Luke 10:26 Meaning and Explanation
“He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?”
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Read Full Chapter →Jesus answers the test with a question, sending the lawyer back to the law he knows: what is written, and how do you read it?
What Does Luke 10:26 Mean?
The examiner is examined. Jesus does not produce a new doctrine for inspection; he hands the scholar his own scroll. The man has spent his life in the text — let him say what it teaches. Two questions: what stands written, and how do you read it.
Jesus honours Scripture as the place where the question of life finds its answer, and he honours the man by expecting him to read it well. He still teaches this way — not bypassing the word but driving us deeper into it, until we discover that we knew the answer and have been circling its demand. How readest thou remains his question to every reader.
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What does Luke 10:26 mean?
Jesus answers the test with a question, sending the lawyer back to the law he knows: what is written, and how do you read it?