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Luke 17:18
There are not found that returned to give glory to God save this stranger.
There are not found that returned to give glory to God save this stranger.
Verse Luke 17:18. _THIS STRANGER._] Often God receives more praise and affectionate obedience from those who had long lived without his knowledge and fear, than from those who were bred up among his...
WHERE ARE THE NINE? - Jesus had commanded them to go to the priest, and they were probably “literally” obeying the commandment. They were impatient to be healed and “selfish” in wishing it, and had no...
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...
THERE ARE NOT. Were there not? STRANGER. alien. Greek. _allogenes. of_ another race. Occurs only here, but frequently in the Septuagint. Used by the Romans in the Inscription discovered by Clermont-Ga...
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...
ΟΥ̓Χ ΕὙΡΈΘΗΣΑΝ. Ingratitude is one of the most universal and deeply seated of human vices, and our Lord was perfectly familiar with it. But in this instance He was moved by the depth of this thankless...
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...
THE CLEANSED TEN; THE THANKLESS NINE...
ΕΥΡΈΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΕΝΡΊΣΚΩ (G2147) находить. С _part._ может указывать на состояние или действие, в которое вовлечен человек (BAGD; GELTS, 189). ΎΠΟΣΤΡΈΨΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (adj.)_, _с...
DISCOURSE: 1553 THE TEN LEPERS HEALED Luke 17:17. _And Jesus answering, said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this st...
THERE ARE NOT, &C.— _Has there none been observed returning to give glory to God, except this stranger?_ Heylin. Wynne, instead of the word stranger, renders it _alien,_ αλλογενης,— an alien to the co...
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...
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. THERE ARE NOT FOUND THAT RETURNED TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD, SAVE THIS STRANGER, [ ho (G3588) allogenees (G241) houtos (G3778)...
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...
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...
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...
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....
SAVE THIS STRANGER. — The word for “stranger” means literally, _a man of another race,_ an _alien._ It is not found elsewhere in the New Testament, but is used in the LXX. of Isaiah 56:3. It was proba...
_The ten lepers_....
οὐχ εὑρέθησαν, etc., best taken as another question (so R.V [136]). ἀλλογενὴς, here only, in N.T.; also in Sept [137] = ἀλλόφυλος and ἀλλοεθνής in classics, an alien. Once more the Jew suffers by comp...
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...
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...
THERE ARE NOT FOUND THAT RETURNED,.... Or it do not appear, that any have returned: TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD; for inasmuch as they did not return to give thanks to Christ, and acknowledge him the author...
There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. Ver. 18. _There are not found_] The Syriac and some others read these words question wise, and so it is more emphatic. Are...
_And one of them, when he saw that he was healed_ Was so affected, that, with a heart full of gratitude and joy, _he_ immediately _turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God_ Made a free and ope...
THIS STRANGER; a foreigner, as were the Samaritans, and not a Jew. In this transaction the Lord saw foreshadowed the bringing in of the Gentiles to his church. However great or numerous the temporal f...
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 17:18 Were G2147 not G3756 found G2147 (G5681) returned G5290 (G5660) give G1325 (G5629) glory...
‘And Jesus answering said, “Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine? Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, save this stranger?” Jesus was impressed by his attitude of than...
Luke 17:18. SAVE THIS STRANGER, or ‘alien,' not of Jewish extraction. The nine were Jews, and yet put the ceremonial requirement above gratitude to their own countryman who had healed them; the strang...
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...
SAVE THIS STRANGER (ε μη ο αλλογενης). The old word was αλλοφυλος (Acts 10:28), but αλλογενης occurs in the LXX, Josephus, and inscriptions. Deissmann (_Light from the Ancient East_, p. 80) gives th...
Luke 17:15 The Ten Lepers. There are, speaking broadly, three chief reasons for unthankfulness on the part of man towards God I. An indistinct idea or an under-estimate of the service that He render...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_There are not found that returned._ By confessing and declaring themselves cured by God through Christ of their leprosy, which was a great glory to God. _Save this stranger._ That is, except this Sam...
_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...
Isaiah 42:12; Matthew 15:24; Matthew 19:30; Matthew 20:16; Matt