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Direct Answer The transcript suggests early Christians would have responded by submitting to governmental ordinances (including taxes) and enduring perceived injustice without reviling or threats, because they saw themselves as pilgrims and trusted God’s judgment rather than taking matters into their own hands.

Support from Transcript:

• Peter’s instruction is quoted: “submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake… Honor… fear God, honor the King.”
• Christians are called “sojourners and pilgrims,” with “conduct honorable,” doing good to silence “ignorance of foolish men.”
• Jesus’ example is emphasized: when reviled “He did not revile in return… when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously.”
• Bercot contrasts this with the revolutionaries who “trampled upon commandment after commandment of God” and “reviled and threatened.”
• He notes their fear of what would happen if they “peacefully paid their taxes,” implying the Christian path was the opposite—obedient and non-anxious.