They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
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They couldn’t answer him regarding these things.
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And they coulde not answer him agayne to that.
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And they could not answere him againe to those things.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Luke 14:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Luke 20:40 They didn’t dare to ask him any more questions.
- Matthew 22:46 No one was able to answer him a word, neither did any man dare ask him any more questions from that day forward.
- Luke 13:17 As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
- Luke 20:26 They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
- Luke 21:15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
- Acts 6:10 They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 6 And they could not answer him again to…
6 And they could not answer him again to these things.
Ver. 6. And they could not answer] Yet ran away with the bit in their mouths.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they could not answer him again to these…
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,
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,
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luk 14:7And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden,.... To the dinner at the Pharisee's house, particularly the lawyers, or Scribes and Pharisees:
when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; the uppermost places at the table, which these men loved, coveted, and sought after; See Gill on Mat 23:6.
saying unto them; as follows.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. Could not answer him—The miracle was displayed before…
6. Could not answer him—The miracle was displayed before their eyes; the question was propounded for their discussion; and before both they were silenced. But it is one thing to silence a man and another to convince; and it is another thing still to change his heart and save his soul.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. they could not answer him again to these…
6. they could not answer him again to these things] A fact which never makes any difference to the convictions of ignorant hatred and superstitious narrowness.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) And they could not answer him again.—The Greek…
(6) And they could not answer him again.—The Greek is, perhaps, a little more emphatic—“They had no power, they were powerless to answer him.”
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