MATT002 - Who Was Matthew?
The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast
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The Roman Tax Collectors
Rome wanted a little bit of insulation, so that even though they knew dang well they were the bad guys, maybe they wouldn't be so much the bad guys. They found it made the bitter pill of roman occupation go down much easier fom most people groups. And this client king's job was to provide order and make sure the es got paid. There was kind of a wink, wink, nod, nod acceptance that these tax collectors would go out and shake people down for whatever rome's portion as well as their portion. This was a good system for rome. It was, frankly, a pretty good system for a local ruler or an ethnarch as ell.
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