Luke 18:19

19 dixit autem ei Iesus quid me dicis bonum nemo bonus nisi solus Deus

Luke 18:19 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 18:19

And Jesus said unto him
In answer to his question, beginning with the character he gave him:

why callest thou me good?
it being unusual to address men, even their Rabbins, under such a title:

none is good, save one, [that is], God:
or "but God alone"; as the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it; or, "but the one God", as read the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions; (See Gill on Matthew 19:17).

Luke 18:19 In-Context

17 amen dico vobis quicumque non acceperit regnum Dei sicut puer non intrabit in illud

18 et interrogavit eum quidam princeps dicens magister bone quid faciens vitam aeternam possidebo

19 dixit autem ei Iesus quid me dicis bonum nemo bonus nisi solus Deus

20 mandata nosti non occides non moechaberis non furtum facies non falsum testimonium dices honora patrem tuum et matrem

21 qui ait haec omnia custodivi a iuventute mea