Luke 20:26
“And they could not take holde of his wordes before the people, and they marueiled at his answere, and helde their peace.”
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Luke 20:26 Context
24Shew me a peny: whose image and superscription hath it? They answered, and said, Cesars. 25And he said vnto them, Render therefore vnto Cesar the things which be Cesars, and vnto God the things which be Gods. 26And they could not take holde of his wordes before the people, and they marueiled at his answere, and helde their peace. 27¶ Then came to him certaine of the Sadduces (which denie that there is any resurrection) and they asked him, 28Saying, Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die, hauing a wife, and hee die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise vp seede vnto his brother.
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Other Translations for Luke 20:26
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
- King James Version
And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.
- Basic English Bible
And they were not able to take hold of him in [his] expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.
- Darby Bible
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.
- Webster's Bible
There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.
- Weymouth Bible
They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.
- World English Bible
And thei myyten not repreue his word bifor the puple; and thei wondriden in his answere, and heelden pees.
- Wycliffe Bible
and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 20:26
20:26 They could not take hold of his words before the people - As they did afterward before the sanhedrim, in the absence of the people, #Lu 22:67|, &c.