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Luke 10:23
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 which see the things that ye see.
Verse Luke 10:23. _BLESSED ARE THE EYES WHICH SEE THE THINGS THAT YE SEE_] There is a similar saying to this among the rabbins, in _Sohar._ _Genes_., where it is said, "Blessed is that generation whic...
See the notes at Matthew 13:16....
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The Seventy Appointed. (Luke 10:1)_ 2. The Return of the Seventy and the True Rejoicing. (Luke 10:17) 3. Jesus Rejoiced in Spirit. (Luke 10:21) 4. The Question of the Lawyer. ...
JESUS AND HIS MISSION (Matthew 11:25 *, Matthew 13:16 f.*). The passage agrees very closely with Mt., but Lk. traces the joy and the utterance to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and his context fo...
LABOURERS FOR THE HARVEST (Luke 10:1-16)...
At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit. "I thank you, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, he said, "that you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and that you have revealed them t...
BLESSED. Happy. Figure of speech _Beatitude,_ not _Benedictio_ THE EYES. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche, of_ the Part (App-6), for the whole person. SEE. Greek. _blepo._ App-133....
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
_Blessed are the eyes_ Comp. Matthew 13:16....
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
ΜΑΚΆΡΙΟΙ ΟἹ ὈΦΘΑΛΜΟΊ. Comp. Matthew 13:16....
Luke 10:1-24. THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY...
VER 23. AND HE TURNED HIM TO HIS DISCIPLES, AND SAID PRIVATELY, BLESSED ARE THE EYES WHICH SEE THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE: 24. FOR I TELL YOU, THAT MANY PROPHETS AND KINGS HAVE DESIRED TO SEE THOSE THING...
_JESUS THANKED THE FATHER -- LUKE 10:21-24:_ Jesus was thankful that His message had touched the hearts of ordinary people. It seemed to be a hidden message to the wise and educated people. Jesus was...
ΣΤΡΑΦΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (temp.) от_ ΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G4762) поворачивать; _pass._ (с возвр. _знач._) оборачиваться, поворачиваться куда-л. (BAGD). ΒΛΈΠΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G991) видет...
DISCOURSE: 1515 THE BLESSINGS OF A PREACHED GOSPEL Luke 10:23. _And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: for I tell you, that m...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Preaching the Kingdom (Luke 10:1-24) 10 After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himsel...
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...
1 As the Lord was on His way to celebrate the festival of Ingathering, this,vas actually the time of harvest and He was comparing the physical to the spiritual state of the country. At harvest time th...
THE REVELATION TO BABES (Matthew 11:25). See on Mt....
THE SEVENTY. THE GOOD SAMARITAN. MARTHA AND MARY 1-16. Choice and mission of the Seventy (peculiar to Lk). Another step in the organisation of the Church. The Seventy receive a subordinate commission,...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS SENDS OUT MORE *DISCIPLES 10:1-12 V1 After this, the *Lord chose 72 other *disciples and sent them out in pairs. He told them to go ahead of...
(23-24) BLESSED ARE THE EYES WHICH SEE THE THINGS THAT YE SEE... — Another instance of repeated words, St. Matthew reporting them as spoken after the parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:16. See Note on t...
στραφεὶς : a second impressive gesture, if that in Luke 10:22 be retained, implying that Jesus now more directly addresses the disciples. But the first στραφεὶς is altogether doubtful. εἶπε : the word...
_The exultation of Jesus_ (Matthew 11:25-27). The setting in Mt. gives to this great devotional utterance of Jesus a tone of resignation in connection with the apparent failure of His ministry. Here,...
THE SOURCES OF DEEPEST JOY Luke 10:17-24 How triumphant the return of the evangelist! With faces flushed with pride and hearts high with elation, they returned to the Master with their reports. What...
The mission of the seventy is recorded only by Luke. They went forth, sent by Jesus. They returned glad in the victories they had wrought in His name. He received them, and declared to them the whole...
(7) And he turned him unto [his] disciples, and said privately, Blessed [are] the eyes which see the things that ye see: (7) The difference between the Old Testament and the New consists in the measu...
CHAPTER 6. REPORT OF THE SEVENTY EVANGELISTS Luke 10:17-24. When our Savior was at Capernaum, in Galilee, about September first, He called these Seventy, and sent them out two by two, thus constituti...
_The Joy of Jesus._ We reach a point in the life of the Saviour, the exceptional character of which is expressly indicated by the first words of the narrative, _in that same hour._ Jesus has traced to...
3. _The Sending of the Seventy. Disciples: Luke 10:1-24_. Though Jesus proceeded slowly from city to city, and from village to village, He had but little time to devote to each place. It was therefore...
2 _d. The Return: Luke 10:17-24_. Jesus had appointed a rendezvous for His disciples at a fixed place. From the word ὑπέστρεψαν, _they returned_ (Luke 10:17), it would even appear that the place was t...
