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Commentaries on Luke 20:41

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And he said unto them,.... The Ethiopic version reads, "to the Pharisees"; and so it appears, that it was to them he spoke, from Matthew 22:41 how say they? The Syriac version reads, "how say the Scribes?" as in Mr 12:35 and the Persic version, how say the wise men, the doctors in Israel, that Christ is David's son? that which nothing was more common among the Jews.

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter we have, I. Christ's answer to the chief priests' question concerning his authority, ver. 1-8. II. The parable of the vineyard let out to the unjust and rebellious husbandmen, ver. 9-19. III. Christ's answer to the question proposed to him concerning the lawfulness of paying tribute to Cæsar, ver. 20-26. IV. His vindication of that great fundamental doctrine of the Jewish and...