Luke 20:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they had fear of putting any more questions to him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 22:46 : 46 And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.
  • Mark 12:34 : 34 And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.
  • Prov 26:5 : 5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

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    46 And no one was able to give him an answer, and so great was their fear of him, that from that day no one put any more questions to him.

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    26 And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.

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    34 And when Jesus saw that he gave a wise answer, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And every man after that was in fear of questioning him any more.

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    32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.

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    41 And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

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    7 And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

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    6 And they had no answer to that question.

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    39 And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well.

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  • Luke 20:19-22
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    19 And the chief priests and the scribes made attempts to get their hands on him in that very hour; and they were in fear of the people, for they saw that he had made up this story against them.

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    41 Now while the Pharisees were together, Jesus put a question to them, saying,

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    27 And they made answer and said, We have no idea. Then he said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

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    46 And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

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    45 But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.

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    60 And the high priest got up in the middle of them, and said to Jesus, Do you say nothing in answer? what is it which these say against you?

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    33 And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.

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    16 And he said, What are you questioning them about?

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    19 Then the high priest put questions to Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.

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    22 And hearing it, they were full of wonder, and went away from him.

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    30 And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

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    5 And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

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    28 And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?

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    6 Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.

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    4 But they said nothing. And he made him well and sent him away.