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Luke 13:26
then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in Thy presence, and Thou hast taught in our streets.
then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in Thy presence, and Thou hast taught in our streets.
WE HAVE EATEN ... - Compare Matthew 7:22. To have eaten with one is evidence of acquaintanceship or friendship. So the sinner may allege that he was a professed follower of Jesus, and had some evidenc...
CHAPTER 13 __ 1. The Necessity of Repentance. (Luke 13:1 .) 2. The Barren Fig Tree. (Luke 13:6) 3. The Healing of a Daughter of Abraham. (Luke 13:10) 4. Parable of the Mustard Seed. ...
THE NARROW ENTRANCE INTO LIFE. Parallels are found in Matthew 7:13 f., Matthew 25:11 f., Matthew 7:21; Matthew 8:11 f;...
Jesus continued to go through towns and villages, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem. "Lord, someone said to him, "are those who are to be saved few in number?" He said to them, "Keep on strivin...
SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)...
IN THY PRESENCE. before Thee. THOU HAST TAUGHT, &c. This shows to whom these words are addressed, and thus limits the interpretation to "this generation"....
_then shall ye begin to say_ All excuse shall be cut short at once, Luke 3:8. _thou hast taught in our streets_ Here again (see Luke 13:28) we see how our Lord discouraged all notions of any privilege...
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...
THE NARROW DOOR...
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...
ΤΌΤΕ ἌΡΞΕΣΘΕ ΛΈΓΕΙΝ. The fut. following the aor. subj. (ἄρξησθε) indicates the persistence of the attempts; but all excuse shall be cut short at once, Luke 3:8. ἘΝ ΤΑΙ͂Σ ΠΛΑΤΕΊΑΙΣ ἩΜΩ͂Ν ἘΔΊΔΑΞΑΣ. Here...
Ver 22. And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23. Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said to them, 24. Strive to enter in...
_THE STRAIT GATE AND A MESSAGE FOR HEROD -- LUKE 13:22-35:_ We do not know who it was but someone asked Jesus, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" Jesus told this person that they should...
ΆΡΞΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Luke 13:25. ΈΦΆΓΟΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΣΘΊΩ (G2068) есть, ΈΠΊΟΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΊΝΩ (G4095) пить, ΠΛΑΤΕΊΑ (G4113) широкий, широкая улица, ΈΔΊΔΑΞΑΣ _ao...
WE HAVE EATEN AND DRUNK IN THY PRESENCE,— "Over and above the privileges which you have enjoyed by the Mosaic dispensation, you shall plead on that occasion the peculiar favour which I shewed you in t...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Repentance is Difficult (Luke 13:22-30) 22 He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23And some one said to him, Lord, wil...
Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. THEN SHALL YE BEGIN TO SAY, WE HAVE EATEN AND DRUNK IN THY PRESENCE, AND THOU HAST TAUGHT...
25 Compare Mat_25:10-12. 27 Compare 2Ti_2:19. 29 Eastern etiquette is most stringent as to the placing of guests at a banquet. The most honorable must have the first place and the least the last. So...
THE GALILEANS KILLED BY PILATE. THE UNFRUITFUL FIG TREE. LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM 1-9. Three exhortations to repentance, of which the former two are based on recent events, and the third is a parable. A...
ARE THEY FEW THAT BE SAVED? Jesus does not directly reply to the question, but warns His hearers of the difficulty of obtaining salvation, of the danger of delaying repentance, and of the probable rej...
This v. specially applies to the Jews....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 PEOPLE NEED TO TURN TO GOD 13:1-9 Two incidents and a *parable all teach that people need to turn to God. They must do this so that they avoid pun...
WE HAVE EATEN AND DRUNK... — Better, _we ate and drank_..., and _Thou didst teach._ The words differ slightly from those in Matthew 7:22, which put higher claims into the mouths of the speakers, “Did...
This verse is viewed by many as the apodosis of a long sentence beginning with ἀφʼ οὗ (Luke 13:25), and the emotional character of the passage, in which parable and moral are blended, goes far to just...
Here begins a new parable and a new sentence, though some (Beza, Lachmann, W. and H [115]) connect with what goes before, putting a comma after ἰσχύσουσιν. Against this is not only the change from the...
_Are there few that be saved?_ This section is a mosaic of words found dispersed in the pages of Mt.: the _strait gate_ (Luke 13:24) in Matthew 7:14; _the pleading for admission_ (Luke 13:26-27) recal...
THE PENALTY OF NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY Luke 13:18-30 Notice here the inward movement and the outward effect of the gospel whether in the heart or in the world of men. The garden and the kitchen, the li...
Someone brought to our Lord an account of a happening which seemed to suggest that those who suffered catastrophe are proved to be "sinners above all." He directly contradicted that view, and in that...
(7) Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. (7) It is vain to be in the Church if one is not of the Church; and whether or not one is...
These words are addressed particularly to the Jews, because Christ was born of them according to the flesh, eat and drank with them, and taught publicly in their streets; but they apply to us Christia...
