Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 6:42
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.
42. Thou hypocrite ] Rom 2:1, “Wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself.” “If we condemn others when we are worse than they, we are like bad trees pretending to bear good fruit.” Bengel.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Either how canst thou say to thy brother,…. Guilty of the lesser sin;
brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye; that is, suffer me to reprove thee for thy sin: the word “brother” is omitted in the Cambridge copy of Beza’s, and in the Persic version; nor is it in Matthew; but in the Syriac and Ethiopic versions it is read, “my brother”; pretending great affection and sincerity:
when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? that is, takest no notice of, and dost not refrain from a greater iniquity continued in:
thou hypocrite; as such an one must be, that bears hard upon his brother, and severely censures him for a small crime, when he indulges in himself a far more abominable sin:
cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye: the sense is, that a man should first reform himself, and then others.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Canst thou say ( ). Here Mt 7:4 has wilt thou say ().
Beholdest not ( ). Mt 7:4 has “lo” ().
Thou hypocrite (). Contrast to the studied politeness of “brother” () above. Powerful picture of blind self-complacence and incompetence, the keyword to argument here.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
Brother. “Expressing the pretense of fraternal duty. To this is opposed ‘Thou hypocrite !'” (Bengel).
Let me cast out [ ] . with a studied courtesy : allow me to cast out.
See clearly to cast out. See on Mt 7:5.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “Either how canst thou say to thy brother,” (pos dunasai legein to adelpho sou) “Just how are you able to say to your brother,” Mat 7:3-5.
2) “Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye,” (adelphe, aphes ekbalo to karpos to ophthalmo sou) “Brother, allow me to take out the mote that is in your eye,” the minute particle of a splinter.
3) “When thou beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye?” (autos ten en to opthalmo sou dokon ou blepson) “While not seeing the beam in your own eye?” the large beam, or splinter of wood. The poet Scott wrote:
“Would the power some gifted give us,
To see ourselves as others see us,
Twould from many an evil free us,
And foolish notion.”
4) “Thou hypocrite,” (hupokrita) “You hypocrite,” you who overjudge yourself as better than others, Luk 18:9.
5) “Cast out first the beam out of thine own eye,” (ekbale proton ten dokon ek tou iphtalmou sou) “Take out first (in order) the beam out of your eye,” the monstrous obstruction of your own vision.
6) “And then shalt thou see clearly,” (kai tote diablepseia) “And then (at that point) you will see clearly,” Rev 3:17-18.
7) “To pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.” (to karpos to en to ophthalom tou adelphou sou ek balein) “To take out or remove the mote that is in the eye of your brother,” when you can see better yourself.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
Luk 6:42 . : this is one of the few instances in N. T. of participles negatived by . The in such cases may = , which in classical Greek has the force of a condition, being used only to state a fact ( vide Burton, 485).
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
canst thou . . . ? = art thou able?
out of. Greek. ek. App-104. Not the same word a in verses: Luk 17:19.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Luk 6:42. , brother) Hereby is expressed the feigned assumption of a brothers office. To this Vocative is opposed the other, thou hypocrite.-, thou hypocrite) See note on , for, next verse.-, a mote) the extraction of which, when properly done, is truly a work of mercy.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
hypocrite: Luk 13:15, Mat 23:13-15, Act 8:21, Act 13:10
cast: Luk 22:32, Psa 50:16-21, Psa 51:9-13, Pro 18:17, Mat 26:75, Act 2:38, Act 9:9-20, Rom 2:1, Rom 2:21-29, 2Co 5:18, 1Th 2:10-12, Phm 1:10, Phm 1:11
see: Mat 6:22, Mat 6:23, 2Ti 2:21, 2Pe 1:9, Rev 3:17, Rev 3:18
Reciprocal: 2Sa 12:5 – David’s Mat 7:3 – why Mat 7:5 – first Luk 4:23 – Physician 1Pe 2:1 – hypocrisies
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
THE SIN OF HYPOCRISY
Thou hypocrite.
Luk 6:42
The only sin for which He did not make a plea, or a palliation, a pardon, or a prayer was hypocrisy.
I. The hypocrisy of the Pharisees.Eight timesin one discourseChrist uses the strong denunciation, Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Eight times! The first woe because they would not themselves accept the Gospel, and prevented others. The second, because they covered wrong and covetousness with a show of long prayers. The third, not because they made proselytes, for that every one who holds the truth is bound to do, to proselytise and bring others to what he believes to be true, but because they made their proselytes bad, and worse than themselves. The fourth, because they destroyed proportions of things, made little things more binding than great things; the gold greater than the Temple; the gift greater than the altar. The fifth, because they were punctilious in small duties, and made them an excuse for neglecting the greater things of judgment, mercy, and faith. The sixth because they made outside cleanliness a covering for inside corruption. The seventh, because there was an exterior beauty with an interior death. The eighth, because they were declaring themselves to be the children ofnot by descent only but by their likeness totheir persecuting and murderous ancestors! Then, after those eight charges, follows that awful malediction, Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Such then was Christs definition of hypocrisy.
II. The hypocrisy of Judas.Very conspicuous among the hypocrites with whom Jesus had to do was Judas, one of Christs more immediate disciples; in fact, the treasurer among them. The love of money was his ruin. But in the end there came on him that tremendous revulsion which so often follows sin. In agony and remorsedo not call it penitenceJudas went to the chief priests, and said, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent blood! He flung down the thirty pieces of silver upon the ground, and went and hanged himself! So died the hypocrite, plunging deeper, and deeper, and deeper, till he fell, and the suicide went unto his own place!
The fact is Judas had been conversant with great thingswith the great things of God. He had been admitted into the secrets of Christ. Now, such as a mans privilege, and knowledge of Him, so are his temptations.
Fuente: Church Pulpit Commentary
Luk 6:42. See on Mat 7:3-5.
Luk 6:43-44. See on Mat 7:16-18. The connection is with what precedes: If thou dost not see the beam in thine own eye, thou wilt be like the corrupt tree, which cannot possibly bring forth good fruit.