Son of Man sends his angels; Peter’s confession; temple tax setup

“…all causes of sin and those who do lawlessness, and they will throw them into the furnace of fire.” Of God it is written: “Bless the Lord, all his angels.” For an angel is not a human’s servant; rather, all things belong to God. How, then, does he say of the Son of Man that he will send his angels? So he is God, as one who has the angels as his own and is served through the spirits above.

Christ asked: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And Peter answered: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered him: “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.” If Christ were a bare human, why is Peter marvelled at for confessing him? How is he God-taught, or what illumination from above did he need to learn the mystery about him? But he knew him to be God, and confessed him Son of the living God — and for that he is marvelled at. Yet he says one Son, not two sons; so it is impious to divide him into two.

“For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels.” See again: he calls the spirits above his angels, though he is called Son of Man.

“When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax approached Peter and said: Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma? He said: Yes.”