{"id":25153,"date":"2022-09-24T10:57:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T15:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-623\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T10:57:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T15:57:16","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-623","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-luke-623\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Luke 6:23"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 23<\/strong>. <em> Rejoice ye in that day<\/em> ] See <span class='bible'>Act 5:41<\/span>. &ldquo;We glory in tribulation;&rdquo; <span class='bible'>Rom 5:3<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jas 1:2-3<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Col 1:24<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Heb 11:26<\/span>. They accepted with joy that &lsquo;ignominy of Christ&rsquo; which made the very name of &lsquo;Christian&rsquo; a term of execration; <span class='bible'>1Pe 4:14<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Pe 4:16<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em> in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets<\/em> ] Elijah and his contemporaries, <span class='bible'>1Ki 19:10<\/span>. Hanani imprisoned by Asa, <span class='bible'>2Ch 16:10<\/span>. Micaiah imprisoned, <span class='bible'>1Ki 22:27<\/span>. Zechariah stoned by Joash, <span class='bible'>2Ch 24:20-21<\/span>. Urijah slain by Jehoiakim, <span class='bible'>Jer 26:23<\/span>. Jeremiah imprisoned, smitten and put in the stocks, <span class='bible'>Jer 32:38<\/span>. Amos slandered, expelled, and perhaps beaten to death (<span class='bible'>Amos 7<\/span>). Isaiah (according to tradition) sawn asunder, <span class='bible'>Heb 11:37<\/span>, &amp;c. See the same reproach against the Jews in <span class='bible'>Heb 11:36-38<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Act 7:52<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Th 2:14-15<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> Verse <span class='bible'>23<\/span>. <I><B>Did &#8211; unto the prophets.<\/B><\/I>] See <span class='bible'>1Kg 18:4<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Kg 19:20<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Ch 24:21<\/span>; <span class='bible'>2Ch 36:16<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Ne 9:26<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Adam Clarke&#8217;s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P><B>23. leap for joy<\/B>a livelierword than &#8220;be exceeding glad&#8221; of &#8220;exult&#8221; (<span class='bible'>Mt5:12<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown&#8217;s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Rejoice ye in that day<\/strong>,&#8230;. When they should be hated, discarded, reproached, and anathematized: and leap for joy; as if the greatest honour and happiness imaginable had been conferred on them; and as persons do, when in the greatest rapture:<\/p>\n<p><strong>for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets<\/strong>;<\/p>\n<p> <span class='bible'>[See comments on Mt 5:12]<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>Leap for joy <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>). Old verb and in LXX, but only in Luke in the N.T. (here and <span class='bible'>Luke 1:41<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Luke 1:44<\/span>). It answers to Matthew&#8217;s (<span class='bible'>Mt 5:12<\/span>) &#8220;be exceeding glad.&#8221;<\/P> <P><B>Did <\/B> (<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\"><\/SPAN><\/span>). Imperfect active, the habit of &#8220;their fathers&#8221; (peculiar to both here). <span class='bible'>Mt 5:12<\/span> has &#8220;persecuted.&#8221; Thus they will receive a prophet&#8217;s reward (<span class='bible'>Mt 1:41<\/span>). <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Robertson&#8217;s Word Pictures in the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P>Leap for joy [<span class='_800000'><SPAN LANG=\"el-GR\">] <\/SPAN><\/span>. See chapter <span class='bible'>Luk 1:41<\/span>, <span class='bible'>44<\/span>. Compare Matthew, be exceeding glad (ajgalliasqe : see on <span class='bible'>1Pe 1:6<\/span>). <\/P> <P>Their fathers. Peculiar to Luke.