debra3_91 (@debra3_91)

Judea was under Roman rule, and the payment of TAXES to the Roman authorities was a source of tension and resentment among the Jewish people. https://biblehub.com/topical/p/paying_taxes_to_caesar.htm “‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. https://www.openbible.info/topics/the_synagogue_of_satan