Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is?
Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?
They say to him, Caesar's. Then he said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.
And Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the little towns round Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he put a question to his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am?
And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?
And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.
And Jesus said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. And they were full of wonder at him.
Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.
Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,
Is it right for us to make payment of taxes to Caesar or not?
Let me see a penny. Whose image and name are on it? And they said, Caesar's.
And he said, Then give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's.
And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.
Then they gave a loud cry, Away with him! away with him! to the cross! Pilate said to them, Am I to put your King to death on the cross? The chief priests said in answer, We have no king but Caesar.
But Philip came to Azotus, and went through all the towns, preaching the good news, till he came to Caesarea.
And when the brothers had knowledge of it, they took him to Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.
Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, the captain of the Italian band of the army;
And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.
And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were.
And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from judaea to Caesarea for a time.
Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
And when he had come to land at Caesarea, he went to see the church, and then went down to Antioch.
And on the day after, we went away and came to Caesarea, where we were guests in the house of Philip, the preacher, who was one of the seven.
And some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, taking a certain Mnason of Cyprus, one of the early disciples, in whose house we were to be living.
And he sent for two captains and said, Make ready two hundred men, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, to go to Caesarea, at the third hour of the night:
And they, when they came to Caesarea, gave the letter to the ruler, and took Paul before him.
So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
But Festus, in answer, said that Paul was being kept in prison at Caesarea, and that in a short time he himself was going there.
And when he had been with them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and on the day after, he took his place on the judge's seat, and sent for Paul.
Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.
And Paul said, I am before the seat of Caesar's authority where it is right for me to be judged: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you are well able to see.
If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar.
Then Festus, having had a discussion with the Jews, made answer, You have said, Let my cause come before Caesar; to Caesar you will go.
Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.
But when Paul made a request that he might be judged by Caesar, I gave orders for him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.
But I have no certain account of him to send to Caesar. So I have sent for him to come before you, and specially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the business has been gone into, I may have something to put in writing.
And Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been made free, if he had not put his cause before Caesar.
Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.
But when the Jews made protest against it, I had to put my cause into Caesar's hands; not because I have anything to say against my nation.
All the saints send their love to you, specially those who are of Caesar's house.
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