McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopedia says: “The publicans [tax collectors] of the New Test [ament] were regarded as traitors and apostates, defiled by their frequent intercourse with the heathen, willing tools of the oppressor.
McClintocki ja Strongi ” Cyclopedia ” ütleb: ” Uue Testamendi publikaane [maksukogujaid] peeti reeturiteks ja ususalgajateks, keda oli rüvetanud nende tihe läbikäimine paganatega, rõhuja kuulekateks tööriistadeks.