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

24I tell you, many prophets and kings longed to see what you see, but they didn’t see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn’t hear it.” 25One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus replied, “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?” 27The man answered, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” 28“Right!” Jesus told him. “Do this and you will live!”

Luke 10:26 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• He saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Whatτίςtis · which?G5101
• is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the lawνόμοςnomos · lawG3551
• howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
• readest thouἀναγινώσκωanaginōskō · to readG314

Cross-references for Luke 10:26

• Isaiah 8:20Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.
• Romans 3:19Obviously, the law applies to those to whom it was given, for its purpose is to keep people from having excuses, and to show that the entire world is guilty before God.
• Romans 4:14If God’s promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless.
• Romans 10:5For Moses writes that the law’s way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands.
• Galatians 3:12This way of faith is very different from the way of law, which says, “It is through obeying the law that a person has life.”

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