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Vincent&#8217;s Word Studies in the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <strong>&#8220;Rejoice ye in that day,&#8221; <\/strong>(charete en ekeine te hemera) &#8220;Ye all rejoice in that day,&#8221; that awaits you, not because or persecution, but because of strength to endure, and victory over such, <span class='bible'>1Co 10:13<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>2) <strong>&#8220;And leap for joy:&#8221; <\/strong>(kai skiresetate) &#8220;And leap for victorious joy,&#8221; as the term is used <span class='bible'>Luk 1:41<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Luk 1:44<\/span>. Joy of a victory that surely awaits you, even as our Lord did, <span class='bible'>Heb 12:2<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Th 5:16<\/span>; Php_4:4.<\/p>\n<p>3) <strong>&#8220;For, behold, your reward is great in heaven:&#8221; <\/strong>(idou gar ho misthos humon polus en to ourano) &#8220;For behold (take note of this) your reward is great in heaven,&#8221; already having been reserved for you all in heaven; <span class='bible'>Mat 5:12<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Pe 1:4-5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rev 2:10<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Rev 22:12<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>4) <strong>&#8220;For in like manner,&#8221; <\/strong>(kata ta anta gar) &#8220;For in the same way,&#8221; after the same wicked pattern, <span class='bible'>Mat 5:12<\/span>; It is expressed in a murder filled parable, <span class='bible'>Luk 20:9-15<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>5) <strong>&#8220;Did their fathers unto the prophets.&#8221; <\/strong>(epoioun tois prophetais hoi pateres auton) &#8220;The fathers of them (these Pharisees and scribes) did to or toward the prophets,&#8221; <span class='bible'>Mat 5:12<\/span> b; <span class='bible'>Act 7:51-53<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mat 23:34-35<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:1.1em'>a) Like <strong>Elijah, <\/strong><span class='bible'>1Ki 1:10<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:1.015em'>b) Like <strong>Hanani, <\/strong><span class='bible'>2Ch 16:10<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:1.015em'>c) Like <strong>Micaiah <\/strong><span class='bible'>1Ki 22:27<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:1.015em'>d) Like <strong>Zechariah, <\/strong><span class='bible'>2Ch 24:20-21<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:1.015em'>e) Like <strong>Urijah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:1.07em'>f) Like <strong>Jeremiah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>g) Like <strong>Isaiah, <\/strong>who according to tradition was sawn asunder.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(23) <strong>Leap for joy.<\/strong>The word is peculiar to St. Luke in the New Testament, and occurs elsewhere only in <span class='bible'>Luk. 1:41<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Luk. 1:44<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>&ldquo;Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy,<\/p>\n<p> For behold, your reward is great in heaven,<\/p>\n<p> For in the same manner did their fathers to the prophets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> Yes, if they are persecuted for His sake they can rejoice and jump for joy, for they will receive great reward in Heaven, for that is how God&rsquo;s prophets were treated when they too came on earth (including John the Baptiser). By their response as described above they will be aligning themselves with the true prophets, who also sought only to please God, and they will therefore enjoy a prophet&rsquo;s reward.<\/p>\n<p> The reference to the prophets may have in mind:<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:3.6em'> 1) That as the prophets were persecuted they too must expect to be persecuted (<span class='bible'>Luk 11:47<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Luk 11:49-50<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Luk 13:34<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mat 23:29-31<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Mat 23:34<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:3.6em'> 2) That as the prophets have gone to their reward (<span class='bible'>Luk 13:28<\/span>), so will they too go to their reward.<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:3.6em'> 3) The fact that they will be persecuted is positive proof that they are equal with the prophets and will therefore enjoy both what they suffered and what they will receive (compare<span class='bible'><\/span><span class='bible'>1Pe 4:12-14<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p> The mention of the reward is not as a kind of bribe. Those whose eyes were only on a reward would not be welcome, or genuine. The point was that having chosen to walk in God&rsquo;s way, it was something that they could look forward to. It was an incentive while they were in the way.