Lucas 20:21

21 —Maestro —dijeron los espías—, sabemos que lo que dices y enseñas es correcto. No juzgas por las apariencias, sino que de verdad enseñas el camino de Dios.

Lucas 20:21 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 20:21

And they asked him, saying, master
Rabbi, or doctor; hoping, by this flattering title, and the flattering words used by them, to work him up to an openness and freedom of conversation with them:

we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly;
rightly dividest the word of God, and deliverest out sound doctrine according to it: and this he certainly did, though they spoke these words hypocritically, not believing what they themselves said; at least, they did not care that others should believe this of him:

neither acceptest thou the person of any.
The Persic version very wrongly renders it, "and lookest not upon the countenance, and heart of any one whomsoever"; for though Christ did not look upon the countenances of men, and judge according to the outward appearance, nor regard men on account of outward circumstances, as riches, honours, learning yet he looked upon the heart, and knew what was in it, and respected sincerity and uprightness wherever he found it, and which were wanting in these men:

but teachest the way of God truly;
the way of worshipping God, and of enjoying him, both in this world, and in that to come; (See Gill on Matthew 22:16).

Lucas 20:21 In-Context

19 Los maestros de la ley y los jefes de los sacerdotes, cayendo en cuenta que la parábola iba dirigida contra ellos, buscaron la manera de echarle mano en aquel mismo momento. Pero temían al pueblo.

20 Entonces, para acecharlo, enviaron espías que fingían ser gente honorable. Pensaban atrapar a Jesús en algo que él dijera, y así poder entregarlo a la jurisdicción del gobernador.

21 —Maestro —dijeron los espías—, sabemos que lo que dices y enseñas es correcto. No juzgas por las apariencias, sino que de verdad enseñas el camino de Dios.

22 ¿Nos está permitido pagar impuestos al césar o no?

23 Pero Jesús, dándose cuenta de sus malas intenciones, replicó: