Luke 20:39

39 Some of the teachers of the law responded, “Well said, teacher!”

Luke 20:39 in Other Translations

39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

39 Then some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well."

39 “Well said, Teacher!” remarked some of the teachers of religious law who were standing there.

39 Some of the religion scholars said, "Teacher, that's a great answer!"

39 And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

39 Some scribes responded, "Teacher, that was well said."

39 Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, You have spoken well."

39 Some of the teachers of the law replied, "You have spoken well, teacher!"

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 in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

39 Some of the teachers of the law responded, “Well said, teacher!”

40 And no one dared to ask him any more questions.

41 Then Jesus said to them, “Why is it said that the Messiah is the son of David?