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Matthew 22:17
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The God of all wanted Israel free of human domination. But because they trampled the divine laws, they came under the hand of those then in power, who laid tributes on them. And tax thereafter — when rule passed over to the Romans (Matthew 22:17 ).
Greek Ἤθελε μὲν ὁ τῶν ὅλων θεὸς ἀνθρωπίνης δυναστείας ἐλεύθερον εἶναι τὸν Ἰσραήλ. ἐπειδὴ δὲ τοὺς θείους πεπατήκασι νόμους, γεγόνασιν ὑπὸ χεῖρα τῶν τηνικάδε κεκρατηκότων καὶ δασμοὺς ἐπέθηκαν αὐτοῖς. καὶ φόρου λοιπὸν–Ῥωμαίων μεταπεσόντων ἀρχήν.
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About this text Cyril of Alexandria died in 444 — later than the first three centuries of the church.
Cyril of Alexandria's short notes on Matthew's Gospel, kept in later chains of comments, in the order of Matthew's chapters and verses.
English follows the named base text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
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