Luke 20:19 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 20:19

When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him in that very hour; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he spake this parable against them.

KJV

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 135 (444)

Again the gang of Pharisees is inflamed with unbridled rage. They draw the bow of their envy. They grind their teeth at him who calls them to life. They savagely attack him who seeks to save and who humbled himself from his supreme and godlike glory to our condition. They plot the death of he who became man that he might abolish death. The wise Evangelist shows us the only cause that hindered their shameless pride. He said that they feared the people. He understood, therefore, that they were not restrained by a feeling of piety toward God.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ tells them that instead of kissing the Son of God they would kill him, upon which they should have said, What, is thy servant a dog? But they do, in effect, say this: "And so we will; have at him now." And, though they deprecate the punishment of the sin, in the next breath they are projecting the commission of it. Christ's Enemies Nonplussed.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

The parable we have now read, is one of the very few which are recorded more than once by the Gospel writers. Matthew, Mark, and Luke — all give it at full length. This three-fold repetition is alone sufficient to point out the importance of its contents. The parable, no doubt, was specially intended for the Jews to whom it was addressed. But we must not confine its application to them. It contains lessons which should be remembered in all churches of Christ, as long as the world stands.

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἐζήτησαν	ezētēsan	sought	G2212 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
γραμματεῖς	grammateis	scribes	G1122 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἀρχιερεῖς	archiereis	chief priests	G749 →
ἐπιβαλεῖν	epibalein	to lay	G1911 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	on	G1909 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
τὰς	tas	<the>	G3588 →
χεῖρας	cheiras	hands	G5495 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αὐτῇ	autēa	that	G846 →
τῇ	tēa	<the>	G3588 →
ὥρᾳ	hōra	hour	G5610 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐφοβήθησαν	ephobēthēsan	they feared	G5399 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
λαόν·	laon	people;	G2992 →
ἔγνωσαν	egnōsan	they perceived	G1097 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
πρὸς	pros	against	G4314 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He was speaking	G2036 →
τὴν	tēn	<the>	G3588 →
παραβολὴν	parabolēn	parable	G3850 →
ταύτην.¶	tautēn	this.	G3778 →

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 walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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
Mark 12:12
At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.
leads to
- Mark 11:18
  When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.
- John 7:30
  So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
- John 7:44
  Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
- Mark 11:32
  But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
- Matthew 22:22
  And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
Through
Luke 20:14
But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
leads to
- Romans 8:17
  And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- Hebrews 1:2
  But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
- Luke 22:2
  and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death; for they feared the people.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke