Text -- Luke 20:20 (NET)

Paying Taxes to Caesar

20:20 Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 20:20

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² tn Grk “righteous,” but in this context the point is their false sincerity.

³ tn Grk “so that they might catch him in some word.”

⁴ tn This word is often translated “authority” in other contexts, but here, in combination with ἀρχή (arch), it refers to the domain or sphere of the governor’s rule (L&N 37.36).