Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 20:26

"And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace." — Luke 20:26 (ASV)

And they could not take hold of his words.—As St. Luke is fuller in his account of the plot of the questioners (Luke 20:20), so is he in that of its defeat.

They marvelled at his answer.—There is an interesting, though obviously undesigned, parallelism with the narrative of the incident in which the Lord Jesus was first brought face to face with the Rabbis of Jerusalem. Then also they were astonished at His answers (Luke 2:47). The childhood was, in this respect, a prophecy of the manhood.