Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Luke 5:18
And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy; and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before Him.
And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy; and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before Him.
Verse Luke 5:18. _A MAN - TAKEN WITH A PALSY_] See this case described on Matthew 9:1, c., and Mark 2:1, c....
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 9:1. Luke 5:17 ON A CERTAIN DAY - The time and place are not particularly mentioned here, but from Matthew 9:1 it seems
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The Miraculous Drought of Fishes. (Luke 5:1)_ 2. The Leper Healed. (Luke 5:12) 3. The Paralytic Healed. (Luke 5:17) 4. The Call of Matthew and the Feast ...
THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC (Mark 2:1 *, Matthew 9:1 *). All three accounts are in close agreement. Lk. however introduces at the outset Pharisees and teachers of the law from all over Galilee as wel...
THE CONDITIONS OF A MIRACLE (Luke 5:1-11)...
Now--look you--there came men bearing on a bed a man who was paralysed, and they were trying to carry him in and to lay him before Jesus. When they could find no way to carry him in because of the cro...
BROUGHT. carrying. IN. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. BED. couch. Greek. _kline;_ not the poor man's bed, _krabbaton._ John 5:10. TAKEN WITH. PALSY. paralysed. Greek. _paraluomai._ Not the same word...
_men_ four bearers, Mark 2:3. _taken with a palsy_ The word used by Matthew (Matthew 9:1-8) and Mark (Mark 2:1-12) is "paralytic," but as that is not a classic word, St Luke uses "having been paralys...
The Healing of the Paralytic 17. _on a certain day_ The vagueness of the phrase shews that no stress is here laid on chronological order. In Matthew 9:2-8; Mark 2:3-12 the scene is in a house in Caper...
ἌΝΔΡΕΣ. Four bearers, Mark 2:3. ΠΑΡΑΛΕΛΥΜΈΝΟΣ. The word used by Matthew (Matthew 9:1-8) and Mark (Mark 2:1-12) is “paralytic,” but as that is not a classic word, St Luke uses “having been paralysed.”...
THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC...
Ver 17. And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: a...
ΦΈΡΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΦΈΡΩ (G5342) нести, ΠΑΡΑΛΕΛΥΜΈΝΟΣ _perf. pass._part, от ΠΑΡΑΛΎΩ (G3886) ослаблять, лишать сил. _Perf._ подчеркивает состояние или наличие паралича. Лука использ...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Cleansing Men (Luke 5:12-26) 12 While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and besought him, Lord, if...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Jesus Heals a Paralytic Scripture_ Luke 5:17-26 And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, who w...
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the...
8-11 Compare Mat_4:19-22; Mar_1:20. 11 This is the marvelous manner in which He recalls them. In a few minutes He gives them a preview of the mission which they are to fill, and then summons them to...
THE PARALYTIC (Matthew 9:1; Mark 2:1). See on Mt....
MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES. THE PALSIED MAN 1-11. First miraculous draught of fishes (peculiar to Lk). Many critics identify this incident with that recorded in Matthew 4:18 and Mark 1:16. But there...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 5 JESUS CALLS THE FIRST *DISCIPLES 5:1-11 V1 The people crowded round Jesus because they were so eager to hear God’s message. He was standing by the...
(17-26) IT CAME TO PASS... — See Notes on Matthew 9:1. PHARISEES AND DOCTORS OF THE LAW. — The description of the crowd of listeners is peculiar to St. Luke. The fact that many of the doctors of the l...
WHICH WAS TAKEN WITH A PALSY. — Literally _paralysed,_ or _palsy-stricken,_ a somewhat more technical, and therefore characteristic word than the “sick of the palsy” in the other Gospels....
Luke 5:18, παραλελυμένος, instead of παραλυτικος in the parallels, the former more in use among physicians, and the more classical. ἐζήτουν. imperfect, implying difficulty in finding access, due, one...
_The paralytic_ (Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12)....
CLEANSING, POWER AND PARDON Luke 5:12-26 Jesus did not hesitate to touch the leper, because He could no more be polluted by uncleanness than could a ray of light by passing through a fetid atmospher...
Four of Jesus' disciples, already called into the relation of discipleship, are here called more definitely to service. Taking command of their vessel, to which in all probability they had returned wi...
HE HEALS A PARALYTIC Matthew 9:2-8; Mark 2:1-12; & Luke 5:17-26. Mark: “And again He came into Capernaum during those days, and it was heard that He is at home. And immediately the multitudes came tog...
3. _The Paralytic: Luke 5:15-26_. 1 _st._ A general description of the state of the work, Luke 5:15-16; Luke 2 _d._ The cure of the paralytic, Luke 5:17
2 _d. Luke 5:17-19_. _The Arrival._ The completely Aramaean form of this preface (the καί before αὐτός, the form καὶ ἦσαν... οἳ ἦσαν, and especially the expression ἦν εἰς τὸ ἰᾶσθαι) proves that Luke'...
