...of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute ? of their own children, or of strangers 1 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto...money : that take, and give unto them for me and thee. LESSON XL. Matthew, Chap, 18. Mark, Chap. 9. AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying,...

...up he should find a piece of money equal t> the sum demanded of them both. Notwithstanding, lest ice should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an...money: that take, and give unto them, for me and thee. The reason of our Lord's taking this extraordinary method of paying the tribute money was, because...

...first fish that came up, he should find a piece of money equal to the sum demanded of them both. " Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou...cometh up ; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou .shall find a piece of money: that take, and give it unto them, for thee and me." Matt. xvii. 27. No....

...spirit. saith unto him, Then arc (he children free. 27 Notwithstanding, lest we- should offend then;, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up...cometh up ; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shall find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for me and thee. CHAP. XVIII. 1 AT the...

...afraid. But He saith unto them, It is I ; be not afraid." It was here, too, that Christ said to Peter, " Go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up...find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them [as tribute] for Me and thee " (Matt. xvii. 27). Over there, to the left, He fed the multitude with...

...merely that bystanders should wonder at his power ; — what reason induced Him to say to St. Peter, " Go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up...shalt find a piece of money ; that take, and give it unto them for Me and thee " ? We proceed to answer this question, and to meet the difficulty it...

...disrespect to government. "Lest we should offend them," says he to Peter, " go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up ;...: that take, and give unto them for me and thee." Thus he not only " fulfilled" to an iota, " all righteousness," prescribed by the law, but submitted...

...it is called St. Peter's fish, alluding to the fact recorded ill the 17th chapter of St. Matthew ; " Go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up...cometh up, and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shall find a piece of money ; that take and give unto them for me and thce." And while St. Peter held...

...notwithstanding, lest we offend them, go thou to the sea, § 1*. * Deut. xvii. 8—11. §13. "Matt. xxii. 15—21. and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first...money ; that take, and give unto them for me and thee b. SECT. 14. — To pray for them. That they may pray for the life of the king and his sons*. I exhort...

...answered, that the sons of strangers only ought to pay it, Christ said, " Then are the children free. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou...piece of money ; that take, and give unto them for thee and me." Here we see, that as all works are free unto a Christian, by his faith, so are all things...