Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Luke 20:20-26
QUESTION ABOUT THE TRIBUTE MONEY
QUESTION ABOUT THE TRIBUTE MONEY
Verse Luke 20:20. _THEY WATCHED HIM_] παρατηρησαντες, _Insidiously_ _watching_. Luke 14:1, Luke 14:1. _SPIES_] εγκαθετους, from εν, _in_, and καθιημι, _I let_ down
See this explained in the Matthew 22:15 notes, and Mark 12:13 notes....
CHAPTER 20 _ 1. His Authority Demanded and His Answer.(Luke 20:1)_ 2. Parable of the Wicked Husbandmen. (Luke 20:9) 3. Question about Tribute to Caesar. (Luke 20:20) 4. The Question Concerning Resu...
THE QUESTION OF TRIBUTE (Mark 12:13 *, Matthew 22:15 *). The authorities send spies who pretend to be honest inquirers, pious observers of the Law, with a really conscientious scruple. Luke 20:21. th...
BY WHAT AUTHORITY? (Luke 20:1-8)...
The scribes and chief priests tried to lay hands on Jesus at that very hour; and they feared the people, for they realized that he spoke this parable to them. They watched for an opportunity, and they...
WATCHED. See on Luke 17:20. Compare Luke 6:7; Luke 14:1; Mark 3:2. SPIES. secret agents. Greek _enkathetos =_ Hers in wait....
20-26. Question about the Tribute Money. 20. _And they watched him._ For the word used see Luke 6:7; Luke 14:1; Luke 17:20. The incident now related took place on the Tuesday in Passion-week the Day o...
Ver 19. And the Chief Priests and the Scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. 20. And they watche...
ΠΑΡΑΤΗΡΉΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΠΑΡΑΤΗΡΈΩ (G3906) вглядываться с намерением (_см._ Luke 6:7). ΆΠΈΣΤΕΙΛΑΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 20:10. ΈΓΚΆΘΕΤΟΣ (G1455) подосланный, человек, наня...
WHICH SHOULD FEIGN THEMSELVES JUST MEN,— See the note on Matthew 22:16....
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Religion and Government (Luke 20:20-26) 20So they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might take hold of what he said, so as to deliver hi...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Search For An Excuse Scripture_ Luke 20:19-47 And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they percei...
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor...
44 Compare Mic_3:12; Mat_24:2. 45-48 Compare Mat_21:12-17; Mar_11:11; Mar_11:15-19. 45 His kingdom will be a combination of church and state and He will be the Head of both. Hence He not only presen...
20:20 they (d-16) i.e. the 'suborned persons.' see ver. 26....
THE TRIBUTE MONEY (Matthew 22:15; Mark 12:13). See on Mt....
VARIOUS INCIDENTS OF THE LAST WEEK 1-8. The authority of Jesus challenged (Matthew 21:23; Mark 11:27). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 20 THE QUESTION ABOUT JESUS’ AUTHORITY 20:1-8 V1 One day Jesus was in the *Temple. He was teaching the people and declaring the Good News. The chief...
(20-26) AND THEY WATCHED HIM. — See Notes on Matthew 22:15 and Mark 12:13. AND SENT FORTH SPIES. — The noun is, again, one of St. Luke’s characteristic words not used by any other New Testament writer...
παρατηρήσαντες : used absolutely = watching, not Him, but their opportunity; so Grotius and Field (_Ot. Nor._); watching with close cunning observation (_accurate et insidiose observare_, Kypke). ἐγκα...
_The tribute question_ (Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17)....
TRIBUTE TO CAESAR AND TO GOD Luke 20:19-26 Fearing to touch Him themselves, and finding no foothold against Him according to the Mosaic law, His enemies sought to bring Christ into collision with th...
This chapter records the remarkable happenings gathered around our Lord's entrance into the Temple. By a parable He revealed the awful sin and failure of the Hebrew nation, culminating in His own reje...
(3) And they (a) watched [him], and sent forth (b) spies, which should feign themselves just men, (c) that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and (d) auth...
_Of the governor, &c. Of the governor, Pilate, who in the name of the Romans, exercised absolute authority in the country: for the Jews had lost the power of life and death, which was put into the han...
TRIBUTE TO CAESAR Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17; Luke 20:20-26. “And lying in wait for Him, they sent sharpers, hypocritically claiming to be righteous, that they may catch His word, in order to del...
4. _The Question of the Pharisees: Luke 20:20-26_. The official question of the Sanhedrim served only to prepare a triumph for Jesus. From this time forth the different parties make attempts on Him s...
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor....
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
It will be remarked here that, as He draws nigh to Jerusalem, the Lord weeps over the city. It is not now as in Matthew, where, while discoursing with the Jews, He points it out to them as that which...
AND THEY WATCHED HIM,.... What he said, and what he did, and where he went, that they might take an advantage against him, or know where he was, to send to him, as they should think fit, and take the...
