Luke 20:39

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then some of the scribes answered and said, Teacher, you have spoken well.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀποκριθέντες δέ τινες τῶν γραμματέων εἶπον, Διδάσκαλε, καλῶς εἶπας.

Transliteration

Apokrithentes de tines of the grammateōn eipon, Didaskale, kalōs eipas.

Grammar Details

• *Apokrithentes*: aorist passive participle, nominative, plural - having answered
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *tines*: indefinite pronoun, nominative, plural - some/certain ones
• *grammateōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - of scribes
• *eipon*: aorist active, 3rd plural - they said
• *Didaskale*: vocative, masculine, singular - Teacher
• *kalōs*: adverb - well/rightly
• *eipas*: aorist active, 2nd singular - you have said

Word Meanings

• *Apokrithentes*: answering/responding
• *tines*: some/certain ones
• *grammateōn*: of the scribes/of the teachers of the law
• *eipon*: said/spoke
• *Didaskale*: Teacher/Master/Rabbi
• *kalōs eipas*: well said/you have spoken well/you have answered well

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Some of the scribes replied, 'Teacher, you have spoken well.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Then certayne of the Pharises answered and sayde: Master thou hast well sayde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then answered certayne of the scrybes, and sayde: Master, thou haist sayde well.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then certaine of the Scribes answered, and sayd, Master, thou hast well sayd.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then certayne of the pharisees aunswered, and sayde? Maister, thou hast well sayde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And certain of the scribes answering said, `Teacher, thou didst say well;'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

  Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then some of the experts in the law answered,“Teacher, you have spoken well!”

Referenced Verses

• Matt 22:34-40 : 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying, 36 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
• Mark 12:28-34 : 28 Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, 'Which is the first commandment of all?' 29 Jesus answered him, 'The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these. 32 So the scribe said to him, 'Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.' After that, no one dared question him.
• Acts 23:9 : 9 And there arose a great outcry, and the scribes who were of the Pharisees' group arose and contended, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.