Luke 20:7

Luke 20:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
• New International Version (NIV)So they answered, “We don’t know where it was from.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So they answered that they did not know where it came from.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

Context of Luke 20:7

5They discussed it among themselves: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’ 6But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.” So they answered that they did not know its origin. 8And Jesus said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.” 9Now he began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

Luke 20:7 word by word

καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν μὴ εἰδέναι πόθεν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• that they couldεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• notμήmē · notG3361
• whenceπόθενpothen · whenceG4159

Cross-references for Luke 20:7

• Isaiah 6:9And he replied: Go! Say to these people: Keep listening, but do not understand; keep looking, but do not perceive.
• Isaiah 26:11Lord, your hand is lifted up to take action, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame. Let fire consume your adversaries.
• Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with beer.
• Isaiah 41:28When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
• Isaiah 42:19Who is blind but my servant, or deaf like my messenger I am sending? Who is blind like my dedicated one, or blind like the servant of the Lord?
• Isaiah 44:18Such people do not comprehend and cannot understand, for he has shut their eyes so they cannot see, and their minds so they cannot understand.
• Jeremiah 8:7Even storks in the sky know their seasons. Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes are aware of their migration, but my people do not know the requirements of the Lord.
• Zechariah 11:15The Lord also said to me, “Take the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
• Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.
• John 3:19This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
• John 9:39Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.
• 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth. They are men who are corrupt in mind and worthless in regard to the faith.
• 2 Peter 3:3Above all, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days scoffing and following their own evil desires,

Commentaries on Luke 20:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-8Verses 1-8 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 21:23-27.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The Jewish authorities refused to answer the question Jesus asked, so Jesus had no obligation to answer their question. Both their question and their refusal were guided by self-interest rather than integrity.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. could not tell--crooked, cringing hypocrites! No wonder Jesus gave you no answer (Mt 7:6). But what dignity and composure does our Lord display as He turns their question upon themselves!Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings