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.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they answered that they did not know where it was from.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So they finally replied that they didn’t know.

Context of Luke 20:7

5And they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' 6But if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet." So they answered that they did not know where it came from. 8And Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things." 9And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants and went into another country for a long while.

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 said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'
• Isaiah 26:11O Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.
• Isaiah 29:9Astonish yourselves and be astonished; blind yourselves and be blind! Be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with strong drink!
• Isaiah 41:28But when I look, there is no one; among these there is no counselor who, when I ask, gives an answer.
• Isaiah 42:19Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is blind as my dedicated one, or blind as the servant of the Lord?
• Isaiah 44:18They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
• Jeremiah 8:7Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the Lord.
• Zechariah 11:15Then the Lord said to me, "Take once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
• Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
• John 3:19And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
• John 9:39Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind."
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
• 2 Timothy 3:8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
• 2 Peter 3:3knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful 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