Luke 20 · Verse 39

Luke 20:39

Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
Luke 20:39, King James Version

Luke 20:39 in other translations

BSBSome of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
WEBSome of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”
ASVAnd certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.
YLTAnd certain of the scribes answering said, ‘Teacher, thou didst say well;'
DARBYAnd some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.
BBEAnd some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well.
WebsterThen certain of the scribes answering, said, Master, thou hast well said.

What does Luke 20:39 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
39. scribes ... well said--enjoying His victory over the Sadducees. they durst not--neither party, both for the time utterly foiled.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 39. Mk 12:32.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 20:39-47
The scribes commended the reply Christ made to the Sadducees about the resurrection, but they were silenced by a question concerning the Messiah. Christ, as God, was David's Lord; but Christ, as man, was David's son. The scribes would receive the severest judgement for defrauding the poor widows, and for their abuse of religion, particularly of prayer, which they used as a pretence for carrying on worldly and wicked plans. Dissembled piety is double sin. Then let us beg of God to keep us from pride, ambition, covetousness, and every evil thing; and to teach us to seek that honour which comes from him alone.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Luke 20:39 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἈποκριθέντεςApokrithentesAnsweringG611
δέdenowG1161
τινεςtinessomeG5100
τῶνtōnof theG3588
γραμματέωνgrammateōnscribesG1122
εἶπαν·eipansaid;G2036
διδάσκαλε,didaskaleTeacher,G1320
καλῶςkalōswellG2573
εἶπας.eipasyou have spoken.G2036

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 20:39

  • Mark 12:28-34

    And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. …

  • Matthew 22:34-40

    But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. …

  • Acts 23:9

    And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees’ part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou.
Mt 22:34-40; Mr 12:28-34; Ac 23:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 20:38

    For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

  • Luke 20:39

    Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

  • Luke 20:40

    And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.

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Luke 20:39 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y respondiéndole unos de los escribas, dijeron: Maestro, bien has dicho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et quelques-uns des scribes, répondant, dirent: Maître, tu as bien dit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Einige der Schriftgelehrten aber antworteten und sprachen: Lehrer, du hast wohl gesprochen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Respondentes autem quidam scribarum, dixerunt ei: Magister, bene dixisti.