8二十四节说，『他们到了迦百农，有收殿税的人前来对彼得-说，你们的老师不纳殿税么？』殿税是犹太人为圣殿所纳的丁税，等于犹太币半舍客勒。（出三十12～16，三八26。）彼得被问到这问题时，他立刻说，『纳。』彼得不晓得如何应用启示与异象，他被暴露了。彼得在变化山上，听见从天上来的声音，吩咐他要听基督。（太十七。）他若还记得在山上所发生的事，就会将问题转问基督，听祂怎么说。但他没有听基督说甚么，就回答了。彼得在山上听见父说，『这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的，你们要听祂。』那时彼得说了太多话，为此他受了责备。如今收丁税的人问他，主纳不纳殿税，他仍然说得太多，并且毫不迟疑的回答。如果他学了功课，他会说，『先生，让我去问祂，并且听祂。我需要问祂纳不纳殿税。我没有权利说甚么。』然而彼得没有这样回答，他被这试验暴露了。今天我们也是一样。在特会或训练之后，我们可能宣告说，我们绝不一样了。但我保证你回家后，会依然故我。然而，不要让这事令你们沮丧。
8Verse 24 says, “And when they came to Capernaum, those who received the half - shekel came to Peter and said, Does not your teacher pay the half shekel?” The half-shekel was a Jewish poll tax for the temple (Exo. 30:12-16; 38:26). When Peter was asked this question, he immediately said, “Yes.” Peter did not know how to apply the revelation and the vision, and he was exposed. On the mount of transfiguration, Peter heard the voice from heaven charging him to hear Christ (17:5). If he had still remembered what had taken place on the mountain, he would have referred the question to Christ to 5 hear what He would say. But instead of listening to Christ, he gave his own answer. On the mountain Peter heard the Father say, “This is My beloved Son, in Whom I delight; hear Him!” At that time, Peter talked too much, and he was rebuked for it. Now when the poll-tax gatherers asked him whether or not the Lord paid the half-shekel, he still had too much to say and did not hesitate to answer. If he had learned the lesson, he would have said, “Gentlemen, let me go to Him and hear Him. I need to ask Him whether or not He pays the half-shekel. I don’th ave the right to say anything.” Peter, however, did not respond this way, and he was exposed by this test. It is the same with us today. After a conference or training, we may proclaim that we shall never be the same. But I assure you that after you return home, you will be exactly the same. However, do not let this disappoint you.