Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
And they were not able to get hold of anything Jesus said in front of the people. And they marveled at His answer and did not say anything [further].
New American Standard Bible
And they were unable to
King James Version
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
Holman Bible
They were not able to catch Him in what He said
International Standard Version
So they couldn't catch him before the people in what he said. Amazed at his answer, they became silent.
A Conservative Version
And they were unable to lay hold of his word before the people. And having marveled at his answer, they were silent.
American Standard Version
And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
Amplified
They were not able to seize on anything He said in the presence of the people; and being unnerved at His reply, they were silent.
Anderson New Testament
And they were not able to take hold of his words before the people. And they were astonished at his answer, and were silent.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him by what he said. But marveling at his answer they were silent.
Daniel Mace New Testament
so not being able to take any advantage from his words, before the people, they said no more, being surpriz'd at his answer.
Darby Translation
And they were not able to take hold of him in his expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.
Godbey New Testament
And they were not able to criticise His word before the people: and being astonished at His answer, they were silent.
Goodspeed New Testament
So they could not fasten on what he said before the people, and they were amazed at his answer, and said nothing more.
John Wesley New Testament
And they could not take hold of his words before the people; and marvelling at his answer, they held their peace.
Julia Smith Translation
And they were not able to seize upon his word before the people: and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.
King James 2000
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they were not able to catch [him] in a statement in the sight of the people, and astonished at his answer, they became silent.
Modern King James verseion
And they could not take hold of His words before the people. And they marveled at His answer and were silent.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they could not reprove his saying before the people. But they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.
Moffatt New Testament
So they could not seize on what he said before the people, and marvelling at his reply they said nothing.
Montgomery New Testament
So they could not lay hold of his sayings before the people; and marveling at his answer, they held their peace.
NET Bible
Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent.
New Heart English Bible
They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.
Noyes New Testament
And they could not take hold of his words before the people; and marveling at his answer, they held their peace.
Sawyer New Testament
And they were not able to take advantage of his word before the people; and they wondered at his answer, and were silent.
The Emphasized Bible
And they could not lay hold of the saying, before the people; and, marvelling at his answer, they held their peace.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And they were unable to lay hold of a single expression of his before the people: and marvelling at his answer, they were silenced.
Twentieth Century New Testament
They could not lay hold of this answer before the people; and, in their wonder at his reply, they held their tongues.
Webster
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.
Weymouth New Testament
There was nothing here that they could lay hold of before the people, and marvelling at His answer they said no more.
Williams New Testament
So they could not use what he said before the people, and in astonishment at His answer they said no more.
World English Bible
They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.
Worrell New Testament
And they were not able to lay hold of any saying of His before the people; and, marvelling at His answer, they were silent.
Worsley New Testament
And they could not take hold of his word before the people: and they marvelled at his answer and said no more.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.
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Epilambanomai
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Thaumazo
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 20:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paying Taxes To Caesar
25 He replied, "Then pay to Caesar the things that belong to Caesar and pay to God the things that belong to God." 26 And they were not able to get hold of anything Jesus said in front of the people. And they marveled at His answer and did not say anything [further]. 27 [Then] certain Sadducees came to Jesus (they are the ones who say there is no resurrection [of the dead]).
Cross References
Luke 20:20
And they kept watching Him, [even] sending informants who pretended to be good [men], in order to get hold of something He said so they could turn Him over to the ruling authority of the governor.
Matthew 22:12
He said to the man, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wearing the proper wedding outfit?' And he could not say a word.
Matthew 22:22
And when they heard this, they marveled; then left Him and went away.
Matthew 22:34
But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced [the objections of] the Sadducees, they gathered together [i.e., to continue plotting against Jesus. See verse 15].
Luke 13:17
And as He said these things, all of His enemies felt ashamed [i.e., for objecting to such a noble act], but the whole crowd rejoiced over all the wonderful things He was doing.
Luke 20:39-40
Then certain experts in the law of Moses replied to Jesus, "Teacher, you have spoken well."
Romans 3:19
Now we [all] know that everything the law says applies to those who are under [obligation to obey] that law, [Note: Here "the law" appears to refer to the Old Testament Scriptures generally, since Psalms and Isaiah are quoted. See verses 10-18]. This is so that the mouth of every objector may be stopped [i.e., from making excuses for his sin], and thereby bring the entire world under God's judgment [i.e., both Jews and Gentiles].
2 Timothy 3:8-9
These people oppose the truth just like Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses. They have corrupt minds and are worthless as far as the faith is concerned.
Titus 1:10
For there are many rebellious people, especially among the circumcision [i.e., the Jews], whose talk is useless and who deceive people.