένων indicates that they had returned into... read more