After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. As our Lord's end approaches, the preparations for the establishment of the coming Kingdom are quickened and extended. AFTER THESE THINGS... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. THEREFORE SAID HE - or, 'So He said' UNTO THEM, THE HARVEST ... See the notes at Matthew 9:37, and Remarks 1 and 2 a... [ Continue Reading ]
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. GO YOUR WAYS ... See the notes at Matthew 10:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. WOE UNTO THEE, CHORAZIN ... See the notes at Matthew 11:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. HE THAT HEARETH YOU ... See the note at .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. AND THE SEVENTY RETURNED AGAIN (EVIDENTLY THEY HAD NOT BEEN LONG AWAY), WITH JOY, SAY... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. AND HE SAID, I BEHOLD [ etheooroun (G2334 )] SATAN AS LIGHTNING FALL FROM HEAVEN. Since much of the force of this glorious statement depends on the nice shade of sense indicated by the imperfect tense in the original, it might h... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. BEHOLD, I GIVE UNTO YOU - not with a view to the renewal of their mission, though probably many of them afterward became ministers of Christ, but simply... [ Continue Reading ]
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. NOTWITHSTANDING IN THIS REJOICE NOT (THAT IS, NOT SO MUCH) THAT THE SPIRITS ARE SUBJECT UNTO YOU; BUT RATHER REJOICE, BECAUSE YOUR NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN... [ Continue Reading ]
In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. IN THAT HOUR JESUS REJOICED [ eegalliasato (G21 ),... [ Continue Reading ]
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. [AND TURNING TO HIS DISCIPLES HE SAID ] The words in brackets are in the Received Text of Stephens though [AND TURNING TO HI... [ Continue Reading ]
And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: AND HE TURNED HIM UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, AND SAID PRIVATELY, BLESSED ARE THE EYES THAT SEE THE THINGS THAT YE SEE ... See the notes at Matthew 13:16. For Remarks on the Mission of the S... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? AND, BEHOLD, A CERTAIN LAWYER STOOD UP, AND TEMPTED HIM - `tried,' or 'tested Him' [ ekpeirazoon (G1598)]; in no hostile spirit, yet with no tender anxiety for light on that question... [ Continue Reading ]
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? HE SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW? HOW READEST THOU? - `an apposite question,' says Bengel, 'to a doctor of the law, and putting himself in turn to the test.'... [ Continue Reading ]
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. AND HE ANSWERING SAID, THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD ... - precisely as Christ Himself had answered another lawyer... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, THOU HAST ANSWERED RIGHT: THIS DO, AND THOU SHALT LIVE. 'Right: THIS do, and life is thine'-laying such emphasis on "this" as to indicate, without expressing it, where the real difficulty to a sin... [ Continue Reading ]
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? BUT HE, WILLING - or 'wishing' [ theloon (G2309)]. TO JUSTIFY HIMSELF, SAID UNTO JESUS, AND WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR? - to get himself out of the difficulty by throwing upon Jesus the definition of "neighbour," 'which,' a... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. AND JESUS ANSWERING SAID, A CERTAIN MAN - a Jew, as the story shows. WENT DOWN FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO... [ Continue Reading ]
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. AND BY CHANCE THERE CAME DOWN A CERTAIN PRIEST THAT WAY. Jericho, the second city of Judea, was a city of the priests and Levites, and thousands of them lived there. AND WHEN HE SAW HI... [ Continue Reading ]
And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. AND LIKEWISE A LEVITE, WHEN HE WAS AT THE PLACE, CAME AND LOOKED ON HIM - a further aggravation. AND PASSED BY ON THE OTHER SIDE. If we suppose this priest and Levite to have been returnin... [ Continue Reading ]
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, BUT A CERTAIN SAMARITAN - one of a race excommunicated by the Jews; a byword among them, and synonymous with heretic and devil (; and see the note at ); AS HE JOURNEYED, CAME WHERE HE WAS... [ Continue Reading ]
And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. AND WENT TO HIM, AND BOUND UP HIS WOUNDS, POURING IN OIL AND WINE - the remedies used in such cases all over the East (), and elsewhere; the wine to c... [ Continue Reading ]
And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. AND ON THE MORROW, WHEN HE DEPARTED, HE TOOK OUT TWO PENCE - equal to two days' wages of a labourer,... [ Continue Reading ]
Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? WHICH NOW OF THESE THREE, THINKEST THOU, WAS NEIGHBOUR UNTO HIM THAT FELL AMONG THE THIEVES? - a most dexterous way of putting the question: first, turning it from the lawyer's form of it, 'Whom am I to... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. AND HE SAID, HE THAT SHOWED MERCY ON HIM. He does not answer, 'The Samaritan'-that would have sounded heterodox, heretical-but "He that showed mercy on him." It comes to the same thing, no doubt, but th... [ Continue Reading ]
Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. NOW IT CAME TO PASS, AS THEY WENT, THAT HE ENTERED INTO A CERTAIN VILLAGE. The village was Bethany-as to which, see the note at . It will be seen how void of a... [ Continue Reading ]
And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. AND SHE HAD A SISTER CALLED MARY, WHICH ALSO - or 'who for her part,' as Webster and Wilkinson put it, as opposed to Martha. SAT [OR 'SEATED HERSELF' parakathestheisa (G3868A)] AT JESUS' FEET. From the custom... [ Continue Reading ]
But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. BUT MARTHA WAS CUMBERED [OR 'DISTRACTED' periespato (G4049 )] ABOUT MUCH SERVING, AND CAME TO HIM, [ epistasa (G2186)] -... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HER, MARTHA, MARTHA - emphatically redoubling upon the name. THOU ART CAREFUL AND TROUBLED, [ merimnas (G3309) kai (G2532) turbazee (G5182)]. The one word exp... [ Continue Reading ]
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. BUT ONE THING IS NEEDFUL. The idea of 'Short work and little of it sufficeth for Me' is not so much the lower sense of these weighty words, as implied in them as the basis of something far loft... [ Continue Reading ]