Luke 14:6
And they were unable to answer these questions.
BSB
ASV
And they could not answer again unto these things.
KJV
And they could not answer him again to these things.
And they could not answer him again to these things,.... The justice, equity, mercy, and humanity that appeared in our Lord's reasonings, and the cases he instanced in, being agreeable to their own tenets and practices, their mouths were shut up, and they could not return an answer to them, without being exposed,
Now this was an evidence of their hypocrisy, and that it was not out of any real regard to the sabbath that they found fault with Christ for healing on the sabbath day (that was only the pretence), but really because they were angry at the miraculous good works which Christ wrought, and the proof he thereby gave of his divine mission, and the interest he thereby gained among the people.
1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
Let us first mark in this passage — how our Lord Jesus Christ accepted the hospitality of those who were not His disciples. We read that "He went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread." We cannot reasonably suppose that this Pharisee was a friend of Christ. It is more probable that he only did what was customary for a man in his position. He saw a stranger teaching religion, whom some regarded as a prophet, and he invited Him to eat at his table.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Luke 21:15For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
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Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,
For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.
And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
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Acts 6:10but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.
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For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
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Matthew 22:46No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
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When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.
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