Luke 20:26
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.In other versions
And they were not able to take hold of the saying before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
ASV
And they were not able to get anything from these words before the people: but they were full of wonder at his answer, and said nothing.
BBE
And they were not able to take hold of him in [his] expressions before the people, and, wondering at his answer, they were silent.
DBY
They weren't able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer, and were silent.
WEB
and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.
YLT
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
ENG
And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace.
WBT
And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
BSB
In context
24Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's.
25And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
26And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
27Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
28Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.