Luke 20:40
And they did not dare to question Him any further.
BSB
ASV
For they durst not any more ask him any question.
KJV
And after that they durst not ask him any question at all.
Since therefore he had confounded both parties, both were silent: whence it is added: And they dared not ask him any more questions: from which it is apparent that they were asking not out of eagerness to learn, but to conquer and overcome. Whence the …
His own disciples, though weak, yet, being willing to receive his doctrine, durst ask him any question; but the Sadducees, who contradicted and cavilled at his doctrine, durst ask him none. We have them here puzzled and run aground with a question concerning the Messiah,
They durst not ask - Or, did not venture to ask any other question, for fear of being again confounded, as they had already been.
1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
We see in these verses — what an old thing unbelief is. We are told that "Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question." Even in the Jewish Church, the Church of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, the Church of Moses, and Samuel, and David, and the prophets — we find that there were bold, avowed, unblushing skeptics . If infidelity like this existed among God's people, the Jews — then what must have been the state of heathenism?
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.
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Mark 12:34When 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.
leads to
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
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Proverbs 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
leads to
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.
Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
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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.
And they were unable to answer these questions.
