Luke 20

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 20

In this chapter we have, I. Christ's answer to the chief priests? question concerning his authority, Luke 20:1-8. II. The parable of the vineyard let out to the unjust and rebellious husbandmen, Luke 20:9-19. III. Christ's answer to the question proposed to him concerning the lawfulness of paying tribute to Caesar, Luke 20:20-26. IV. His vindication of that great fundamental doctrine of the Jewish and Christian institutes?the resurrection of the dead and the future state, from the foolish... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 20:1-8

In this passage of story nothing is added here to what we had in the other evangelists; but only in the Luke 20:1; where we are told, I. That he was now teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel. Note, Christ was a preacher of his own gospel. He not only purchased the salvation for us, but published it to us, which is a great confirmation of the truth of the gospel, and gives abundant encouragement to us to receive it, for it is a sign that the heart of Christ was much upon... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 20:9-19

Christ spoke this parable against those who were resolved not to own his authority, though the evidence of it was ever so full and convincing; and it comes very seasonably to show that by questioning his authority they forfeited their own. Their disowning the lord of their vineyard was a defeasance of their lease of the vineyard, and giving up of all their title. I. The parable has nothing added here to what we had before in Matthew and Mark. The scope of it is to show that the Jewish nation,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 20:20-26

We have here Christ's evading a snare which his enemies laid for him, by proposing a question to him about tribute. We had this passage before, both in Matthew and Mark. Here is, I. The mischief designed him, and that is more fully related here than before. The plot was to deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor, Luke 20:20. They could not themselves put him to death by course of law, nor otherwise than by a popular tumult, which they could not depend upon; and, since they... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 20:27-38

This discourse with the Sadducees we had before, just as it is here, only that the description Christ gives of the future state is somewhat more full and large here. Observe here, I. In every age there have been men of corrupt minds, that have endeavoured to subvert the fundamental principles of revealed religion. As there are deists now, who call themselves free-thinkers, but are really false-thinkers; so there were Sadducees in our Saviour's time, who bantered the doctrine of the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 20:39-47

The scribes were students in the law, and expositors of it to the people, men in reputation for wisdom and honour, but the generality of them were enemies to Christ and his gospel. Now here we have some of them attending him, and four things we have in these verses concerning them, which we had before:? I. We have them here commending the reply which Christ made to the Sadducees concerning the resurrection: Certain of the scribes said, Master, thou hast well said, Luke 20:39. Christ had the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 20:1-8

20:1-8 One day, while Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple and telling them the good news, the chief priests and scribes with the elders came up and said to him, "Tell us, by what authority do you do these things? Or, who is it who gives you this authority?" He said to them, "I, too, will ask you for a statement. Tell me, was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?" They discussed it with each other. "If," they said to each other, "we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 20:9-18

20:9-18 Jesus began to speak this parable to the people. "A man planted a vineyard and let it out to tenants, and went away for a long time. At the proper time he despatched a servant to the tenants so that they might give him his share of the fruit of the vineyard. The tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. He went on to send another servant. They beat him, too, and maltreated him, and sent him away empty-handed. He went on to send a third. This one they wounded and threw out. The... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 20:19-26

20:19-26 The scribes and chief priests tried to lay hands on Jesus at that very hour; and they feared the people, for they realized that he spoke this parable to them. They watched for an opportunity, and they despatched spies, who pretended that they were genuinely concerned about the right thing to do, so that they might fasten on what he said and be able to hand him over to the power and the authority of the governor. They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 20:27-40

20:27-40 Some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that, if a man's married brother dies without leaving any children, his brother must take his wife and raise up descendants for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died childless. The second and the third also took her; and in the same way the whole seven left no children and died. Later the wife died, too. Whose wife will she be at... read more

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