Andδέsomeτινεςof the scribesτῶν γραμματέωνanswered andἀποκριθέντεςsaid,εἶπαν“Teacher,Διδάσκαλεyou have spokenεἶπαςwell.”καλῶς
Luke 20:39
Study it in the app“And some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, you have spoken well.””
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Luke 20:39, word by word
- of the scribesγραμματέωνgrammateōn
scribe
A teacher who copied and explained the law of Moses.
Where else “grammateōn” appears- answered andἀποκριθέντεςapokrithentes
answer
To say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
Where else “apokrithentes” appears- saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears- “TeacherΔιδάσκαλεDidaskale
teacher
Teacher, one who teaches.
Where else “Didaskale” appears- wellκαλῶςkalōs
well
Well, rightly.
Where else “kalōs” appears
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Luke 20:27-40
27And some of the Sadducees, those who contend that there is no resurrection, came up and asked him, 28saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother. 29Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless; 30and the second, 31and the third took her; and likewise also the seven left no children and died. 32Finally the woman also died. 33The woman, then, in the resurrection, of which of them does she become wife? For the seven had her as wife.” 34And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, 35but those who are considered worthy to attain that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage; 36for neither can they die anymore, for they are equal to angels, and they are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. 37But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. 38Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.” 39And some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” 40For they no longer dared to ask him anything.
23On that day Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him, and they questioned him, 24saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If someone dies not having children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 25Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first married and died, and not having offspring, he left his wife to his brother; 26likewise also the second and the third, up to the seven. 27And last of all the woman died. 28In the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.” 29But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven. 31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” 33And when the crowds heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
18And Sadducees come to him, who say there is no resurrection, and they were questioning him, saying, 19“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves behind a wife and does not leave a child, his brother should take the wife and raise up offspring for his brother. 20There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and when he died he left no offspring; 21and the second took her, and died, leaving no offspring; and the third likewise; 22and the seven left no offspring. Last of all the woman also died. 23In the resurrection, when they rise, which of them will she be wife to? For the seven had her as wife.” 24Jesus said to them, “Is it not for this reason that you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God? 25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26But concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, at the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’? 27He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are greatly mistaken.”
The context
38Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him.”
39 · This verse (above)
40For they no longer dared to ask him anything.
To study Luke 20 in a group
1. What it says
How does Jesus answer when he is asked whether it is permitted to pay tribute to Caesar? (vv. 22-25)
2. What it means
Jesus answers the chief priests with a question about John's immersion (vv. 1-8). Why can't they answer it?
3. How I live it
Jesus warns against those who put on a show of devotion and love the best seats (vv. 46-47). How can you keep your faith sincere?