Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 18:43
And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw [it,] gave praise unto God.
43. followed him, glorifying God ] The time for any reticence respecting miracles was long past. St Luke is specially fond of recording doxologies. See Luk 5:26, Luk 7:16, Luk 13:17, Luk 17:15, Luk 23:47.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 43. And all the people – gave: praise unto God.] They saw the finger of God in what was done; and they gave him that praise which was due to his name. The Pharisees either saw not, or would not acknowledge this. The common people are often better judges of the work of God than the doctors themselves. They are more simple, are not puffed up with the pride of learning, and are less liable to be warped by prejudice or self-interest. Happy are those spiritually blind persons, to whom Christ has given eyes, that they may know him: feet, that they may follow him: a tongue, that they may praise him: and a heart, that they may love him! A true conversion, which no way contradicts itself, but is followed by an edifying life, makes known the majesty and power of God in a more eminent manner than the greatest external miracles. Quesnel.
FOR a practical use of the principal subjects in this chapter, see the parallel places in Matthew and Mark. How shall I be justified? is a most important question, which the parable of the Pharisee and the publican most distinctly answers. A deep consciousness of sin, humiliation of heart, and taking refuge by faith in the great atonement, is the way, and the only way. Even the worst transgressors, coming thus to God, are accepted. Blessed news for penitent sinners! – for though they cannot boast of a righteousness equal to that of the scribes and Pharisees, yet they find they can, coming as the publican, be justified freely, through the blood of the cross, from all things, from which they could not be justified by the law of Moses. If this be so, how shall they escape who neglect so GREAT a SALVATION!
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And immediately he received his sight,…. As soon as ever the word was gone out of Christ’s mouth, virtue went forth from him, and cured the man of his blindness; his eyes were at once opened, and he saw as other men;
and followed him; his kind benefactor, with a grateful sense of his goodness, with strong affection for him, and faith in him;
glorifying God, who had sent such a Saviour to him; who had wrought such a wonderful miracle for him: for he was sensible that none but God could do this.
And all the people, when they saw [it]; what was done, how that the man they just before saw was blind, and begging by the way side, now had his sight restored to him, in an instant, and was following Jesus, in the crowd, along with them:
gave praise unto God; or, as Beza’s most ancient copy reads, “glory”; they ascribed the glory to God, and praised his name, that he had raised up the Messiah among them; of which this was a clear proof, inasmuch as the eyes of the blind were opened, according to
Isa 35:5.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Followed (). Imperfect active as in Mr 10:52. Either inchoative he began to follow, or descriptive, he was following.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) “And Immediately he received his sight,” (kai parachrema aneblepsen) “And at once (instantly) he saw again,” Mat 20:34; Mar 10:52.
2) “And followed him, glorifying God:” (kai ekolouthei auto oksazon ton theon) “And he followed him, as a grateful disciple (followed Jesus) glorifying God,” Mat 20:34; Mar 10:52, giving glory to God, 1Co 10:31.
3) “And all the people when they saw it,” (kai pas ho laos idon) “And all the people (masses) when they saw it,” what had happened, as a miracle, manifesting the glory-power of Jesus, as the Son of God, Joh 2:11; Joh 3:2; Joh 10:30-31.
4) “Gave praise unto God.” (edoken ainon to theo) “Gave praise to or toward God,” as all men should for His daily mercies, La 3:21, 22; Act 17:28; 2Co 1:3-4; 1Co 10:31.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(43) Glorifying God.The account of the effect of the miracle on the blind man himself, and on the people, is peculiar to St. Luke, and seems to belong to the class of phenomena which he loved to study (Luk. 5:25-26; Luk. 7:16; Act. 3:8; Act. 14:10-11).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God, and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.’
And the ultimate result was that he received his sight and he followed Jesus. His spiritual eyes were opened also. And he glorified God. And he was not alone, for the crowds, when they saw what had happened, also gave praise to God.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
REFLECTIONS
Reader! let us both beg of God the Holy Ghost, for his sweet and gracious office it is, to lead to the mercy-seat, to endite our prayers when there, and to give us everything suited to that sacred place; that He will of his rich mercy so help us in our infirmities, that we may be enabled to do as Jesus here commands, always pray and not faint. And oh! what unanswerable motives the Lord hath here furnished us with, in beholding a cruel, time-serving, unfeeling judge, at length prevailed upon to give way to a poor widow’s unceasing importunity; when we call to mind that the Lord to whom we go in Christ, is our righteous, gracious, compassionate tender Father; and who himself hath expressly said: It shall come to pass that before they call I will answer, and while they are yet speaking I will hear! Oh! for faith, to believe the record God hath given of his dear Son!
Lord hide pride from our eyes, that no child of thine may be tinctured with pride, like this haughty blinded Pharisee; but give to all thy redeemed grace to be humbled like this poor Publican, that with self-contrition as his, we may each smite upon his breast as he did, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner!
And oh! for the continual teachings and leadings of the Holy Ghost, that as babes desiring the sincere milk of the word, we may come to Jesus; and never be sorrowful, as the young man rich in this world was, when called upon to leave all for Christ. Do thou, blessed Lord! do by us as by the blind man near Jericho, put a cry on our heart, and the more the ungodly rebuke for following Jesus, the more may our souls cry aloud for him, until Jesus heareth and answereth prayer, opens all the blinded senses of our spiritual faculties, and gives us grace to follow him in the regeneration; that we may glorify the Lord upon earth, and praise him to all eternity in heaven.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
43. ] Peculiar (except , which all three relate) to Luke; his usual way of terminating such narrations, as it certainly was the result of such a miracle: see ch. Luk 13:17 ; Luk 9:43 ; Luk 5:26 . He, of the three Evangelists, takes most notice of the glory given to God on account of the miraculous acts of the Lord Jesus.
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Luk 18:43 . , praise, a poetical word in Greek writers = (1) a saying, (2) a word of praise, frequent in Sept [147] , instead of , is Hellenistic.
[147] Septuagint.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
immediately. See Luk 1:64.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
43.] Peculiar (except , which all three relate) to Luke;-his usual way of terminating such narrations, as it certainly was the result of such a miracle: see ch. Luk 13:17; Luk 9:43; Luk 5:26. He, of the three Evangelists, takes most notice of the glory given to God on account of the miraculous acts of the Lord Jesus.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Luk 18:43. , having seen) the miracle wrought by Jesus; as also having seen the holy joy of the man, on whom sight had been bestowed.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
he: Psa 30:2, Psa 146:8, Isa 29:18, Isa 29:19, Isa 35:5, Isa 42:16, Isa 43:8, Mat 9:28-30, Mat 11:5, Mat 21:14, Joh 9:5-7, Joh 9:39, Joh 9:40, Act 26:18
followed: Luk 4:39, Luk 5:26, Luk 17:15-18, Psa 103:1-3, Psa 107:8, Psa 107:15, Psa 107:21, Psa 107:22, Psa 107:31, Psa 107:32, Isa 43:7, Isa 43:8, Isa 43:21, Act 4:21, Act 11:18, Gal 1:24, 2Th 1:10-12, 1Pe 2:9
Reciprocal: Mat 15:28 – be it Mat 15:31 – and they Mat 20:34 – and they Luk 2:20 – General Luk 5:25 – glorifying Luk 13:13 – and immediately Act 3:8 – praising
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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The recovery from blindness was immediate, which was always the case with miraculous healing.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Luk 18:43. Glorifying God. Peculiar to Luke, and a phrase frequently used by him. This miracle would make the prediction of Luk 18:31-33 the more incomprehensible to the disciples.