Luke 20:7

Translations

Modern

So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

Traditional

And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.

Literal

And they answered that they did not know from where.

Latin

Et responderunt se nescire unde esset.

Original

Greek

English

So they answered that they did not know where it was from.

Notes

Luke 20:7–8

The Jewish authorities refused to answer the question Jesus asked, so Jesus had no obligation to answer their question. Both their question and their refusal were guided by self-interest rather than integrity.

Luke 20:1–47

In this series of controversies between Jesus and the religious leaders of Jerusalem, they repeatedly questioned and challenged him, and he repeatedly outmatched them with his spiritual wisdom, insight, and authority.

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John the Baptist

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