Luke 20:45

In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,

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In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,

BSB

In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,

KJV

Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,

ASV

And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples,

BBE

And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,

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Ἀκούοντος Akouontos When are listening G191 δὲ de now G1161 παντὸς pantos all G3956 τοῦ tou the G3588 λαοῦ laou people G2992 εἶπεν eipen He said G2036 τοῖς tois to the G3588 μαθηταῖς mathētais disciples G3101 αὐτοῦ autou of Him G846

The early church

(Hom. 19. in Joann.) Now nothing is more powerful than to argue from the Prophets. For this is even of more weight than miracles themselves. For when Christ worked miracles, He was often gainsayed. But when He cited the Prophets, men were at once silent, because they had nothing to say. But when they were silent, He warns against them; as it is said, Then in the audience of all the people he said to his disciples.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
The passions of the Scribes were the love of vainglory and the love of gain. That the disciples should avoid these hateful crimes, He gives them this warning, and adds, And love greetings in the markets.
Cyril of Alexandria · d. 444Catena 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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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.