Luke 20:39

39 And some of the scribes answered [and] said, "Teacher, you have spoken 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 But that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed in [the passage about] the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and [the] God of Isaac and [the] God of Jacob.

38 Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him!"

39 And some of the scribes answered [and] said, "Teacher, you have spoken well."

40 For they no longer dared to ask him anything.

41 But he said to them, "In what sense do they say [that] the Christ is David's son?

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb