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Luke 17:12
And as He entered into a certain village, there met Him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off;
And as He entered into a certain village, there met Him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off;
Verse Luke 17:12. _TEN - LEPERS_] Concerning the leprosy see the note on Matthew 8:2; and on Leviticus 13:1, c. and Leviticus 14:1, c.....
THERE MET HIM - They were in his way, or in his path, as he was entering the village. They were not allowed to enter the village while they were afflicted with the leprosy, Leviticus 13:46; Numbers 5:...
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Concerning Offenses and Forgiveness. (Luke 17:1)_ 2. Increase of Faith and Lowly Service. (Luke 17:5) 3. The Ten Lepers. (Luke 17:11) 4. Concerning the Kingdom and His Second Coming...
LUKE 17. The chapter illustrates the difficulty experienced by Lk. in using the material at his disposal. He here brings together without any clear connexion of thought a selection of sayings of Chris...
LAWS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Luke 17:1-10)...
When Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem, he was going along between Samaria and Galilee; and, as he entered a village, ten lepers, who stood far off, met him. They lifted up their voices and said, "Jes...
ENTERED. was about to enter. TEN. Compare 2 Kings 7:3, and note on Exodus 4:6. MEN. Greek. Plural of _aner._ App-123. AFAR OFF. As required by Leviticus 13:45;...
_ten men that were lepers_ So in 2 Kings 7:3 we find _four_lepers together. The one Samaritan would not have been allowed to associate with the nine Jews had not leprosy obliterated religious distinct...
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...
ΔΈΚΑ ΛΕΠΡΟῚ ἌΝΔΡΕΣ. So in 2 Kings 7:3 we find _four_ lepers together. The one Samaritan would not have been allowed to associate with the nine Jews had not leprosy obliterated religious distinctions,...
THE CLEANSED TEN; THE THANKLESS NINE...
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...
ΕΙΣΕΡΧΟΜΈΝΟΥ _praes. med. (dep.) part. (temp.), см._ Luke 17:7. _Gen. abs._ ΆΠΉΝΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΑΝΤΆΩ (G528) встречать, обнаруживать, ΈΣΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять,...
THERE MET HIM TEN MEN— As lepers were banished from the _towns,_ they were likewise obligated to keep at a distance from the roads which led to them. Curiosity, however, to see the travellers who pass...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Grateful (Luke 17:11-19) 11 On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood a...
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: AND AS HE ENTERED INTO A CERTAIN VILLAGE, THERE MET HIM TEN MEN THAT WERE LEPERS, WHICH STOO...
1 The Lord is through with the unbelievers and now addresses His own disciples. He anticipates the fact that, even among themselves, there would be much to cause them to stumble and fall. He seeks to...
TEN LEPERS CLEANSED (peculiar to Lk). For leprosy see on Matthew 8:1. The healing of a Samaritan, and the stress laid upon his greater gratitude, is in keeping with the character of this Gentile Gospe...
OCCASIONS OF OFFENCE. THE TEN LEPERS. THE SECOND ADVENT 1, 2. On causing others to sin. See on Matthew 18:6; Matthew 18:7. 2, ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES] An affectionate designation of the disciples, e...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 17 THE DANGER IF YOU CAUSE OTHER PEOPLE TO *SIN 17:1-2 V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘Things will certainly happen that turn people away from God....
TEN MEN THAT WERE LEPERS. — On the general character of leprosy, see Notes on Matthew 8:2. As only one of these was a Samaritan, it seems probable that the unnamed village was, as has been said, on th...
δέκα λεπροὶ : _ten_, a large number, the disease common. Rosenmüller (_das A. and N. Morgenland_) cites from Dampier a similar experience; lepers begging alms from voyagers on the river Camboga, when...
_The ten lepers_....
THE MAN WHO WAS GRATEFUL Luke 17:11-21 Their common misery drew these poor outcasts together and made them forget the fierce national antipathies of Jew and Samaritan. When bidden to go to the priest...
The thinking of the Master for His disciples is always that they should live in love. He knew, however, that offenses must come. In that connection He uttered the solemn word of warning, "Woe unto him...
CHAPTER 1 THE TEN LEPERS Luke 17:11-19. _“And it came to pass, while He was journeying to Jerusalem, and He was going through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.”_ These two countries lie side by side....
1. _The Ten Lepers: Luke 17:11-19_. VERS. 11-19. Luke 17:11, even in its construction, reminds us of Luke 9:51. The καὶ αὐτός has here, as well as there, peculiar force. The caravans of Galilee took e...
THIRD CYCLE: THE LAST SCENES OF THE JOURNEY, LUKE 17:11 TO LUKE 19:27. This third section brings us to Bethany, to the gates of Jerusalem, and to the morning of Palm Day. It seems to me evident that L...
