Luke 10:26

Luke 10:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
• New International Version (NIV)“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How do you read it?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?”

Context of Luke 10:26

24For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see the things which ye behold, and did not see [them]; and to hear the things which ye hear, and did not hear [them]. 25And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal? And he said to him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 27But he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thine understanding; and thy neighbour as thyself. 28And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do and thou shalt live.

Luke 10:26 word by word

ὁ δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν· ἐν τῷ νόμῳ τί γέγραπται; πῶς ἀναγινώσκεις;¶Read the interlinear

• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459

Cross-references for Luke 10:26

• Isaiah 8:20To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.
• Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the things the law says, it speaks to those under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be under judgment to God.
• Romans 4:14For if they which [are] of law be heirs, faith is made vain, and the promise made of no effect.
• Romans 10:5For Moses lays down in writing the righteousness which is of the law, The man who has practised those things shall live by them.
• Galatians 3:12but the law is not on the principle of faith; but, He that shall have done these things shall live by them.

Commentaries on Luke 10:26

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26What is written … - Jesus referred him to the “law” as a safe rule, and asked him what was said there. The lawyer was doubtless endeavoring to justify himself by obeying the law. He trusted to his own works. To bring him off from that ground - to make him feel that it was an unsafe foundation, Jesus showed him what the law “required,” and thus showed him that he needed a better righteousness than his own. This is the proper use of the law. By comparing…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 25-37Verses 25-37 If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbour with any measure of pure, spiritual love, who is not made a partaker of converting grace. But the proud heart of man strives hard against these convictions. Christ gave an instance of a poor Jew in distress, relieved by a good Samaritan. This poor man fell among thieves, who left him about to die…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. What is written in the law--apposite question to a doctor of the law, and putting him in turn to the test [Bengel].Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 10:26

• Decalogue
• Duty
• Immortality
• Jesus, the Christ
• Lawyer
• Love
• Neighbor
• Readings, Select
• Self-Righteousness

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Commentaries on Luke 10

• 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