Matthew 22:22
New International Version
When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.

New Living Translation
His reply amazed them, and they went away.

English Standard Version
When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.

Berean Standard Bible
And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

Berean Literal Bible
And having heard, they marveled. And having left Him, they went away.

King James Bible
When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

New King James Version
When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left Him and went their way.

New American Standard Bible
And hearing this, they were amazed; and they left Him and went away.

NASB 1995
And hearing this, they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away.

NASB 1977
And hearing this, they marveled, and leaving Him, they went away.

Legacy Standard Bible
And hearing this, they marveled, and leaving Him, they went away.

Amplified Bible
When they heard this, they were caught off guard, and they left Him and went away.

Christian Standard Bible
When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

American Standard Version
And when they heard it, they marvelled, and left him, and went away.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when they heard, they were amazed, and they left him and departed.

Contemporary English Version
His answer surprised them so much that they walked away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And hearing this they wondered, and leaving him, went their ways.

English Revised Version
And when they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went their way.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They were surprised to hear this. Then they left him alone and went away.

Good News Translation
When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.

International Standard Version
When they heard this, they were amazed. Then they left him and went away.

Literal Standard Version
and having heard they wondered, and having left Him they went away.

Majority Standard Bible
And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

New American Bible
When they heard this they were amazed, and leaving him they went away.

NET Bible
Now when they heard this they were stunned, and they left him and went away.

New Revised Standard Version
When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left him and went away.

New Heart English Bible
When they heard it, they were astonished, and left him, and went away.

Webster's Bible Translation
When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left him, and departed.

Weymouth New Testament
They heard this, and were astonished; then left Him, and went their way.

World English Bible
When they heard it, they marveled, and left him and went away.

Young's Literal Translation
and having heard they wondered, and having left him they went away.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Paying Taxes to Caesar
21“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” 22And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away. 23That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.…

Cross References
Matthew 8:10
When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, "Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

Mark 12:12
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.


Treasury of Scripture

When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left him, and went their way.

they marvelled.

Matthew 22:33,46
And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine…

Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Proverbs 26:4,5
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him…

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Matthew 22
1. The parable of the marriage of the king's son.
9. The vocation of the Gentiles.
12. The punishment of him who lacked a wedding garment.
15. Tribute ought to be paid to Caesar.
23. Jesus confutes the Sadducees for the resurrection;
34. answers which is the first and great commandment;
41. and puzzles the Pharisees by a question about the Messiah.














(22) They marvelled.--We can picture to ourselves the surprise which the conspirators felt at thus finding themselves baffled where they thought success so certain. The Herodians could not charge the Teacher with forbidding to give tribute to Caesar. The Pharisees found the duty of giving to God what belonged to Him pressed as strongly as they had ever pressed it. They had to change their tactics, and to fall back upon another plan of attack.

Verse 22. - They marvelled. Well might they marvel. Their carefully laid plot, which had seemed so irresistible, was utterly frustrated. The view of the relations of Church and state set forth by Christ was novel and incomprehensible. Hitherto the two provinces had been considered identical. The emperor, as we see impressed on his coins, was Pontifex Maximus; the Jewish priesthood had a political character, and the civil power was its instrument. In Christ's theory the spheres were distinct and not to be confounded. The state compelled obedience to its enactments; the Church left the conscience free, and obedience was voluntary and enforced by no external powers. The new society stood aloof from all political interests, and was responsible alone to God, while it performed its duties. Left him. They had no answer to give. There was nothing in Christ's words that they could lay hold of; nothing treasonable, nothing unpatriotic. Baffled, though not convinced, the questioners sullenly withdrew; but they or their comrades afterwards had the effrontery to accuse Jesus of forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar (Luke 23:2).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

when they heard [this],
ἀκούσαντες (akousantes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

they were amazed.
ἐθαύμασαν (ethaumasan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2296: (a) intrans: I wonder, marvel, (b) trans: I wonder at, admire. From thauma; to wonder; by implication, to admire.

So
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they left
ἀφέντες (aphentes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 863: From apo and hiemi; to send forth, in various applications.

Him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[and] went away.
ἀπῆλθαν (apēlthan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 565: From apo and erchomai; to go off, aside or behind, literally or figuratively.


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