And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
You say, “We found this man perverting our people.” Tell us in what this perversion consisted? Christ taught repentance. Where did he forbid giving tribute to Caesar? He said, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Where then did he forbid giving tribute to Caesar? Their only purpose was to bring down to death the One who was raising them to life. This was the goal of their strategy, the shameful deeds they planned, of the falsehood they invented, and the bitter words running from their wicked tongues. The law still loudly proclaims to you, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor,” and “The holy and the just you shall not kill.” Commentary on Luke, Homily
