Luke 20:39

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”

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WEBBE

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you speak well.”

BSB

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

KJV

Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

ASV

And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

BBE

And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well.

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Ἀποκριθέντες Apokrithentes Answering G611 δέ de now G1161 τινες tines some G5100 τῶν tōn of the G3588 γραμματέων grammateōn scribes G1122 εἶπαν eipan said G2036 διδάσκαλε didaskale Teacher G1320 καλῶς kalōs well G2573 εἶπας eipas you have spoken G2036

The early church

And since they had been defeated in argument, they ask Him no further questions, but seize Him, and deliver Him up to the Roman power. From which we may learn, that the poison of envy may indeed be subdued, but it is a hard thing to keep it at rest.
Bede · d. 735Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
But when the Sadducees were silenced, the Scribes commend Jesus, for they were opposed to them, saying to Him, Master, thou hast well said.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 39–47

The scribes commended the reply Christ made to the Sadducees about the resurrection, but they were silenced by a question concerning the Messiah. Christ, as God, was David's Lord; but Christ, as man, was David's son. The scribes would receive the severest judgement for defrauding the poor widows, and for their abuse of religion, particularly of prayer, which they used as a pretence for carrying on worldly and wicked plans. Dissembled piety is double sin. Then let us beg of God to keep us from pride, ambition, covetousness, and every evil thing; and to teach us to seek that honour which comes from him alone.

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