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Luke 18:10
Two men went up into the Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.
Two men went up into the Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.
Verse Luke 18:10. _A PHARISEE_] For a description of the Pharisees and their tenets, Matthew 16:1, Matthew 16:1. _PUBLICAN._] See an account of these on...
THE TEMPLE - Into one of the courts of the temple - the court where prayer was commonly offered. See the notes at Matthew 21:12. A PHARISEE - See the notes at Matthew 3:7. PUBLICAN - See the notes at...
CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The Unjust Judge and the Avenging of His Elect. (Luke 18:1)_ 2. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. (Luke 18:9) 3. The Little Children and the Required Lowliness. (Luke 18...
PARABLE OF THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN (Lk. only). In Luke 18:9 we should perhaps translate concerning those who trusted, etc. The parable, not necessarily spoken on the same occasion as the precedi...
UNWEARIED IN PRAYER (Luke 18:1-8)...
Jesus spoke this parable to some who were self-confidently sure that they were righteous and who despised others. "Two men went up to the Temple to pray. The one was a Pharisee, the other a tax-collec...
WENT UP. It was always "up "to the Temple on Mount Moriah. Compare "went down" (Luke 18:14). INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. PHARISEE. See App-120. OTHER. The different one. Greek _heteros._ App-124....
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...
_went up into the tetnple_ The Temple stood on Mount Moriah, and was always called the -Hill of the House" _(Har ha-Beit)._ to pray The Temple had long become naturally, and most fitly, a "House of P...
ἈΝΈΒΗΣΑΝ. The Temple stood on Mount Moriah, which was always called the ‘Hill of the House’ (_Har ha-Beth_). ΠΡΟΣΕΎΞΑΣΘΑΙ. The Temple had long become naturally, and most fitly, a “House of Prayer” (L...
THE DUTY OF HUMBLE PRAYER. THE PHARISEE AND THE TAX-GATHERER...
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...
par Ver 9. And he spoke this parable to certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10. Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the oth...
ΆΝΈΒΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G305) подходить, ΠΡΟΣΕΎΞΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΠΡΟΣΕΎΧΟΜΑΙ (G4336) молиться. В храме было два момента для публичной молитвы: в третьем часу — 9 ч. утр...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Proud (Luke 18:9-14) 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: 10Two men went up into the temple to pray...
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. TWO MEN WENT UP INTO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY; THE ONE A PHARISEE, AND THE OTHER A PUBLICAN. On these classes, see...
22-25 Compare Luk_5:35; Mat_24:23-27; Mar_13:21-23; Joh_13:33. 25 Compare Luk_9:22. 26-27 Compare Mat_24:37-39; Gen. 7. 26 The unexpected suddenness of the coming of the Son of Mankind is further en...
18:10 temple (d-7) _ Hieron_ . as Matthew 4:5 ....
INTO THE TEMPLE] Probably into the second court, 'The Court of the Women,' at one of the stated hours of prayer. The Temple, like modern Christian churches, was used for private as well as public pray...
THE UNJUST JUDGE. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. THE RICH RULER 1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk). There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the Second Advent leads Christ to...
THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN AT PRAYER (peculiar to Lk). This parable is apparently addressed not to the Pharisees themselves, but to certain of the disciples of Jesus who were proud of their spiritu...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 18 TWO *PARABLES ABOUT PRAYER 18:1-14 1 THE WIDOW AND THE JUDGE 18:1-8 V1 Jesus told his *disciples a *parable. It showed that they should continue...
WENT UP INTO THE TEMPLE. — The peculiar form of the verb, “went _up,”_ was strictly justified by the position of the Temple. It stood on what had been Mount Moriah, and rose high above the other build...
Luke 18:1 CHAPTER 11 CONCERNING PRAYER. WHEN the Greeks called man ό ανθρωπος, or the "uplooking one," they did but crystallize in a word what is a universal fact, the religious instinct of humanit...
_The Pharisee and the publican_....
THOSE WHOM GOD ACCEPTS Luke 18:9-17 We are taught here the spirit in which we should pray. Too many pray “with themselves.” The only time that we may thank God for not being as others is when we attr...
Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of need....
HUMILITY AND PRIDE Luke 18:9-14. _“And He spoke this parable also to certain ones, having confidence in themselves that they are righteous, and treat others with contempt: Two men went up into the tem...
3. _The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican: Luke 18:9-14_. VERS. 9-14. This parable is peculiar to Luke. Who are those τινές, _certain_, to whom it is addressed? They cannot be Pharisees. Luke w...
(9) And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others: (10) Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a...
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...
_LIKE PURPOSE, DIFFERENT METHOD_ ‘Two men went up into the temple to pray.’ Luke 18:10 Here is a picture of what might have been seen daily in Jerusalem (Acts 3:1), and which we see every Sunday of...
