KJV: Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
YLT: And, all the people hearing, he said to his disciples,
Darby: And, as all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,
ASV: And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples,
| Ἀκούοντος | Were listening |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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| δὲ | now |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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| λαοῦ | people |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: λαός Sense: a people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language. |
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| εἶπεν | He said |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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| τοῖς | to the |
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Parse: Article, Dative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| μαθηταῖς | disciples |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Plural Root: μαθητής Sense: a learner, pupil, disciple. |
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| [αὐτοῦ] | of Him |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Root: αὐτός Sense: himself, herself, themselves, itself. |
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Greek Commentary for Luke 20:45
Genitive absolute, “while all the people were listening” (present active participle). That is the time to speak. The details in this verse and Luke 20:47 are precisely those given in Mark 12:38., which see notes for discussion of details. Matthew 23:1-39 has a very full and rich description of this last phase of the debate in the temple where Jesus drew a full-length portrait of the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and scribes in their presence. It was a solemn climax to this last public appearance of Christ in the temple when Jesus poured out the vials of his indignation as he had done before (Matthew 16:2; Luke 11:12, Luke 11:15-18). [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Luke 20:45
Jesus now turns to the multitudes and to his disciples (Matthew 23:1) and warns them against the scribes and the Pharisees while they are still there to hear his denunciation. The scribes were the professional teachers of the current Judaism and were nearly all Pharisees. Mark (Mark 14:38-40) gives a mere summary sketch of this bold and terrific indictment as preserved in Matthew 23 in words that fairly blister today. Luke 20:45-47 follows Mark closely. See note on Mark 8:15 for this same use of βλεπετε απο blepete apo with the ablative. It is usually called a translation-Hebraism, a usage not found with βλεπω blepō in the older Greek. But the papyri give it, a vivid vernacular idiom. “Beware of the Jews” See Robertson, Grammar, p. 577. The pride of the pompous scribes is itemized by Mark: [source]
An old Greek verb, though here only in the N.T., from τηρα thēra (cf. Romans 11:9), to ensnare, to catch in hunting, to hunt. These graphic words from the chase show the rage of the rabbis toward Jesus. Luke gives more details here than in Luke 20:45-47; Matthew 23:1-7, but there is no reason at all why Jesus should not have had this conflict at the Pharisee‘s breakfast before that in the temple in the great Tuesday debate. [source]