Could not answer again (ουκ ισχυσαν ανταποκριθηνα). Did not have strength to answer back or in turn (αντι-) as in Ro 9:20. They co…

Which of you, and so on. In this way Jesus refuted the notion of the Pharisees. If it was lawful to save an ox on the Sabbath, it was also…

And they could not answer him again.—The Greek is, perhaps, a little more emphatic—“They had no power, they were…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: Although our Lord knew the malice of the Pharisees, He still became their guest so that He might bene…

Jesus now turns to the Pharisees and draws them into his illustration (cf. 11:5, 11; 12:25; 14:28). “Immediately” stresses the urgency of meeting t…

And they could not answer him again to these things
The justice, equity, mercy, and humanity that appeared in our Lo…

This Pharisee, as well as others, seems to have had an ill design in entertaining Jesus at his house. But our Lord would not be hindered from heali…