10._Two men went up. _Christ makes a comparison between the two men, both of whom, by _going up to pray, _seem to manifest the same ardor of piety, while yet they are exceedingly unlike. _The Pharisee...
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...
TWO MEN WENT UP INTO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY, Which is called an house of prayer, Isaiah 56:7 the Jews had a mighty notion of praying in a place of religious worship, as in the temple, or in a synagogue; i...
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. Ver. 10. _The one a Pharisee_] A Doeg may set his foot as far and farther within the sanctuary as a David. The P...
_And he spake this parable_ Having in the preceding parable guarded his disciples against faintness and weariness in prayer, he here guards them against the contrary extreme of self-confidence: _unto...
GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER (vs.1-8) This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in the believer...
9-14 This parable was to convince some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others. God sees with what disposition and design we come to him in holy ordinances. What the P...
Who these Pharisees, and who the Publicans, were we have had frequent occasions before to tell. The temple stood upon a hill, therefore they are said to ascend, or go up. They had in the temple set ho...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV Then, in the case of the publican, who ex celled the Pharisee in prayer, [we find] that it was not because he worshipped another Father that he received testimony fr...
Luke 18:10 Two G1417 men G444 up G305 (G5627) to G1519 temple G2411 pray G4336 (G5664) one...
“Two men went up into the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a public servant.” The contrast is between a Pharisee and a public servant. Now let us be quite clear about this, outwardly...
THE PARABLE OF THE ONE WHO TRUSTED IN HIMSELF THAT HE WAS SUPREMELY ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, AND WAS NOT, AND THE ONE WHO WAS DOUBTFUL ABOUT HIS ACCEPTABILITY WITH GOD WHO WAS MADE FULLY ACCEPTABLE (18:9-14...
Luke 18:10. TWO MEN WENT UP INTO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY. The temple was on an elevation. Since the Passover was approaching, and some of his hearers were probably on their way to Jerusalem to worship in t...
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...
CONNECTION. This section belongs to the same period as the preceding one; the first parable has a close connection of thought with the predictions concerning the coming of the Son of man, while the se...
STOOD (σταθεις). First aorist passive participle of ιστημ. Struck an attitude ostentatiously where he could be seen. Standing was the common Jewish posture in prayer (Matthew 6:5; Mark 11:25).PRAYE...
Luke 18:10 There are five points in which the Pharisee and the publican agree; there are five points in which they differ, and there are five special lessons which the incident urges upon the attenti...
Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;_ Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or weary, even if their pra...
Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;_ «Not to faint» in their expectation of answers to their supplications, and therefore give u...
Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;_ An old writer says that many of Christ's parables need a key to unlock them. Here, the key...
Luke 18:1. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was...
CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of Pharisee and publican. Little children blessed. Rich young ruler. Death and resurrection foretold. Blind man healed near Jericho. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Luke 18:1. _Men ought always to pray, and not to faint._ We have continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord alwa...
TWO MEN WENT UP TO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY. Jesus deliberately uses extremes in this parable. The Pharisees were very religious, and the tax collectors were outcasts. See notes on Matthew 3:7; Matthew 9:9....
_Two men went up into the temple to pray._ WHOM THE LORD RECEIVES Observe, from the parable-- I. HOW GOD LOOKS UPON THE HEART, RATHER THAN UPON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE. It is not the spoken service...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 18:10 TWO MEN WENT UP INTO THE TEMPLE. The temple was situated on hill above the rest of Jerusalem (see Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus). tax colle
CHAPTER 18 VER. 1. _He spake a parable unto them to the end that._ Christ had said, at the end of the last chapter, that the Apostles and the faithful should suffer persecutions, in which they should...
_Two men went up_. The one a Pharisee, with the pharisaical pride, puffed up and haughty. The other a publican, that is a sinner, and deprecating pardon. Publicans were held infamous by the Jews, nay,...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 18:9. UNTO CERTAIN.—This parable is not addressed to Pharisees, but to some of His own followers who were Pharisaical at heart. DESPISED.—Or “set at nought” (R.V.). OTHERS.—Rath...
EXPOSITION LUKE 18:1 _The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer_—_the importunate widow, and the Pharisee and publican._ LUKE 18:1 AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT ALW...
Shall we turn tonight to Luke, chapter 18. Luke tells us that Jesus now spoke a parable to them to this end (Luke 18:1), In other words, the purpose of the parable was to encourage people to pray an...
1 Kings 8:30; Acts 23:6; Acts 26:5; Acts 3:1; Luke 1:10;...
The other [ε τ ε ρ ο ς]. With an implication of his being a different man. See on Matthew 6:24. Publican. See on ch. Luke 3:12....