Let these sayings – Probably this refers to the sayings of the people, who had seen his miracles, and who on that account had praised and glorified God. On that ground they had acknowledged him to be the Christ. As if he had said, I am about to die. You will then be disconsolate, and perhaps doubtful about my being the Christ. Then do you remember these miracles, and the confessions of the people – the evidence which I gave you that I was from God. Or it may mean, Remember that I am about to die, and let my sayings in regard to that sink down into your hearts, for it is a most important event; and you will have need of remembering, when it takes place, that I told you of it. This last interpretation, however, does not agree as well with the Greek as the former.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Luk 9:44

The Son of Man shall be delivered

Repeated predictions

As the time of our Saviours death was approaching, He thought proper to repeat the prophecy of it again and again.

For this various reasons may be assigned.

1. It was necessary to show that the death of Christ was an appointed as well as an important event in the plan of Divine providence.

2. It tended to prove that it was voluntary on the part of Jesus, and not the debt of nature, as it is on the part of those who are merely human.

3. It was necessary for the fulfilment of ancient prophecy, and consequently to prove that Jesus was the predicted Messiah.

4. It was requisite to show that He was a prophet in the highest sense of the word, and that not a part, but the whole future dispensation was thoroughly known to Him.

5. The frequent repetition of the prophecy of His death tended also to prepare the minds of the disciples for what might otherwise have overwhelmed them. (J. Thomson, D. D.)

Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell

Verse 44. Let these sayings sink down into your ears] Or, put these words into your ears. To other words, you may lend occasional attention – but to what concerns my sufferings and death you must ever listen. Let them constantly occupy a place in your most serious meditations and reflections.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

44. these sayingsnot what waspassing between them about His grandeur [MEYER,c.], but what He was now to repeat for the second time about Hissufferings [DE WETTE,STIER, ALFORD,&c.] that is, “Be not carried off your feet by all thisgrandeur of Mine, but bear in mind what I have already told you, andnow distinctly repeat, that that Sun in whose beams ye now rejoice issoon to set in midnight gloom.” “The Son of man,“says Christ, “into the hands of men“a remarkableantithesis (also in Mat 17:22;Mar 9:31).

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let these sayings sink down into your ears,…. The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions read, “in your hearts”: Christ’s sense is, that they would, diligently attend to them, seriously consider them, and carefully lay them up in their memories; and what he refers to are not the words he had spoken, but what he was about to say; namely, as follow:

for the son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men; by whom he should be killed, though he should rise again the third day;

[See comments on Mt 17:22] [See comments on Mt 17:23]

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Sink into your ears ( ). Second aorist imperative middle of , common verb. “Do you (note emphatic position) yourselves (whatever others do) put into your ears.” No word like “sink” here. The same prediction here as in Mark 9:31; Matt 17:22 about the Son of man only without mention of death and resurrection as there, which see for discussion.

Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament

Let these sayings sink down into your ears. Lit., put these sayings into your ears.

Shall be delivered [ ] . Rather, is about to be delivered.

46 – 50. Compare Mt 18:1 – 35; Mr 9:33 – 50.

Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament

JESUS AGAIN FORETOLD HIS DEATH V. 44, 45

1) “Let these sayings sink down into your ears:” (thesthe humeis eis ta ota humon tous logous toutous) “You all let these sayings into your ears,” recall, remember them, what has been revealed of my death and resurrection, Luk 9:31; Mat 17:22.

2) “For the Son of man shall be delivered,” (ho gar huios tou anthropou mellei paradidosthai) “For the heir of mankind (of humanity) is about to be betrayed,” Mat 16:21; Mar 9:31. Jesus turned the thoughts of the disciples from the miracle,. to His coming death.

3) “Into the hands of men.” (eis cheiras anthropon) “Into hands of men,” certain wicked, cruel, murderous men, traitors, Mar 8:31. That prophecy might be fulfilled, Mat 26:16; Mat 26:21; Mat 26:46; Joh 6:64.

Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary

(44-45) Let these sayings sink down.See Notes on Mat. 17:22-23, and Mar. 9:30-32. Literally, Set these sayings in your ears; but the English version is quite adequate as an idiomatic rendering.

Shall be delivered.Literally, is about to be delivered.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

“Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.”

Note the stress Jesus places on what He says. “Let these words sink into your ears.” He could not have been more emphatic. And what was the message? “The Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men.”

The emphasis is interesting in view of His recent Transfiguration. What shame it brings on the world by implication. The glorious Son of man, God’s beloved Son, is to be delivered by God into the hands of sinful, debased men. And what they will then do is assumed. Man is not seen as trustworthy, especially when dealing with pure goodness.

Strictly speaking, of course, a son of man being delivered into the hands of the sons of men should not have been ominous. Should they not treat well their own? What makes the difference is that He is ‘the Son of Man’, the Righteous One representing ‘the holy ones of the Most High’, and the assumption is made that His righteousness will therefore bring out the worst in men.

Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett

Luk 9:44. Into your ears; for the Son, &c. Into your ears; namely, The Son, &c.

Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke

40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.

41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.