(11) And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. (12) And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
_THE CLEANSED MEN_ ‘There met Him ten men that were lepers, … As they went, they were cleansed.’ Luke 17:12 Let us consider each point in the record:— I. THE AWFUL STATE THE MEN WERE IN.—They were...
Grace is the spring of the Christian's walk, and furnishes directions for it. He cannot with impunity (chapter 17) despise the weak. He must not be weary of pardoning his brother. If he have faith but...
AND AS HE ENTERED INTO A CERTAIN VILLAGE,.... Whether in Samaria or Galilee, is not certain; perhaps it bordered on both, since there were both Jews and Samaritans in it, as appears by what follows; a...
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: Ver. 12. _Stood afar off_] For so they were charged, Leviticus 13:45,46, as also to cover their...
_He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee_ As Samaria lay between Galilee and Judea, and therefore our Lord, taking his journey to Jerusalem, must go first through Galilee, and then through...
MEN THAT WERE LEPERS, WHICH STOOD AFAR OFF; lepers were not allowed to dwell with or come near to persons in health. Leviticus 13:46; NUMBERS 5:2-3; Matthew 8:2-4....
GRACE IN VIEW OF OFFENSES (vs.1-4) We have seen the grace of God clearly and beautifully declared, yet the world rejecting it. The Lord Jesus then spoke to His disciples. What should be their attitud...
11-19 A sense of our spiritual leprosy should make us very humble whenever we draw near to Christ. It is enough to refer ourselves to the compassions of Christ, for they fail not. We may look for God...
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Luke 17:12 Then G2532 He G846 entered G1525 (G5740) G1519 certain G5100 village G2968 met G528 ...
‘And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men who were skin diseased, who stood afar off,' Approaching a certain village (Luke's source may not have known its name) Jesus came acros...
Luke 17:12. AS HE ENTERED. The incident probably occurred outside the village. TEN LEPERS. Misery had united them, although they were of different races; comp. a similar company, 2 Kings 9:3. WHO S...
CHRONOLOGY. The date of this incident has been much discussed. It evidently belongs to the general journey to Jerusalem spoken of in chap. Luke 9:51. Robinson and many other harmonists place it at 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...
WHICH STOOD AFAR OFF (ο ανεστησαν πορρωθεν). The margin of Westcott and Hort reads simply εστησαν. The compound read by B means "rose up," but they stood at a distance (Leviticus 13:45). The first...
Luke 17:11. _And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, wh...
Luke 17:11. _And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee._ There is but One of whom we will think tonight, our divine Lord, who was on his wa...
Luke 17:11. _And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers whi...
CONTENTS: Instruction in forgiveness. Parable of service. Ten lepers healed. Second coming of Jesus foretold. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, ten lepers, Pharisees, Noah, Lot, Lot's wife. CONCLUSION:...
Luke 17:1. _It is impossible but that offences will come._ Such as the disciples had just seen, the contempt and derision evinced by the pharisees; but woe to the man, and woe to the nation which shal...
AS JESUS MADE HIS WAY TO JERUSALEM. The time of this is uncertain. If this happened on his last tour, it would be just after he left Galilee, before he reached Perea. HE WENT BETWEEN SAMARIA AND GALIL...
_Ten men that were lepers_ THE TEN LEPERS I. THEIR ORIGINAL CONDITION. Defiled. Separated. II. THEIR APPLICATION TO CHRIST. 1. Observe the distance they kept from His person. 2. The earnestness o...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 17:12 TEN LEPERS (see note on 5:12)... STOOD AT A DISTANCE (see Numbers 5:2). The
CHAPTER 17 VER. 5. _And the Apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith._ The Apostles said this, when, from their little faith, they had been unable to cast out the devil from the lunatic. They the...
_And as He entered into a certain village._ Lepers, as being unclean, were not able to enter cities, towns and villages, lest they should communicate their leprosy to the inhabitants, as well as their...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 17:11. SAMARIA AND GALILEE.—This mention of Samaria before Galilee is perplexing, being the opposite direction to a journey to Jerusalem. Probably “through the midst” is to be un...
EXPOSITION LUKE 17:1 _The_ _Master_'_s teaching on the subject of the injury worked on the souls of others by our sins. The disciples pray for an increase of faith that they may be kept from such sin...
Now He turns again to His disciples. Then said he unto his disciples, It is impossible but that offenses will come (Luke 17:1): You cannot help if you're living in this world, you're going to have of...
2 Chronicles 26:20; 2 Chronicles 26:21; 2 Kings 5:27; 2 Kings 7:3;...
Lepers. See on ch. Luke 5:12....