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Luke 13:8
And he, answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it and dung it;
And he, answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it and dung it;
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. ...
EXHORTATIONS TO REPENTANCE. The theme of Luke 12:57 is continued and illustrated by references to two incidents and by a parable. The section is peculiar to Lk. A company of Galilean pilgrims had come...
SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)...
Jesus spoke this parable, "A man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard. He came looking for fruit on it and did not find it. He said to the keeper of the vineyard, 'Look you--for the last three years...
LORD. App-98. THIS: i.e. this third year. ABOUT. Greek. _peri._ App-104. DUNG IT. put manure. Greek. _kopria._ Only here, and Luke 14:35....
_Lord_ Rather, SIR, as far as the parable is concerned. _this year also_ "The Lord... is longsuffering to us ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance," 2 Peter...
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...
Luke 13:1-9. ACCIDENTS AND JUDGMENTS. THE BARREN FIG-TREE...
ΚΎΡΙΕ. ‘Sir,’ as far as the parable is concerned. ΚΑῚ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ΤῸ ἜΤΟΣ. “The Lord … is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance,” 2 Peter 3:9....
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...
Ver 6. He spoke also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7. Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, t...
_AN EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE -- LUKE 13:1-9:_ Some people came to Jesus and told Him about Pilate killing people and mixing their blood with their sacrifices. It was a common held belief that disaste...
ΆΦΕΣ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863) позволять, ΈΤΟΣ _асс. sing., см._ Luke 13:7. _асс._ времени выражает длительность, ΣΚΆΨΩ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΣΚΆΠΤΩ (G4626) копать. _Conj._ с ΈΩ ΌΠΟΥ (G2193...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Repentance Defined (Luke 13:1-9) 13 There were some present at that very time who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2And he...
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: AND HE ANSWERING SAID UNTO HIM. This represents Christ as Intercessor, loath to see it cut...
57-59 Compare Mat_5:25-26; Pro_25:8. 1 There is a strong natural tendency to connect calamity with sin. Hardly any great disaster occurs but someone seeks to justify it on the ground that the victims...
THE BARREN FIG TREE. This parable illustrates the warning (Luke 13:3; Luke 13:5), 'Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.' A certain man (God) had a fig tree (the Jewish nation) in his vineya...
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...
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...
AND DUNG IT. — Literally, _and put dung._ Homely as the imagery is, it suggests fertilising and gracious influences not less vividly than the dew or rain from heaven, and points, perhaps, specifically...
τοῦτο τὸ ἔτος, one year more; he has not courage to propose a longer time to an impatient owner. κόπρια (neuter plural from adjective κόπριος), dung stuffs. A natural proposal, but sometimes fertility...
_Parable of the barren fig tree_, peculiar to Lk., probably extemporised to embody the moral of the preceding narratives; takes the place in Lk. of the cursing of the fig tree in Mt. and Mk....
BOTH REPENTANCE AND FRUITFULNESS REQUIRED Luke 13:1-9 Our Lord did not hesitate to hang great lessons on passing events. It is a great art to lead men's thoughts from the outward and transient to th...
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...
THE FIG-TREE Luke 13:6-9. “And He spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree, which had been planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. And he said to the vinedres...
10. _Conversation on two Events of the Day: Luke 13:1-9_. Luke does not say that the following event took place immediately after the preceding, but only in a general way, ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ καιρῷ (Luke 13:1)...
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. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these thr...
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...
_ONE MORE CHANCE_ ‘Lord, let it alone this year also.’ Luke 13:8 How very few of us ever stop to think of the great mercy and long-suffering of our God, Who spares our lives from day to day and yea...
_THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF LIFE_ ‘A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.… And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this ye...
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...
AND HE ANSWERING, SAID UNTO HIM, LORD,.... Which, if understood of God the Father, may intend the intercession of Christ with him, who not only intercedes for his elect, for those that are unconverted...
And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung _it_ : Ver. 8. _Lord, let it alone this year_] Happy that people that have praying vinedressers...
_And he said, Let it alone this year also_ Here we have the vine-dresser's intercession for the barren fig-tree. Thus Christ the great Intercessor interceded for the Jewish Church and people, and thus...
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...
6-9 This parable of the barren fig-tree is intended to enforce the warning given just before: the barren tree, except it brings forth fruit, will be cut down. This parable in the first place refers to...
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Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X This refuse is perhaps the "dung" thrown down beside the fig tree by the keeper of the vineyard, which is the cause of its bearing fruit.[44]...
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“And he answering says to him, “Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and feed it with manure, and if it bear fruit from then on, well, and if not, you shall cut it down.” The...
Luke 13:8. THIS YEAR ALSO. A brief respite is asked for, and whatever intercessor may be here represented, there is never any certainty of more than a brief one. DIG ABOUT IT, and dung it. The diggin...
Luke 13:6-9. THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE. Peculiar to Luke. Two interpretations are given below. The connection is obvious: This judgment will speedily come, for God has been long patient, is s...
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...
TIME. We have no further information as to the time of the massacre mentioned in Luke 13:1, tidings of which seem to have just arrived. Views: 1. The time was immediately after the discourse of chap....
TILL I SHALL DIG (εως οτου σκαψω). First aorist active subjunctive like βαλω (second aorist active subjunctive of βαλλω), both common verbs.DUNG IT (βαλω κοπρια). Cast dung around it, manure it....
Luke 13:6 The Barren Fig Tree. I. God has placed us in the most favourable circumstances for the bringing forth of fruit. The privileges of the Jews were small in comparison with those which we enjo...
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._ Let us, every one, read this parable as if our Lor...
Luke 13:1. _There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices._ This was a matter of common town talk, so of course they bro...
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...
A MAN HAD A FIG TREE. A common fruit. It symbolizes the entire Jewish nation here. BUT FOUND NONE. They did not honor God with their lives! LOOK, FOR THREE YEARS. This is how long Jesus had been teach...
_A certain man had a fig-tree_ THE BARREN FIG-TREE I. THE FAVOURABLE POSITION IN WHICH THIS TREE WAS PLACED. In a “vineyard”; not on some neglected waste-ground. Under culture and care. This is the...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 13:6 This parable symbolizes Israel’s last opportunity to repent before experiencing God’s judgment. DIG AROUND IT implies loosening the soil so that water can flow easily to the roo...
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 13:6. A CERTAIN MAN HAD A FIG-TREE.—This parable is peculiar to St. Luke, and tells of impending destruction because of long-continued abuse of God’s mercy. The fig-tree is the J...
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 Peter 3:9; Exodus 32:11; Exodus 32:30; Exodus 34:9; Jeremiah 14:13
Observe here, 1. The vine-dresser's petition and request, LORD, LET IT ALONE THIS YEAR ALSO. This points out unto us the office and duty of the ministers of God, who are laborers in his vineyard, to b...