Luke 11:45

Luke 11:45 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
• New International Version (NIV)One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then one of the lawyers answered and said to Him, “Teacher, by saying these things You reproach us also.”

Context of Luke 11:45

43Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces! 44Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!” One of the experts in religious law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things you insult us too.” 46But Jesus replied, “Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers! 47Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

Luke 11:45 word by word

Ἀποκριθεὶς δέ τις τῶν νομικῶν λέγει αὐτῷ· διδάσκαλε, ταῦτα λέγων καὶ ἡμᾶς ὑβρίζεις.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
• oneτιςtis · oneG5100
• of the lawyersνομικόςnomikos · lawyerG3544
• and saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Masterδιδάσκαλοςdidaskalos · teacherG1320
• thusοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• thou reproachestὑβρίζωhubrizō · to mistreatG5195
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for Luke 11:45

• 1 Kings 22:8The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”
• Jeremiah 6:10I answered, “Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.
• Jeremiah 20:8For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out, “Violence and destruction are coming!” This message from the Lord has made me an object of continual insults and derision.
• Amos 7:10Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: “Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil.
• John 9:40Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him, “We are not blind too, are we?”

Commentaries on Luke 11:45

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45Thou reproachest us - He alone who searches the heart could unmask these hypocrites; and he did it so effectually that their own consciences acknowledged the guilt, and re-echoed their own reproach.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45Lawyers - Men learned in the law; but it is not known in what way the lawyers differed from the “scribes,” or whether they were Pharisees or Sadducees. Thus saying, thou … - He felt that the remarks of Jesus about loving the chief seats, etc., applied to them as well as to the Pharisees. His conscience told him that if “they” were to blame, “he” was also, and he therefore applied the discourse to himself. Reproachest - Accusest. Dost calumniate or blame…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 37-54Verses 37-54 We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed. When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we may glory in reproaches, for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 45experts in the law: The experts in religious law were closely aligned with the Pharisees and shared the same zeal for keeping the law of Moses.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 37-5438. marvelled, &c.--(See Mr 7:2-4).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 11:45

• Hypocrisy
• Jesus, the Christ
• Lawyer
• Pharisees
• Reproof
• Satire
• Self-Righteousness
• Teachers

In the dictionaries

• Allow
• Clean
• Hinder
• Judgment
• Manner
• Ravening
• Seek
• Sign
• Teach
• Tithe

Commentaries on Luke 11

• 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