ARE THE SAVED FEW? Luke 13:22-29. Our Savior answers the above question in the affirmative _i.e._, that the saved are few certainly a very alarming affirmation of our Infallible Lord. Shall you and I...
“ _Then one said unto Him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And He said unto them_, 24. _Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able...
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the stra...
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...
26._Thou hast taught in our streets _Christ expressly states, that it will be of no advantage to the Jews, that he approached near to them, and permitted them to enjoy familiar intercourse with him, i...
Now, at this moment they reminded Him of a terrible judgment that had fallen upon some among them. He declares to them that neither this case, nor another which He recalls to their minds, is exception...
THEN SHALL YE BEGIN TO SAY,.... Or ye shall say; in favour of themselves, and in order to be admitted within, the following pleas will be made by them: WE HAVE EATEN AND DRANK IN THY PRESENCE: which...
Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. Ver. 26. _We have eaten and drunk, &c._] These pretenders to Christ perish by catching at the...
_When once the master of the house is risen up_ Christ is the master of the house, that will take cognizance of the character and conduct of all that belong to it, or occasionally have a place in it....
WE HAVE EATEN AND DRUNK IN THY PRESENCE; they rely on their outward relation to Christ; but he teaches them that this can be of no avail to those who have not kept his commandments....
REPENT OR PERISH (vs.1-9) This chapter shows that righteousness by itself provides no hope for man, but presses upon us the solemn lesson of repentance. Thus it prepares the way for Chapter s 14 and...
23-30 Our Saviour came to guide men's consciences, not to gratify their curiosity. Ask not, How many shall be saved? But, Shall I be one of them? Not, What shall become of such and such? But, What sh...
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First Apology of Justin By their works ye shall know them. And every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire."[32] Origen Against Celsus Book II And in another...
Luke 13:26 then G5119 begin G756 (G5698) say G3004 (G5721) ate G5315 (G5627) and G2532 drank...
THE PARABLE OF THE CLOSED DOOR (13:25-27). The thought of the failure to enter through the doorway into life now issues in a parable. But there is a change in thought here to a crisis point in the fut...
“Then will you begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets,' ” Their desperate reply will be to try to call to His mind past times. They had eaten and drunk with Hi...
Luke 13:26. WE DID EAT AND DRINK IN THY PRESENCE. The plea is previous acquaintanceship. As applied to those then addressed, it refers to actual participation in ordinary meals with our Lord. More gen...
TIME. We identify the journey here spoken of (Luke 13:22), with the last journey from Perea to Jerusalem, and accept the order of Luke in the following Chapter s as accurate. Some think that it is the...
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...
SHALL YE BEGIN (αρξεσθε). Future middle, though Westcott and Hort put αρξησθε (aorist middle subjunctive of αρχομα) and in that case a continuation of the αφ' ου construction. It is a difficult pas...
Luke 13:18. _Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?_ For men learn much by resemblances, and the things which are seen are frequently helpful to us in...
Luke 13:11. _And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him,...
Luke 13:6. _He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none._ It was a fig tree, a fruit-bearing tree by profess...
CONTENTS: Parable of barren fig tree. Woman loosed from her infirmity. Parable of mustard seed and leaven. Jesus teaching on way to Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Galileans, Pilate, infirm woman, rule...
Luke 13:1. _There were some present at that season_ of the passover, _that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their_ _sacrifices._ Though this might be blood for blood, yet...
WE ATE AND DRANK WITH YOU; YOU TAUGHT IN OUR TOWN! "They heard! Doesn't this _merit_ God's approval???" _But faith_ is _obediential (see_ notes on Matthew 7:22-23)....
_When once the Master of the house hath risen up_ FALSE DEPENDENCE ON CHURCH PRIVILEGES In the eyes of Him who “seeth not as man seeth,” who readeth the heart and weigheth actions in the balances of...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 13:25 “WE ATE AND DRANK IN YOUR PRESENCE, AND YOU TAUGHT IN OUR STREETS.” Listening to Jesus’ teachings and sharing fellowship with his people are not by themselves any guarantee of...
CHAPTER 13 VER. 1. _Whose blood Pilate mingled._ That is, whom while they were sacrificing in Mount Gerizim in Samaria, Pilate slew. He slew them that their blood might be mingled with the blood of th...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 13:22. WENT THROUGH CITIES, etc.—Not a direct journey. TO JERUSALEM.—The last journey through Peræa to Jerusalem. Luke 13:23. THEN SAID ONE.—Probably a Jew (see Luke 13:28); he...
EXPOSITION LUKE 13:1 _Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree._ LUKE 13:1 There were present at that season some that told...
Now there were present at that season (Luke 13:1) And, of course, now Luke may have gone on in a period of time. We don't know how much time elapsed between verse Luke 13:59 of chapter 12, and Luke 13...
2 Timothy 3:5; Isaiah 58:2; Titus 1:16...
In thy presence [ε ν ω π ι ο ν σ ο υ]. Not as beloved and familiar guests. Compare with you [μ ε θ υ μ ω ν], Matthew 26:29....