26and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.


In Context

23 And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, 'Why me do ye tempt?

24 shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, 'Of Caesar:'

25 and he said to them, 'Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

26 and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

27 And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,

28 saying, 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless — that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.

Luke 20:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:26And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:26They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:26And they could not reprehend his word before the people: and wondering at his answer, they held their peace.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:26And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26And they were not able to take hold of him in his expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:26And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:26They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:26And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.