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Luke 18:9
And He spake this parable unto certain which trusted themselves that they were righteous and despised others:
And He spake this parable unto certain which trusted themselves that they were righteous and despised others:
Verse Luke 18:9. _DESPISED_] εξουθενουντας, _Disdained, made nothing of_ others, _treated them with sovereign contempt_. Our Lord grants that the Pharisees made clean the outside: but, alas! what prid...
UNTO CERTAIN - Unto some. WHICH TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES - Who confided in themselves, or who supposed that they were righteous. They did not trust to God or the Messiah for righteousness, but to their...
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...
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...
UNWEARIED IN PRAYER (Luke 18:1-8)...
CERTAIN. some also. IN. _Greek. epi._ App-104. DESPISED. made nothing of. OTHERS. the rest. See Luke 8:10....
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...
- 14. The Duty of Humble Prayer. The Pharisee and the Tax-gatherer. 9. _which trusted in themselves that they were righteous_ See Luke 16:15; Php 3:4; 2 Corinthians 1:9. The Jewish words - _Jashar_,...
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...
ΤΟῪΣ ΠΕΠΟΙΘΌΤΑΣ ἘΦ' ἙΑΥΤΟΙ͂Σ. See Luke 16:15; Philippians 3:4; 2 Corinthians 1:9. The Jewish words ‘_Jashar_,’ ‘the upright man,’ and ‘_Tsaddik_,’ ‘just,’ expressed their highest moral ideal; but they...
THE DUTY OF HUMBLE PRAYER. THE PHARISEE AND THE TAX-GATHERER...
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...
ΠΕΠΟΙΘΌΤΑΣ _perf. act. part. от_ ΠΕΊΘΩ (G3982) убеждать; perf. убеждаться, быть убежденным, доверять, верить. _Perf._ выражает упорство в вере (TLNT, 3:67). _Adj. part._ в роли _subst._ ΈΞΟΥΘΕΝΟΎΝΤΑΣ...
AND HE SPAKE THIS PARABLE— Our Saviour, having encouraged and enforced the duty of importunity and perseverance in prayer, proceeded, in another instance, to caution against a self-righteous Pharisaic...
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...
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: AND HE SPAKE THIS PARABLE UNTO CERTAIN WHICH TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES THAT THEY WERE...
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...
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...
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...
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...
UNTO CERTAIN WHICH TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES... — Here, as above, the purpose of the parable is stated at the outset. It is, perhaps, open for us to think that isolated fragments of our Lord’s teaching, t...
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...
πρός τινας, with reference to certain persons; _who_ not indicated, _of what sort_ definitely described. This introduction is doubtless an editorial heading extracted from the story. It is true, but n...
_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....
(2) And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: (2) Two things especially make our prayers void and of no effect: confidence of o...
In this chapter we have three examples of prayer: one of the persevering widow; another of the poor publican, who solicits the divine mercy by the acknowledgment of his crimes; and the third of the pr...
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...
Christ now gives directions about another virtue, which is necessary to acceptable prayer. Believers must not come into the presence of God but with humility and abasement. No disease is more dangerou...
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 HE SPAKE THIS PARABLE UNTO CERTAIN,.... Or with respect to certain men; having a view to them, in order to expose their pride, vanity, arrogance, and self confidence: WHICH TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES...
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Ver. 9. _That they were righteous, and despised others._] Pray to be preserved from t...
_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...
A high opinion of our own goodness in comparison with that of others, and a disposition to exalt ourselves, are exceedingly offensive to God; while a deep conviction of our own unworthiness, hearty co...
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...
THAT THEY WERE RIGHTEOUS: Or, as being righteous...
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...
By the term certain, or some, he unquestionably understandeth the Pharisees and their disciples, who (as we have all along in the history of the Gospel observed) were a generation of men who were emin...
Tertullian On Prayer For that publican who prayed with humility and dejection not merely in his supplication, but in his countenance too, went his way "more justified" than the shameless Pharisee.[10...
Luke 18:9 Also G1161 spoke G2036 (G5627) G2532 this G5026 parable G3850 to G4314 some G5100 who...
‘And he spoke also this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought,' The people described here are in direct contrast with those who will have...
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...
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...
SET ALL OTHERS AT NAUGHT (εξουθενουντας τους λοιπους). A late verb εξουθενεω, like ουδενεω, from ουθεν (ουδεν), to consider or treat as nothing. In LXX and chiefly in Luke and Paul in the N.T....
RIGHTEOUS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:3). _...
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; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was...
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;_ «Not to faint» in their expectation of answers to their supplications, and therefore give u...
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...
JESUS ALSO TOLD THIS PARABLE. He must mean the Pharisees, since they were _sanctimonious._ Rabbi Simeon, a Pharisee, is supposed to have said: "If there were only thirty righteous men in the world lik...
_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...
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...
_And He spake also this parable unto certain that trusted in themselves._ Which, however, might truly happen, nay often has happened, so that it may be historical. The introduction to the parable show...
_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...
Acts 22:21; Isaiah 65:5; Isaiah 66:5; John 7:47; John 8:48;...
Despised [ε ξ ο υ θ ε ν ο υ ν τ α ς]. Lit., made nothing of. Rev., set at nought. Others [τ ο υ ς λ ο ι π ο υ ς]. The expression is stronger. Lit., the rest. They threw all others beside themselves in...
He spake this parable — Not to hypocrites; the Pharisee here mentioned was no hypocrite, no more than an outward adulterer: but he sincerely trusted in himself that he was righteous, and accordingly t...
The design and scope of our Saviour in this parable is, to reprove and condemn the Pharisees, and in them all other self-justiciaries, who having an high opinion of, and trusting in, their own righteo...