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Matthew 22:46
No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses religious leaders after posing a final question about David’s lineage. The narrator records that the dialogue concludes immediately after His statement.
The words — οὐδεὶς (oudeis) means “no one” and ἐδύνατο (edunato) means “was able,” describing the leaders’ inability to respond. οὐδὲ (oude) translates as “nor” and ἐτόλμησέν (etolmēsen) as “dared,” marking their subsequent silence.
The thread — Matthew 22:46 records the cessation of questioning after Jesus’ teaching, a pattern also noted in Mark 12:34 and Luke 20:40. Luke 14:6 similarly documents a group unable to answer a question, though it concerns a Sabbath healing rather than a challenge to Jesus.
Why it lands — The text states that the interrogators could not reply and subsequently stopped asking questions. It asks the reader to observe the finality of the exchange without attributing unrecorded motives to the silence.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Cross-references
- Mark 12:34 When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.
- Luke 20:40 And they did not dare to question Him any further.
- Luke 14:6 And they were unable to answer these questions.
- Job 32:15 Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
- Isaiah 50:2 Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
- Matthew 21:27 So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
- Luke 13:17 When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.
- John 8:7 When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
- Acts 4:14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing there with them, they had nothing to say in response.