By Davis Carlton
I was reading through the Gospels with my family as we approached Holy Week in order to teach about the very important things that Jesus said and did between Palm Sunday and Easter. One of the most misunderstood teachings of Jesus is His confrontation with the Pharisees and Herodians about paying tribute to Caesar, as recorded in all three synoptic Gospels (Matthew 22:15-22, Mark 12:12-17, Luke 20:19-26). The account is well-known to many Christians because of Jesus’ enigmatic response: “Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.”