Luke omitted the discussion about the greatest commandment that followed ( Matthew 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34). He had recorded a similar conversation earlier in his Gospel ( Luke 10:25-28) and may have wanted to avoid repetition. He jumped ahead to the end of Jesus" teaching in the temple that day and wrote that Jesus" answer ended the attempts to trap Him in His words. [source][source][source]
Context Summary
Luke 20:27-40 - The God Of The Living
Here our Lord answers the materialism of His time. He speaks with the note of absolute certainty concerning the unseen, Hebrews 11:27. Its inhabitants do not die or marry, nor are they subject to the conditions of our earthly life. These are the children of the resurrection. What an inspiring title! May it be applied to us as in Colossians 3:1-4? Too many are "the sons of this age," Luke 20:34, r.v., margin! They adopt this transient earth as their foster parent! We cannot belong to both, though some, like Bunyan's waterman, row in one direction, while they look in another.
How wonderful to find a proof of immortality in that passage about the bush, Exodus 3:6! The fact that Jehovah said, "I am the God of Abraham," proved that the patriarch was in existence somewhere at that moment. Those whom we describe as dead are living people who have died. Death is but a passage, a step. There is no break in the chain of existence. Yonder and here all live unto God, Romans 14:8. [source]
Chapter Summary: Luke 20
1Jesus confirms his authority by a question of John's baptism 9The parable of the vineyard 19Of giving tribute to Caesar 27He instructs the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection 41How Jesus is the Son of David 45He warns his disciples to beware of the scribes
Greek Commentary for Luke 20:40
They durst not any more [ουκετι ετολμων ουδεν] Double negative and imperfect active of τολμαω tolmaō The courage of Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians vanished. [source]
Greek Commentary for Luke 20:40
Double negative and imperfect active of τολμαω tolmaō The courage of Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians vanished. [source]