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A Question of Hostility
Commentators suggest the religious leaders' question was not a sincere search for truth but a hostile trap. They were not genuinely examining Jesus's authority but were seeking excuses for their own unbelief and disobedience, particularly after He disrupted their financial interests in the temple.
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AT Robertson
On Luke 20:2
Tell us (ειπον ημιν). Luke adds these words to what Mark and Matthew have. Second aorist active imperative for the old form ειπε a…
Charles Ellicott
On Luke 20:1–8
19th Century
Bishop
[Verses 1-8] And it came to pass.—See Notes on Matthew 21:23-27; Mark 11:27–33.
And preache…
John Gill
On Luke 20:2
17th Century
Pastor
And spoke unto him, saying, tell us by what authority
do you these things ?
&c.] The …
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Matthew Henry
On Luke 20:1–8
17th Century
Minister
People often pretend to examine the evidence for revelation and the truth of the gospel, when they are only seeking excuses for their own unbelief …