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Luke 20:45 KJV
Luke · chapter 20 · verse 45
Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,Luke 20:45 · King James Version
Luke 20:45 in context
43Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
44David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
45Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples,
46Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
47Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- audienceakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- peoplelaosa people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language…G2992 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 39-47