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Matthew 9:10
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a tax farmer that is collector of public revenue
1. a renter or farmer of taxes
a. among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank
2. a tax gatherer, collector of taxes or tolls, one employed by a publican or farmer general in the collection of taxes. The tax collectors were as a class, detested not only by the Jews, but by other nations also, both on account of their employment and of the harshness, greed, and deception, with which they did their job.
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.