And they watched _him_, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governo...
_And they watched him_ For an elucidation of this paragraph, see on Matthew 22:16, and Mark 12:13; _and sent spies, which should feign themselves just men_ Men scrupulously conscientious in every poin...
Tribute to Cesar-the resurrection. Matthew 22:15-33....
AND THEY WATCHED HIM, AND SENT FORTH SPIES, WHICH SHOULD FEIGN THEMSELVES JUST MEN, THAT THEY MIGHT TAKE HOLD OF HIS WORDS, THAT SO THEY MIGHT DELIVER HIM UNTO THE POWER AND AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR....
THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES CONFUTED. The question of the Pharisees:...
AUTHORITY:FROM HEAVEN OR OF MEN? (vs.1-8) The chief priests and scribes used every means they could to discredit the Lord Jesus among the people. While He was teaching and preaching in the temple, th...
20-26 Those who are most crafty in their designs against Christ and his gospel, cannot hide them. He did not give a direct answer, but reproved them for offering to impose upon him; and they could no...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV again, when inquiring about tribute, the Pharisees came to Him, tempting Him[717]...
Luke 20:20 So G2532 watched G3906 (G5660) sent G649 (G5656) spies G1455 who G1438 pretended G5271 ...
‘And they watched him, and sent out spies (or ‘ambushers'), who put on a pretence that they themselves were righteous, in order that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the...
THE SECOND TEST: IS IT LAWFUL TO GIVE TRIBUTE TO CAESAR? (20:20-26). In the chiasmus of the Section this challenge parallels the challenge concerning His authority (Luke 20:1). Sneakily they seek to...
Luke 20:20-26. THE QUESTION RESPECTING TRIBUTE. See on Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17. Luke's account states more fully the crafty method of the chief-priests, but as regards the interview itself pre...
Luke 20:20. AND THEY WATCHED HIM. Hanging about until the opportunity came. THEY SENT FORTH SPIES, men instructed for the purpose. FEIGNING THEMSELVES TO BE RIGHTEOUS. They should come to Him, as t...
Passing over the incident of the barren fig tree (Monday evening and Tuesday morning, on the way to and from Bethany) related by Matthew and Mark, Luke gives a sketch of the various assaults made upon...
THEY WATCHED HIM (παρατηρησαντες). First aorist active participle of παρατηρεω, a common Greek verb to watch on the side or insidiously or with evil intent as in Luke 6:7 (παρετηρουντο) of the scri...
CONTENTS: Jesus' authority questioned. Parable of the vineyard. Question of the tribute money. Answer to Sadducees about resurrection. Jesus questions Scribes. CHARACTERS: Jesus, priests, Scribes, Jo...
Luke 20:2. _Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things._ A question after all his miracles which offered the foulest insult to God, and was the emanation of complot and of malice. See Matthew...
TELL US, IS IT AGAINST OUR LAW? For notes on this question about paying taxes, see Matthew 22:15-22....
_They watched Him_ CHRIST WAS WATCHED, AND SO ARE WE The chief priests and rulers of the Jews watched Jesus, but not to learn the way of salvation. They watched Him with the evil eyes of malice and...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 20:20 GOVERNOR. Pontius Pilate. ⇐ ⇔...
RELIGIOUS LEADERS QUESTION JESUS ABOUT PAYING TAXES MATTHEW 22:15-22; MARK 12:13-17; LUKE 20:20-26; MATTHEW 22:15 Then went
CHAPTER 20 VER. 36. _They are equal unto the angels._ So the Arabic, Syriac, Egyptian, Persian, and Ethiopic; equal in celibacy, immortality, glory. As therefore the angels do not marry nor generate,...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 20:19. AND THEY FEARED THE PEOPLE.—The state of mind in which the attempt to ensnare Jesus was made: “and they did so in fear of the people” (_Alford_). Luke 20:20. THEY WATCHED...
EXPOSITION LUKE 20:1 _Question of the priests and scribes as to the nature of the authority under which Jesus was acting._ LUKE 20:1, LUKE 20:2...
We are in the final week of the life of Jesus. He is now in Jerusalem. This is the week in which pilgrims are coming from all over the world to celebrate the Feast of the Passover. He has made His tri...
1 Kings 14:2; 2 Peter 2:3; 2 Samuel 14:2; Isaiah 29:20; Isaiah 29:21;
Watched. See on Mark 3:2. Spies [ε γ κ α θ ε τ ο υ ς]. Only here in New Testament. From ejgkaqihmi, to send in, as a garrison into a city. Hence of persons sent in for the purpose of espionage. Which...
Just men — Men of a tender conscience. To take hold of his discourse — If he answered as they hoped he would. Matthew 22:16; Mark 12:12....
Both St. Matthew and St. Mark tell us, that these spies, sent forth to ensnare our Saviour about paying tribute to Caesar, were the Pharisees and Herodians: the former were against paying tribute, loo...