42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him . And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father.

43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,

44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

Ver. 44. Let these sayings sink, &c. ] Ponite, reponite, lay up ( ) the sayings of my sufferings, notwithstanding this people’s vain applauses. The best balm cast into water sinks to the bottom; the baser sort floats on the top.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

Luk 9:44 . , is about to be betrayed. Lk. gives the specialty of the second prediction as in the parallels. Where he fails in comparison with Mt. and Mk. is in grasping the psychological situation the emotional state of Christ’s mind. Cf. remarks on Mk., ad loc. Lk.’s Christ is comparatively passionless.

Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson

sayings = words. Plural of logos. See note on Mar 9:32. Not the same word as in Luk 9:45.

shall be = is about to be.

delivered = delivered up. The second announcement of His sufferings. See the Structure on p. 1461.

Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics

Luk 9:44. , ye) It is a secret hidden from others.[85]- , into your ears) The first degree of comprehension: the heart of the disciples was still less capable of comprehending this matter. See Luk 9:45.-, these) This may also be referred to what precedes.-, delivered up) He hereby produces an equilibrium in their thoughts, which are thus evenly balanced between His glory on the one hand, and His Passion on the other. Comp. what goes before this ver., and also Luk 9:35; Luk 9:20; Luk 9:22. In joy we are to remember the cross: and the knowledge of His Majesty is a preparation for receiving the word of the cross.

[85] It proved to be hid also from the disciples themselves, Luk 9:45.-ED. and TRANSL.

Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament

these: Luk 1:66, Luk 2:19, Luk 2:51, Isa 32:9, Isa 32:10, Joh 16:4, 1Th 3:3, 1Th 3:4, Heb 2:1, Heb 12:2-5

for: Luk 9:22, Luk 18:31, Luk 24:6, Luk 24:7, Luk 24:44, Mat 16:21, Mat 17:22, Mat 17:23, Mat 20:18, Mat 20:19, Mat 21:38, Mat 21:39, Mat 26:2, Mar 8:31, Mar 9:31, Joh 2:19-22, Joh 19:11, Act 2:23, Act 3:13-15, Act 4:27, Act 4:28

into: 2Sa 24:14

Reciprocal: Deu 32:46 – General Pro 2:1 – hide Dan 7:28 – but Mat 13:51 – Have Luk 8:18 – heed Luk 14:35 – He Joh 16:31 – Do 2Ti 2:7 – Consider 1Jo 2:24 – abide

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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The sayings include what Jesus had been expressing, also the one about his expected betrayal into the hands of men.

Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary

Luk 9:44. Let these sayings, etc. The original gives an emphasis brought out by rendering as follows: As for you, let, etc. The disciples are meant. From Mar 9:31 we infer that, during the journey, our Lord gave repeated and extended intimations of His death, to prepare His disciples for the journey towards Jerusalem. These sayings refers to these intimations.

For the Son of man shall be, is about to be, etc. They should take heed, because the time of fulfilment was approaching. Others refer these sayings to the eulogies of the people (Luk 9:43). The disciples are to bear in memory these admiring speeches on account of the contrast in which His own fate would now appear with the same. These are therefore to build no hopes upon them. Meyer. But the very next paragraph shows that they already overestimated worldly applause, and the contrast is far from being obvious.

Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament

LXXI.

RETURN TO GALILEE. THE PASSION FORETOLD.

aMATT. XVII. 22, 23; bMARK IX. 30-32; cLUKE IX. 43-45.

b30 And they went forth from thence [from the region of Csarea Philippi], and passed through Galilee [on his way to Capernaum]; and he would not that any man should know it. [He was still seeking that retirement which began on the journey to Tyre. See Joh 7:3, Joh 7:4. See page 439.] [426] 31 For he taught his disciples [the reason for his retirement is here given: he wished to prepare his disciples for his passion], and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up [the present tense is used for the future to express the nearness and certainty of the event] into the hands of men, a22 And {cBut} awhile they abode in Galilee, cwhile all were marvelling at all the things which he did, aJesus csaid unto his disciples, 44 Let these sayings sink into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered up into the hands of men. [We have here two notes of time during which Jesus spoke of his passion. It was all the while he was in Galilee, between his return from Csarea and his departure into Juda, for which see page 439. The length of time suggests that the sad lesson was oft repeated, but was at a time when the marvels of his works strengthened the faith of the disciples so as to enable them to bear the instruction.] band they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again. {aand the third day he shall be raised up.} [For comment on similar language see page 306.] And they were exceeding sorry. [Peter’s experience taught them not to attempt to correct Jesus while thus speaking, so there was nothing left for them but to grieve at his words.] c45 But they understood not this {bthe} saying, cand it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it [What was told to them was not for their present but their future benefit, and therefore they were left to puzzle over the words of Jesus]; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. [Not so much from any awe with which they regarded him, as from the delicacy of the subject itself, and their own sorrow, which shrank from knowing it more fully.] [427]

[FFG 426-427]

Fuente: McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)

9:44 {l} Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

(l) Give diligent ear to them, and once you have heard them see that you keep them.

Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes