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Head Tax - kensos

Definition: Kensos (kane'-sos) Noun, Masculine - Census, the Greek word kensos is borrowed from the Latin word "census" which was a head tax paid by each adult to the government. Rome required the annual poll tax be paid with a silver denarius, a coin worth about one days wage.

Diagram: The Sign of a Head Tax is the sign of a denarius, a circle with a circumference of 444 units, having a one half size image of the face of Caesar.

Mk 12:14e

Is it permissible to give a "head tax" to Caesar or not?

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