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Luke 20:8

Neither tell I you If they were incompetent to decide as to the authority of the Prophet who had saluted Jesus as the Messiah, they were obviously incompetent to decide as to Hisauthority.

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See also Luke 20:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 21:23....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE QUESTION OF AUTHORITY (Mark 11:27 *, Matthew 21:23 *). The only additional point to notice in Lk. is that Jesus was not only teaching but preaching the Gospel, proclaiming the good news of the Kin...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    One day, while Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple and telling them the good news, the chief priests and scribes with the elders came up and said to him, "Tell us, by what authority do you do...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    BY WHAT AUTHORITY? (Luke 20:1-8)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    JESUS. App-98. Neither. Greek. _oude._...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΟΥ̓ΔῈ ἘΓῺ ΛΈΓΩ ὙΜΙ͂Ν. If they were incompetent to decide as to the authority of the Prophet who had saluted Jesus as the Messiah, they were obviously incompetent to decide as to _His_ authority....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Luke 20:1-8. SUDDEN QUESTION OF THE PRIESTS AND SCRIBES...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 1. And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the Gospel, the Chief Priests and the Scribes came upon him with the elders, 2. And spoke to...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 20:2. ΠΟΙΏ _praes. ind. act., см._ Luke 20:2....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND HE ANSWERED, &C.— The great _sanhedrim_ seems to have been established after the failure of prophesy; and concerning the members of this body the rabbies tell us there was a tradition, that they w...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Revelation and God (Luke 20:1-8) 20 One day, as he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching 20 the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders ca...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, For the exposition,...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    VARIOUS INCIDENTS OF THE LAST WEEK 1-8. The authority of Jesus challenged (Matthew 21:23; Mark 11:27). See on Mt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XX. (1-8) AND IT CAME TO PASS. — See Notes on Matthew 21:23; Mark 11:27. AND PREACHED THE GOSPEL. — The Greek verb (_to evangelise_) is one specially characteristic of St. Luke. Neither St. Mark nor...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _By what authority_ ? (Matthew 21:23-27; Mark 11:27-33). ἐν μιᾷ τ. ἡ., on one of the days, referred to in Luke 19:47; vague note of time. εὐαγγελιζομένου : Lk. wishes his readers to understand that Je...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE UNANSWERED QUESTION Luke 20:1-8 When anyone has received a divine commission, he does not need to prove it. His credentials are written large upon his life and message. It was so with John the Ba...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    THE HIGH PRIESTS DEMAND HIS AUTHORITY Matthew 21:23-27; Luke 20:1-8; Mark 11:27-33. “And again they come into Jerusalem. And He, walking round in the temple, file high priests, scribes, and elders com...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    2. _The Question of the Sanhedrim: Luke 20:1-8_. VERS. 1-8. This account is separated from the preceding, in Mark and Matthew, by the brief mention of two events: in Mark 11:16, the prohibition of Jes...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From h...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE SUFFICIENCY OF REVELATION_ ‘Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.’ Luke 20:8 What is the truth that is involved in our Lord’s answer—‘Neither tell I you by what authority I d...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM,.... Since they would not give him a direct answer to his question: NEITHER TELL I YOU BY WHAT AUTHORITY I DO THESE THINGS; nor was there any need of it; they might easily pe...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not? 6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded th...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And on one of those days the chief priests, scribes, and elders_ That is, some of the first men of the nation; _came_ By appointment of the senate, to Jesus; _and spake, saying, Tell us by what autho...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Christ's authority. Matthew 21:23-27....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND JESUS SAID UNTO THEM, NEITHER TELL I YOU BY WHAT AUTHORITY I DO THESE THINGS. The challenge of the Jews Jesus answered with a counter question, which incidentally contained the answer they demande...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The answer of Jesus:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 Men often pretend to examine the evidences of revelation, and the truth of the gospel, when only seeking excuses for their own unbelief and disobedience. Christ answered these priests and scribes...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 20:3...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV when He actually met their refusal to say what they thought, with such reprisals as, "Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things,"[1506]...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 20:8 And G2532 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 Neither G3761 I G1473 tell G3004 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And Jesus said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.” ' So when Jesus then declared that He was not willing to submit His case to the very people who had admitted that...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Luke 20:1-8. OUR LORD QUESTIONED AS TO HIS AUTHORITY. See on Matthew 21:23-27; Mark 11:27-33. ON ONE OF THE DAYS. On Tuesday morning, as we think. PREACHING THE GOSPEL, or ‘good tidings.' Peculiar

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    TELL US, WHAT RIGHT DO YOU HAVE? A man must have authority to do what Jesus did. See notes on Matthew 21:23-27....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 20:1 AS JESUS WAS TEACHING. See Luke 19:47. DO THESE THINGS describes Jesus’ cleansing of the temple, but also his healin

  • The Gospels Compared

    RELIGIOUS LEADERS CHALLENGE JESUS' AUTHORITY MATTHEW 21:23-27; MARK 11:27-33; LUKE 20:1-8; MATTHEW 21:23 And when he was come int

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    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,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 20:1. ONE OF THOSE DAYS.—Rather, “one of the days” (R.V.). PREACHED THE GOSPEL.—Lit. “evangelised.” This beautiful word is almost confined to St. Luke, who uses it twenty-four ti...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Job 5:12; Job 5:13; Luke 22:68; Mark 11:33; Matthew 15:14;...

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