Luke 20:1

Context

The Authority of Jesus

20:1 Now one¹ day, as Jesus² was teaching the people in the temple courts³ and proclaiming⁴ the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law⁵ with the elders came up⁶

[20:1] ¹tn Grk “Now it happened that one.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated. Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[20:1] ²tn Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:1] ³tn Grk “the temple.”

[20:1] ⁴tn Or “preaching.”

[20:1] ⁵tn Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 5:21.

[20:1] ⁶sn The chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up. The description is similar to Luke 19:47. The leaders are really watching Jesus at this point.