VERS. 23 AND 24. “ _And He turned Him unto His disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:_ 24 _For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to s...
(23) And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: (24) For I tell you, That many prophets and kings have desired to see those things...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
_PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITY_ ‘Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen t...
The mission of the seventy follows in chapter 10, a mission important in its character for the development of the ways of God. This character is, in fact, different in some respects from that of the b...
AND HE TURNED HIM UNTO HIS DISCIPLES,.... Both to the twelve apostles, and seventy disciples; AND SAID PRIVATELY; or to them apart: the phrase "privately" is wanting in the Vulgate Latin version: BL...
And he turned him unto _his_ disciples, and said privately, Blessed _are_ the eyes which see the things that ye see: Ver. 23. _Blessed are the eyes, &c._] How blessed, then, are they that hear this a...
_In that hour Jesus rejoiced_ On this occasion Jesus, meditating on the unspeakable wisdom and goodness of the divine dispensations to mankind, felt extraordinary emotions of joy. _And said, I thank t...
Things seen by the disciples. Matthew 13:16-17....
THE SENDING OF SEVENTY OTHERS (vs.1-16) As we progress in this Gospel, earthly things tend to recede and heaven comes gradually more into view, specially following the transfiguration (ch.9:8-36) an...
17-24 All our victories over Satan, are obtained by power derived from Jesus Christ, and he must have all the praise. But let us beware of spiritual pride, which has been the destruction of many. Our...
Ver. 23,24. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 13:16", and SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 13:17"....
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV If you look also into the next words, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things which ye see, for I tell you that prophets have not seen the things which ye see,"...
Luke 10:23 Then G2532 turned G4762 (G5651) to G4314 disciples G3101 said G2036 (G5627) privately G2398...
‘And turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,” ' Recognising this He turns to His disciples from His exalted state in the Spirit and says p...
JESUS REJOICES OVER THE FACT THAT HIS FATHER HAS REVEALED THE SPIRITUAL TRUTH OF WHO HE IS TO HIS DISCIPLES (10:21-24). As a result of His disciples' victory over the forces of Satan through the autho...
Luke 10:23. PRIVATELY. Observe ‘here the gradual narrowing of the circle to which our Lord addresses Himself' (Alford). See notes on the similar saying in Matthew 13:16-17. The occasion and connection...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY. Peculiar to Luke. The labors of this large body of disciples were brief, their mission temporary. The incident has no bearing upon questions of ecclesiastical position. Our...
TURNING TO THE DISCIPLES (στραφεις προς τους μαθητας). Second aorist passive of στρεφω as in Luke 9:55. The prayer was a soliloquy though uttered in the presence of the Seventy on their return. Now...
Luke 10:23 The Sights and Sounds of Christendom. I. Our Lord's words suggest the solemnity, the blessedness, of living at a great epoch in human affairs. II. They also suggest a characteristic of Hi...
CONTENTS: The 70 sent out. Jesus denounces Judgment on cities. Parable of the good Samaritan. Martha and Mary entertain Jesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, 70 witnesses, Satan, lawyer, Martha, Mary. CONCLUSION...
Luke 10:1. _The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two._ This was after the twelve had returned, and brought reports of the eager cries of the people for the word of life. Some o...
23-24. How FORTUNATE YOU ARE. See notes on Matthew 13:16-17. He probably said this more than once....
_Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see_ THE GOSPEL PRIVILEGES I. THE THINGS HERE SPOKEN OF. The blessings of Christ’s revelation. II. TO WHOM THEY WERE DEVISED. Not only to the grea...
CHAPTER 10 VER. 1. _After these things the Lord also._ Seventy-two. Vulgate. Dorotheus and others profess to give their names, but Eusebius declares that he knew of no written list of these seventy di...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 10:17. RETURNED.—The mission may not have occupied more than a few days: probably a time and place of rendezvous had been appointed. EVEN THE DEVILS.—Their success had exceeded...
EXPOSITION LUKE 10:1 _The mission of the seventy. The Lord_'_s words to them of instruction and direction and warning._ LUKE 10:1 AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED OTHER SEVENTY ALSO. That is...
Now in chapter 10, we read of this commissioning in the sending forth of the seventy, in the contrast to the twelve of chapter 9. After these things (Luke 10:1) Now He is on His way towards Jerusale...
Matthew 13:16; Matthew 13:17...
Matthew 13:16....
Are those who see blessed, or those who do not see? PROBLEM: Here Jesus tells His disciples: “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see.” However, later He said to them, “Blessed are those wh...
From the very first giving out of the promise of Christ to Adam after the fall, Genesis 3:15 There was in all good men. longing desire and expectation to see that person who should be so great. blessi...