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Tax Collection Under Turkish Rule

Tax collection under the Turkish government. In the days when the Turkish government controlled Israel, a system of farming out import and export duties, excise taxes, and government produce tithes, was in force. A company would guarantee the government a certain sum for a tax, and then, having the monopoly of this, would charge the public enough t...

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Tax Collectors for Rome

Tax collection under the Roman Empire. A somewhat similar system to the Turkish system was in operation in the Roman Empire in New Testament times. The office of publican, or tax collector, was in itself legitimate enough, as it was necessary to have government taxes, and important to collect them. But there was resentment on the part of the Jews a...

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Jesus and the Publicans

Because JESUS sought to be friendly with, and bring help to, the lowest of men, certain men of His day gave Him the title, "friend of publicans and sinners" (Matthew 11:19)....

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Arimathea in Naves Topical Bible

Also called RAMAH -A town five miles north of Jerusalem Mt 27:57; Mr 15:43; Lu 23:51; Joh 19:38...

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Matthew the Tax Collector

Matthew was a publican who had his customs office not far from Capernaum on the road from Damascus to Acre, where he could examine the goods of travelers along this highway, and could collect the required taxes. Holding this office he had of necessity to violate the Pharisaical Sabbath observances, and would therefore cause wrath to be upon him. Bu...

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Zaccheus the Tax Commissioner

Zaccheus was not an ordinary tax collector, but rather a tax commissioner, who farmed out a whole district, and had other tax collectors under his jurisdiction. His conversion was so thorough that he agreed, "If I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold" (Luke 19:8)....

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