<\/p>\n<p> Note the reference to&nbsp; <em> their<\/em> &nbsp;fathers. Jesus has already divided Israel into two parts, those who are for Him and those who are against Him, the old Israel and the new.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <span class='bible'>Luk 6:23<\/span> .    .  .] in which they shall have thus dealt with you.  : <em> leap<\/em> for joy.<\/p>\n<p> Moreover, see on <span class='bible'>Mat 5:12<\/span> ; and as to the repeated  , the second of which is explanatory, on <span class='bible'>Mat 6:32<\/span> ; <span class='bible'>Mat 18:11<\/span> ; <span class='bible'>Rom 8:6<\/span> .<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer&#8217;s New Testament Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward <em> is<\/em> great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. <strong> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Ver. 23. See <span class='bible'>Mat 5:12<\/span> . <em> See Trapp on &#8220;<\/em> Mat 5:12 <em> &#8220;<\/em> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 23.<\/strong> ] <strong>  <\/strong> <strong> . <\/strong> <strong> <\/strong> <strong> . <\/strong> <strong> <\/strong> <strong> .,<\/strong> not in the most solemn sense of the words (see Mat 7:22 ), but <strong> in the day when men shall do thus to you.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Henry Alford&#8217;s Greek Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <span class='bible'>Luk 6:23<\/span> .  , leap for joy; the word occurs in <span class='bible'>Luk 1:41<\/span> ; <span class='bible'>Luk 1:44<\/span> , and this and other terms found in the sermon have led some to infer that Lk. uses as his source a version of the discourse emanating from a Jewish-Christian circle. <em> Vide<\/em> the list of words in J. Weiss, Meyer, note, p. 387. <em> Vide<\/em> also Feine, <em> Vork. berlief<\/em> .<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. <\/p>\n<p>heaven = the heavens. Seenotes on Mat 6:9, Mat 6:10. <\/p>\n<p>in the like manner = according to (Greek. kata. App-104.) the same things. unto = to. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>23.]  . . ., not in the most solemn sense of the words (see Mat 7:22), but in the day when men shall do thus to you.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Greek Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Luk 6:23. , in) See Rom 2:16, note.-, leap for joy) The reward must surely be a great one: since He who thus commands us, is One whose words contain no hyperbole.- , according to these things) Characteristics and means of distinguishing character may be derived from examples: so Luk 6:26. Hebr. , LXX.  , Num 28:24; but    is the formula, Eze 45:25. And this is the reading of Epiphanius and the Cambridge MS. here.[62]<\/p>\n<p>[62] BDQ read   ; eadem in c; similiter in a; sic in d. But b and Vulg. have secundum hc; and AP Orig. 3,466a with Rec. Text,  .-ED.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Rejoice: Act 5:41, Rom 5:3, 2Co 12:10, Col 1:24, Jam 1:2 <\/p>\n<p>leap: Luk 1:41, Luk 1:44, 2Sa 6:16, 2Sa 6:16, Isa 35:6, Act 3:8, Act 14:10 <\/p>\n<p>your: Luk 6:35, Mat 5:12, Mat 6:1, Mat 6:2, 2Th 1:5-7, 2Ti 2:12, 2Ti 4:7, 2Ti 4:8, Heb 11:6, Heb 11:26, 1Pe 4:13, Rev 2:7, Rev 2:10, Rev 2:11, Rev 2:17, Rev 2:26, Rev 3:5, Rev 3:12, Rev 21:7 <\/p>\n<p>for in: 1Ki 18:4, 1Ki 19:2, 1Ki 19:10, 1Ki 19:14, 1Ki 21:20, 1Ki 22:8, 1Ki 22:27, 2Ki 6:31, 2Ch 36:16, Neh 9:26, Jer 2:30, Mat 21:35, Mat 21:36, Mat 23:31-37, Act 7:51, Act 7:52, 1Th 2:14, 1Th 2:15, Heb 11:32-39 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Son 2:8 &#8211; leaping Isa 66:5 &#8211; Your Jer 15:15 &#8211; know Jer 37:14 &#8211; said Jer 43:3 &#8211; to deliver Mar 8:35 &#8211; for Mar 12:5 &#8211; and him Act 13:52 &#8211; were Act 16:25 &#8211; sang 2Co 4:17 &#8211; far Jam 5:10 &#8211; for 1Pe 3:14 &#8211; if<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>The blessing was not to be in this life but after reaching heaven. In suffering for the sake of righteousness, the disciples were classed with the prophets.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Luk 6:23. In that day, i.e., the day when this happens to you; not in the great day of the future, as in Mat 7:22.<\/p>\n<p>Leap for joy. Peculiar to Luke.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and {e} leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.<\/p>\n<p>(e) Leap for exceeding joy, as cattle do who are spurred on by food.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. 23. Rejoice ye in that day ] See Act 5:41. &ldquo;We glory in tribulation;&rdquo; Rom 5:3; Jas 1:2-3; Col 1:24; Heb 11:26. 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