Luke 20:39

39 Some of the legal experts responded, "Teacher, you have answered well."

Luke 20:39 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:39

Then certain of the Scribes, answering said
Who believed the doctrine of the resurrection, which the Sadducees denied, and so were pleased with our Lord's reasoning on this subject: master, thou hast well said;
thou hast spoken in a beautiful manner, reasoned finely upon this head, and set this matter in a fair and clear light; (See Gill on Mark 12:28)

Luke 20:39 In-Context

37 Even Moses demonstrated that the dead are raised—in the passage about the burning bush, when he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

38 He isn't the God of the dead but of the living. To him they are all alive."

39 Some of the legal experts responded, "Teacher, you have answered well."

40 No one dared to ask him anything else.

41 Jesus said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?