Luke 10:25
New International Version
On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

New Living Translation
One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”

English Standard Version
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Berean Standard Bible
One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Berean Literal Bible
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, testing Him, saying, "Teacher, what having done, will I inherit eternal life?"

King James Bible
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

New King James Version
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

New American Standard Bible
And behold, a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

NASB 1995
And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

NASB 1977
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Legacy Standard Bible
And behold, a scholar of the Law stood up and was putting Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Amplified Bible
And a certain lawyer [an expert in Mosaic Law] stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Christian Standard Bible
Then an expert in the law stood up to test him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Just then an expert in the law stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

American Standard Version
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And behold, a scribe arose to test him, and he said, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Contemporary English Version
An expert in the Law of Moses stood up and asked Jesus a question to see what he would say. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to have eternal life?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him, and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?

English Revised Version
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then an expert in Moses' Teachings stood up to test Jesus. He asked, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Good News Translation
A teacher of the Law came up and tried to trap Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to receive eternal life?"

International Standard Version
Just then an expert in the Law stood up to test Jesus. He asked, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Literal Standard Version
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, trying Him, and saying, “Teacher, what having done, will I inherit continuous life?”

Majority Standard Bible
One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

New American Bible
There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

NET Bible
Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

New Revised Standard Version
Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

New Heart English Bible
And look, a certain Law scholar stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit everlasting life?"

Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Weymouth New Testament
Then an expounder of the Law stood up to test Him with a question. "Rabbi," he asked, "what shall I do to inherit the Life of the Ages?"

World English Bible
Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Young's Literal Translation
And lo, a certain lawyer stood up, trying him, and saying, 'Teacher, what having done, life age-during shall I inherit?'

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Context
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
24For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” 25One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26“What is written in the Law?” Jesus replied. “How do you read it?”…

Cross References
Matthew 19:16
Just then a man came up to Jesus and inquired, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?"

Matthew 22:34
And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.

Matthew 22:35
One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:

Mark 10:17
As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. "Good Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Mark 12:28
Now one of the scribes had come up and heard their debate. Noticing how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?"

Luke 10:24
For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."

Luke 10:26
"What is written in the Law?" Jesus replied. "How do you read it?"


Treasury of Scripture

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

a certain.

Luke 7:30
But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

Luke 11:45,46
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also…

Matthew 22:35
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

Master.

Luke 18:18
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Matthew 19:16
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

Acts 16:30,31
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? …

to.

Galatians 3:18
For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.

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Luke 10
1. Jesus sends out at once seventy disciples to work miracles, and to preach;
13. pronounces a woe against certain cities.
17. The seventy return with joy;
18. he shows them wherein to rejoice,
21. and thanks his Father for his grace;
23. magnifies the happy estate of his church;
25. teaches the lawyer how to attain eternal life,
30. and tells the parable of the good Samaritan;
38. reprimands Martha, and commends Mary her sister.














(25) And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up.--On the word "lawyer" and its difference from the more generic "scribe," see Note on Matthew 22:35. Here, as there, the "tempting" does not necessarily imply hostile purpose. It was simply a test-question to see if the new Teacher was sound in His view of the ethical obligations of the Law.

The question, though the same as that of the young man in Matthew 19:16, is not asked in the same tone. There it was asked by one anxiously seeking to inherit eternal life. Here there is a certain tone of self-conscious superiority, which required a different treatment. As the method of Socrates was to make men conscious of their ignorance of the true meaning of words which they repeated glibly, so here our Lord parries the question by another, makes him repeat his own formulated answer--an answer true and divine itself, identical with that which our Lord gave Himself (Matthew 22:37)--and then teaches him how little he had realised its depth and fulness. The commandment was "exceeding broad" above all that the teacher of Israel had imagined.

Verses 25-37. - The question of the lawyer. The Lord answers with the parable of the good Samaritan. Verse 25. - And, behold, a certain lawyer. It seems (as has already been noticed) probable that in St. Luke's general account of our Lord's teaching during the six months which immediately preceded the last Passover, certain events which took place at a short visit which Jesus paid to Jerusalem at the Feast of the Dedication are noticed. This question of the lawyer was probably asked on the occasion of this visit, and the little episode connected with the Bethany family of Lazarus took place at the same period. The "lawyer" is sometimes termed "scribe." There is little difference between these appellations. They were professional teachers and expounders of the Mosaic Law and of the vast complement of traditional sayings which had gathered round it. As the whole life of the people at this period was ruled and guided by the Law, written and traditional, this profession of scribe and lawyer was an important and influential one. Stood up. The Master was evidently teaching in a house or a courtyard of a house. Many were sitting round him. To attract his attention, this lawyer stood up before putting his question to Jesus. This scene, as we have said, took place most likely in or near Jerusalem, not improbably, as the Bethany episode follows, in that suburb of the city, and perhaps in the house of Lazarus. And tempted him; that is to say, tested him and his skill in answering questions out of that Law which then was the rule and guide of daily life in Israel. It is not unlikely that the lawyer hoped to convict the broad and generous Rabbi of some unorthodox statement which would injure his reputation as a Teacher. It was a hard and comprehensive question, this query how eternal life was to be won, and possibly one carefully prepared by the enemies of Jesus,

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
One day
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

an
τις (tis)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

expert in the law
νομικός (nomikos)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3544: From nomos; according to law, i.e. Legal; as noun, an expert in the law.

stood up
ἀνέστη (anestē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 450: To raise up, set up; I rise from among (the) dead; I arise, appear. From ana and histemi; to stand up.

to test
ἐκπειράζων (ekpeirazōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1598: To put to the test, make trial of, tempt, try. From ek and peirazo; to test thoroughly.

Him.
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Teacher,”
Διδάσκαλε (Didaskale)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1320: A teacher, master. From didasko; an instructor.

he asked,
λέγων (legōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“what
τί (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

must I do
ποιήσας (poiēsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

to inherit
κληρονομήσω (klēronomēsō)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2816: To inherit, obtain (possess) by inheritance, acquire. From kleronomos; to be an heir to.

eternal
αἰώνιον (aiōnion)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 166: From aion; perpetual.

life?”
ζωὴν (zōēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.


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