2. _The Question of the Sanhedrim: Luke 20:1-8_. VERS. 1-8. This account is separated from the preceding, in Mark and Matthew, by the brief mention of two events: in Mark 11:16, the prohibition of Jesus to carry vessels across the temple, the court was probably used as a thoroughfare (Bleek); in Mat... [ Continue Reading ]
3. _The Parable of the Husbandmen: Luke 20:9-19_. This parable, in Matthew, is preceded by that of the two sons. If, as the terms of the latter suppose, it applies to the conduct of the chiefs toward John the Baptist, it is admirably placed before that of the husbandmen, which depicts the conduct of... [ Continue Reading ]
4. _The Question of the Pharisees: Luke 20:20-26_. The official question of the Sanhedrim served only to prepare a triumph for Jesus. From this time forth the different parties make attempts on Him separately, and that by means of captious questions adroitly prepared. VERS. 20-26. The introduction... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Question._ The Sadducees, starting from the Levirate law given by Moses (Deu 25:5), agreeably to a patriarchal usage (Genesis 38) which is still allowed by many Eastern peoples, seek to cover with ridicule the idea of a resurrection; ἀντιλέγοντες : _who oppose_ (ἀντί), _maintaining that_ (λέγο... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Answer._ This answer is preceded in Matthew and Mark by a severe rebuke, whereby Jesus makes His questioners aware of the gross spiritual ignorance involved in such a question as theirs. The answer of Jesus has also a sarcastic character. Those accumulated verbs, γαμεῖν, ἐκγαμίζεσθαι, especial... [ Continue Reading ]
6. _The Question of Jesus: Luke 20:41-44_. VERS. 41-44. Matthew and Mark place here the question of a scribe on the great commandment of the law. This question was suggested to the man, as we see from Mark 12:28, by the admiration which filled him at the answers which he had just heard. According t... [ Continue Reading ]
7. _The Warning against the Scribes: Luke 20:45-47_. VERS. 45-47. On the field of battle where the scribes have just been beaten, Jesus judges them. This short discourse, like its parallel Mark 12:38-40, is the summary of the great discourse Matthew 23, wherein Jesus pronounced His woe on the scrib... [ Continue Reading ]