KJV: Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.
YLT: And certain of the scribes answering said, 'Teacher, thou didst say well;'
Darby: And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.
ASV: And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.
| Ἀποκριθέντες | Answering |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Passive, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἀποκρίνομαι Sense: to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer. |
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| δέ | now |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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| τινες | some |
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Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: τὶς Sense: a certain, a certain one. |
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| τῶν | of the |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| γραμματέων | scribes |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: γραμματεύς Sense: a clerk, scribe, esp. |
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| εἶπαν | said |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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| Διδάσκαλε | Teacher |
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Parse: Noun, Vocative Masculine Singular Root: διδάσκαλος Sense: a teacher. 2 in the NT one who teaches concerning the things of God, and the duties of man. |
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| καλῶς | well |
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Parse: Adverb Root: καλῶς Sense: beautifully, finely, excellently, well. |
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| εἶπας | you have spoken |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 2nd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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Greek Commentary for Luke 20:39
Pharisees who greatly enjoyed this use by Jesus of a portion of the Pentateuch against the position of the Sadducees. So they praise the reply of Jesus, hostile though they are to him. [source]
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The victory of Christ over the Sadducees pleased the Pharisees who now had come back with mixed emotions over the new turn of things (Matthew 22:34). Luke 20:39 represents one of the scribes as commending Jesus for his skilful reply to the Sadducees. Mark here puts this scribe in a favourable light, “knowing that he had answered them well” “Them” here means the Sadducees. But Matthew 22:35 says that this lawyer (νομικος nomikos) was “tempting” (πειραζων peirazōn) by his question. “A few, among whom was the scribe, were constrained to admire, even if they were willing to criticize, the Rabbi who though not himself a Pharisee, surpassed the Pharisees as a champion of the truth.” That is a just picture of this lawyer. [source]
Aptly, truly. Compare John 8:48; Matthew 15:7; Luke 20:39. [source]