Lucas 20:26

26 Y no pudieron reprender sus palabras delante del pueblo; antes maravillados de su respuesta, callaron

Lucas 20:26 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:26

And they could not take hold of his words before the
people
Which was what they wanted; that if he had dropped any seditious and treasonable expressions against the government, they might be witnesses against him; or if he had not vindicated the liberties of the people, and the rights of the Jewish nation, these might be exasperated against him, and leave him:

and they marvelled at his answer;
which was so formed, as to give them no handle against him either way:

and held their peace;
they were silenced, and had nothing to say to him, nor against him, but left him, and went their way.

Lucas 20:26 In-Context

24 Mostradme un denario. ¿De quién tiene la imagen y la inscripción? Y respondiendo dijeron: De César

25 Entonces les dijo: Pues dad a César lo que es de César; y lo que es de Dios, a Dios

26 Y no pudieron reprender sus palabras delante del pueblo; antes maravillados de su respuesta, callaron

27 Y llegaron unos de los saduceos, los cuales niegan haber resurrección, le preguntaron

28 diciendo: Maestro, Moisés nos escribió: Si el hermano de alguno muriere teniendo mujer, y muriere sin hijos, que su hermano tome la mujer, y levante simiente a su hermano