Bible Commentary

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? 3. answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees ] See on Luk 5:22. He took the initiative, and answered their unspoken thoughts. Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? ] We have already seen … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 14:3”

And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. 2. And behold, there was a certain man before him, which had the dropsy ] The verse represents with inimitable vividness the flash of recognition with which the Lord at once grasped the whole meaning of the scene. The dropsical man was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 14:2”

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. 1-6. Sabbath healing of a Man with the Dropsy. 1. of one of the chief Pharisees ] Rather, of the Rulers of the Pharisees. The rendering of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 14:1”

Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until [the time] come when ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 35. Behold, your house is left unto you desolate ] The authenticity of the word ‘desolate’ is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 13:35”

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen [doth gather] her brood under [her] wings, and ye would not! 34. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem ] The words were perhaps spoken again in the Great Denunciation of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 13:34”

Nevertheless I must walk today, and tomorrow, and the [day] following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 33. I must .walk ] Rather, I must journey; the same word as in Luk 13:31, “depart.” It seems to imply, ‘I will not leave Herod’s dominion, but I shall journey on at … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 13:33”

And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third [day] I shall be perfected. 32. that fox ] Rather, this she-fox, as though Christ saw him actually present, or identified his fox-like nature with that which the Pharisees … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 13:32”

The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. 31-35 . A Message to Herod Antipas. 31. The same day ] Or, In that very hour ( , A, D, L, &c.). Get thee out, and depart hence ] These Pharisees … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 13:31”

And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. 30. And, behold ] The phrase sometimes implies ‘strange as you may think it.’ It occurs 23 times in St Matthew , 16 in St Luke; but not in St Mark. there are last which shall be first … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 13:30”

And they shall come from the east, and [from] the west, and from the north, and [from] the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 29. they shall come from the east, and from the west ] There is an obvious reference to Isa 49:12; Isa 14:6. Nothing more furiously excited the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 13:29”