Luke 20:3

3 respondens autem dixit ad illos interrogabo vos et ego verbum respondete mihi

Luke 20:3 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:3

And he answered and said unto them
That is, Jesus replied to them, as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions express it:

I will also ask you one thing, and answer me;
when he also promised, that if they would give him an answer to his question, he would satisfy them in the point they interrogated him about: and as this was a prudent decline to avoid the snare they laid for him, so it was not an impertinent reply to them; since it led on to a proper answer to their question, as appears by the case proposed; (See Gill on Matthew 21:24).

Luke 20:3 In-Context

1 et factum est in una dierum docente illo populum in templo et evangelizante convenerunt principes sacerdotum et scribae cum senioribus

2 et aiunt dicentes ad illum dic nobis in qua potestate haec facis aut quis est qui dedit tibi hanc potestatem

3 respondens autem dixit ad illos interrogabo vos et ego verbum respondete mihi

4 baptismum Iohannis de caelo erat an ex hominibus

5 at illi cogitabant inter se dicentes quia si dixerimus de caelo dicet quare ergo non credidistis illi