(17) And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
Man, He was come for men. He will associate others (chapter 5) with Himself in this glorious work. He has a right to do it. If He is in grace a servant, He is so according to the full power of the Hol...
AND BEHOLD, MEN BROUGHT IN A BED A MAN WHICH WAS TAKEN WITH A PALSY,.... Four men brought him, as Mark says, Mark 2:3 and which the Ethiopic version expresses here: "and they sought means to bring him...
And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought _means_ to bring him in, and to lay _him_ before him. Ver. 18. _And, behold, men brought_] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 9...
_And on a certain day, as he was teaching_ Not on a sabbath day, as it appears, but on a week-day; and not in the synagogue, but in a private house. Preaching and hearing the word of God is good work,...
PETER, JAMES AND JOHN CALLED AS DISCIPLES (vs.1-11) It is good to read in verse 1 that by the Lake of Gennesaret (or Sea of Galilee) the people pressed upon the Lord Jesus, not to see miracles, but t...
17-26 How many are there in our assemblies, where the gospel is preached, who do not sit under the word, but sit by! It is to them as a tale that is told them, not as a message that is sent to them....
Ver. 18-26. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 9:2", and following verses to MATTHEW 9:8. SEE POOLE ON "MARK 2:3", and following verses to MARK 2:12. Both those ev
Luke 5:18 Then G2532 behold G2400 (G5628) men G435 brought G5342 (G5723) on G1909 bed G2825 man...
‘And behold, men bring on a bed a man who was paralysed, and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him, and not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the crowd, they went...
JESUS IS THE SON OF MAN WHO CAN FORGIVE SINS (5:17-26). We now commence here a series of five incidents which can be paralleled in Mark, from where Luke probably gained most of his knowledge about the...
Luke 5:17-26. HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC. See on Matthew 9:2-8; Mark 2:1-12. This account contains marks of independence....
CHRONOLOGY. The occurrences mentioned in this section are detailed by Matthew and Mark. The latter (Luke 1:40 to Luke 2:22) places them in the same order, but Matthew inserts the healing of the leper...
THAT WAS PALSIED (ος ην παραλελυμενος). Periphrastic past perfect passive where Mark 2:3; Matthew 9:2 have παραλυτικον (our paralytic). Luke's phrase is the technical medical term (Hippocrates, Gal...
Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:_ What a contrast there was between these two persons, the Lord Jesus full of purity, and this man full of...
Luke 5:12. _And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy:_ As far gone with leprosy as he could be; thoroughly tainted, and eaten up with that loathsome disease....
Luke 5:1. _And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone ou...
CONTENTS: Miraculous draught of fishes. Healing of a leper and a paralytic. Call of Matthew. The scribes and Pharisees answered. Parables of the garment and bottles. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Simon, Ja...
Luke 5:3. _He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship._ Here he used those beautiful parables, in Matthew 13.; but Matthew's gospel being extant, St. Luke does not repeat the parables in this...
SOME PHARISEES AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW. See notes on Matthew 9:1-8....
_A man which was taken with a palsy_ CARRIED BY FOUR I. THERE ARE CASES WHICH WILL NEED THE AID OF A LITTLE BAND OF WORKERS BEFORE THEY WILL BE FULLY SAVED. Yonder is a householder as yet unsaved: hi...
JESUS HEALS A PARALYZED MAN MATTHEW 9:1-8; MARK 2:1-12; LUKE 5:17-26; MATTHEW 9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his ow
CHAPTER 5 VER. 6. _They inclosed a great multitude of fishes_ for Peter had said, "At Thy word I will let down the net." "Behold here the fruit and reward of obedience. Jesus did this 1. In order that...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 5:17.—The scene of this miracle was a house in Capernaum, either in a house belonging to his family (John 2:12) or in St. Peter’s house. PHARISEES AND DOCTORS OF THE LAW.—They ha...
EXPOSITION When St. Luke compiled his Gospel, many of the circumstances connected with the early relations of the leaders of Christianity with their Founder were so well known, and had been so often r...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel chapter 5. The popularity of the ministry of Jesus is growing. Word is being spread around of the miracles that are being wrought by Him, and now where...
Acts 9:33; John 5:5; John 5:6; Mark 2:3; Matthew 9:2...
Taken with a palsy [π α ρ α λ ε λ υ μ ε ν ο ς]. Rev., more neatly, palsied. Whenever Luke mentions this disease, he uses the verb and not the adjective paralutikov, paralytic (as Matthew 4:24; Matthew...
Matthew 9:2; Mark 2:3....