Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 6:25
Woe unto you that are full for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
25. you that are full ] “Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread,” Eze 16:49.
Woe unto you that laugh now ] Compare Ecc 2:2; Ecc 7:6 ; Pro 14:13..
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Our Saviour must be understood, either of those who are sinfully full, or at least such as are spiritually empty; those that are full are opposed to those that hunger. If we take hunger for a hungering and thirsting after righteousness, as Matthew speaks, those that are full are such as are filled with wind, a high opinion of their own righteousness. If we take hunger for a want of the necessaries of this life, then fullness signifieth either a sinfulness with drink, or meat, or ill gotten goods, or at least for such as are spiritually empty of the knowledge or grace of God; there will come a time when they shall want, as rich Dives wanted a little water to cool his tongue. So by those that laugh must be understood, either those that are sinfully merry, or at least those that have no true cause of spiritual joy. By mourning and weeping, threatened to such, is either meant the vengeance of God upon them in this life, or in the world to come, where there shall be weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Woe unto you that are full,…. Not so much with the plenty and affluence of the things of this life, as of themselves, and their own righteousness, and so with conceit, vanity, and pride, and have no appetite for spiritual things, nor do they hunger and thirst after Christ, and the grace that is in him:
for ye shall hunger; not that they shall truly and spiritually desire an interest in Christ, and his righteousness, or heaven and eternal life hereafter; but they shall be in starving and famishing circumstances; and whilst the saints are feeding upon the joys and glories of the other world, compared to a banquet, they shall be without, and have no share in these things; Isa 65:13.
Woe unto you that laugh now; at sin, rejoice in iniquity, make a mock at it, instead of mourning for it; or that glory in themselves, and in their righteousness, and rejoice in their boastings:
for ye shall mourn and weep; shall be cast into outer darkness, where are weeping, waiting, and gnashing of teeth; and for all the fire they have kindled, and sparks they have encompassed themselves with, and danced in and about, this they shall have at the hand of God, they shall lie down in sorrow, and ever continue in it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Now (). Here twice as in verse 21 in contrast with future punishment. The joys and sorrows in these two verses are turned round, measure for measure reversed. The Rich Man and Lazarus (Lu 16:19-31) illustrate these contrasts in the present and the future.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
Mourn and weep [ ] . See on Mt 5:4.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “Woe unto you that are full!” (ouai humin hoi empeplesminoi nun) “Woe to you all who have been filled up now and for the future,” Isa 65:13, in your own minds, trusting in “uncertain riches;” Thus the second woe is upon the covetous, gluttonous, who think they have need of nothing, Rev 3:17.
2) “For ye shall hunger.” (hoti peinasete) “Because you all will hunger,” come to be hungry, to starve spiritually, to famish spiritually, as the prodigal son did in the pig-pen, Luk 15:14-17.
3) “Woe unto you that laugh now!” (ouai hoi gelontes nun) “Woe to you all laughing now, repeatedly,” to cover an insecure conscience and an empty soul, who carry on superficial laughter, a veneer for the soul, as described Pro 1:21-31. This is the third woe, Eph 5:3-4.
4) “For ye shall mourn and weep.” (hoti penthesete kai klausete) “Because you all will mourn and lament, “cry with regret and a conscience of self-accusing remorse. These woes were repeatedly and openly spoken by our Lord to those Jews of responsible positions who met Him, heard Him, and rejected or turned away from Him, Joh 8:24.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
25. Woe to you who are filled. Woe to you who laugh now In the same sense, he pronounces a curse on those who are satiated and full: because they are lifted up by confidence in the blessings of the present life, and reject those blessings which are of a heavenly nature. A similar view must be taken of what he says about laughter: for by those who laugh he means those who have given themselves up to Epicurean mirth, who are plunged in carnal pleasures, and spurn every kind of trouble which would be found necessary for maintaining the glory of God.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(25) Woe unto you that are full!The fulness is, as the context shows, that of the satiety of over-indulgence. The word is closely connected with that fulness (rather than satisfying) of the flesh of which St. Paul speaks in Col. 2:23.
Woe unto you that laugh now!We note here, as so often elsewhere, an echo of our Lords teaching, in that of James the brother of the Lord. He, too, presents the same contrast, Let your laughter be turned to mourning (Jas. 4:9).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Luk 6:25. Woe unto you that laugh now! Our Lord’s malediction is not inconsistent with the apostle’s precepts which command Christians always to rejoice; neither is the mirth, against which the woe is here denounced, to be understood of that constant cheerfulness of temper, which arises to the true Christian from the comfortable and cheerful experience of the power and truth of those doctrines with which he is enlightened by the Gospel,the assurance he has of reconciliation with God, the hope that he has of everlasting life, and the pleasure he enjoys in walking with God, in the practice of piety, and the other duties of religion: but it is to be understood of that turbulent carnal mirth, that levity and vanity of spirit, which arises not from any solid foundation, butfrom sensual pleasure, or those vain amusements of life, by which the giddy and the gay contrive to spend their time;that sort of mirth which dissipates thought, leaves no time for consideration, and gives them an utter aversion to all serious reflection. Persons who continue to indulge themselves in this sort of mirth, shall weep and mourn eternally, when they are excluded from the joys of heaven, and banished for ever from the presence of God.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Ver. 25. Woe unto you that laugh now ] Worldlings’ jollity is but as a book fairly bound, which, when it is opened, is full of nothing but tragedies.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Luk 6:25 . , the sated, a class as distinct in character as the of Mat 5:10 , on whom vide remarks there. Readers can picture the sated class for themselves.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
are full = have been filled.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Luk 6:25. , who are full) Their fulness does not deserve the name of full satisfaction. Comp. [, ye shall be filled to satisfaction, ye shall be fully satisfied] Luk 6:21.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
full: Deu 6:11, Deu 6:12, 1Sa 2:5, Pro 30:9, Isa 28:7, Isa 65:13, Phi 4:12, Phi 4:13, Rev 3:17
hunger: Isa 8:21, Isa 9:20, Isa 65:13
laugh: Luk 8:53, Luk 16:14, Luk 16:15, Psa 22:6, Psa 22:7, Pro 14:13, Ecc 2:2, Ecc 7:3, Ecc 7:6, Eph 5:4, Jam 4:9
mourn: Luk 12:20, Luk 13:28, Job 20:5-7, Job 21:11-13, Psa 49:19, Isa 21:3, Isa 21:4, Isa 24:7-12, Dan 5:4-6, Amo 8:10, Nah 1:10, Mat 22:11-13, 1Th 5:3, Rev 18:7-11
Reciprocal: Est 5:9 – joyful Amo 6:1 – to them Mat 5:4 – General Mat 5:6 – are Luk 6:21 – ye that hunger Joh 6:35 – never hunger 1Co 4:8 – ye are full 1Co 7:30 – that weep Jam 5:1 – weep
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Full and hunger, laugh and weep, are figures used for the purpose of contrast. The thought is the same as expressed by comments on the preceding verse.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Similarly eating well and laughing are not wrong in themselves. However if a person decides not to follow Jesus because he prefers a fuller stomach and greater happiness than he believes he would have if he followed Jesus, he makes a bad choice. He is a fool for giving up what he cannot lose to get what he cannot keep (cf. Isa 65:13-14; Jas 4:9).