Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 10:28
Thou hast answered right; this do, and thou shalt live — Here is no irony, but a deep and weighty truth. He, and he alone, shall live for ever, who thus loves God and his neighbour in the present life.
Thou hast answered right; this do, and thou shalt live — Here is no irony, but a deep and weighty truth. He, and he alone, shall live for ever, who thus loves God and his neighbour in the present life.
See this subject explained in the notes at Matthew 22:37....
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The Seventy Appointed. (Luke 10:1)_ 2. The Return of the Seventy and the True Rejoicing. (Luke 10:17) 3. Jesus Rejoiced in Spirit. (Luke 10:21) 4. The Question of the Lawyer. ...
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (Mark 12:28 *, Matthew 22:34 *), and the PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN (Lk. only). The inquirer puts his question in a different form, but the meaning is the same. And in Lk....
Look you--an expert in the law stood up and asked Jesus a test question. "Teacher, he said, "What is it I am to do to become the possessor of eternal life?" He said to him, "What stands written in the...
LABOURERS FOR THE HARVEST (Luke 10:1-16)...
RIGHT. rightly, or correctly. THIS DO. No one ever did it, because the Law was given that, being convicted of' our impotence, we might thankfully cast ourselves on His omnipotence. Compare Romans 7:7...
_Thou hast answered right_ "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?" Genesis 4:7; "which if a man do, he shall live in them," Leviticus 18:5; Romans 10:5; but see...
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...
THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN...
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...
ὈΡΘΩ͂Σ�. Comp. “If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?” Genesis 4:7; “which if a man do, he shall live in them,” Leviticus 18:5; Romans 10:5; but see...
VER 25. AND, BEHOLD, A CERTAIN LAWYER STOOD UP, AND TEMPTED HIM, SAYING, MASTER, WHAT SHALL I DO TO INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE? 26. HE SAID TO HIM, WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE LAW? HOW READ YOU? 27. AND HE ANSWE...
_THE GOOD SAMARITAN -- LUKE 10:25-37:_ A lawyer asked Jesus "Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus asked this man what the Scriptures said about eternal life. He said, "Love the Lord...
ΌΡΘΏΣ (G3723) правильно, верно, АΠΕΚΡΊΘΗΣ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ Luke 10:27. ΠΟΊΕΙ _praes. imper. act., см._ Luke 10:25. _Praes. imper._ призывает к привычному и длительному образу жизни, ΖΉ...
AND, BEHOLD, A CERTAIN LAWYER— If the connection with which St. Luke introduces the subsequent transaction implies that it happened immediately after what goes before in the history, it took its rise...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Promoting Kindness (Luke 10:25-37) 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 26He said to him, Wh...
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, THOU HAST ANSWERED RIGHT: THIS DO, AND THOU SHALT LIVE. 'Right: THIS do, and life is thine'-layi...
25 A lawyer, or one versed in the law of Moses, especially in making it a burden for others than themselves (Luk_11:46), would naturally be interested in the Lord's opinion as to what deeds would meri...
THE SEVENTY. THE GOOD SAMARITAN. MARTHA AND MARY 1-16. Choice and mission of the Seventy (peculiar to Lk). Another step in the organisation of the Church. The Seventy receive a subordinate commission,...
PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN (peculiar to Lk). This lawyer is not to be identified with that of Matthew 22:3; Mark 12:28 25-28. See on Matthew 22:35....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 10 JESUS SENDS OUT MORE *DISCIPLES 10:1-12 V1 After this, the *Lord chose 72 other *disciples and sent them out in pairs. He told them to go ahead of...
THOU HAST ANSWERED RIGHT. — The acceptance of the lawyer’s answer as theoretically true was part of the method of our Lord’s teaching. The words that followed, “This do, and thou shalt live,” were tho...
CHAPTER 19 THE GOOD SAMARITAN. Luke 10:25 IT would scarcely have accorded with the traditions of human nature had the teachers of religion looked favorably upon Jesus. Stepping, as He did, within th...
_The lawyer's question, and the parable of the good Samaritan_. Many critics (even Weiss, Mk.-Evang., p. 400) think that Lk. or his source has got the theme of this section from Matthew 22:35 ff., Mar...
THE MAN WHO LOVED HIS NEIGHBOR Luke 10:25-37 This parable was probably suggested by the journey up to Jerusalem. It may be founded on an actual occurrence. Notice how the Master answered the inquiry,...
The mission of the seventy is recorded only by Luke. They went forth, sent by Jesus. They returned glad in the victories they had wrought in His name. He received them, and declared to them the whole...
CHAPTER 4 ENTANGLEMENT OF A THEOLOGIAN Luke 10:25-28. _“And, behold, a certain theologian stood up, tempting Him, and saying, Teacher, having done what shall I inherit eternal life?”_ The word here...
4. _The Conversation with the Scribe, and the Parable of the Samaritan: Luke 10:25-37_. Jesus slowly continues His journey, stopping at each locality. The most varied scenes follow one another without...
(25) And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (26) He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? (27) And he...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
_KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE_ ‘Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.’ Luke 10:28 This was our Lord’s answer to the Jewish lawyer’s question, ‘What shall I do to inherit eternal life?’...
Luke 10:28._Do this, and thou shalt live. _I have explained a little before, how this promise agrees with freely bestowed justification by faith; for the reason why God justifies us freely is, not tha...
The mission of the seventy follows in chapter 10, a mission important in its character for the development of the ways of God. This character is, in fact, different in some respects from that of the b...
AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, THOU HAST ANSWERED RIGHT,.... It is so written, and read; and this, as if he should say, is the sum and substance of the law, and what that requires men should do; wherefore, DO...
And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. Ver. 28. See Matthew 19:17 ....
_And behold, a certain lawyer_ A doctor of the law; _stood up and tempted him_ Greek, εκπειραζων αυτον, _trying him._ It seems this lawyer was one of the multitude which attended Jesus when the sevent...
Love to God and man. Matthew 22:37-40; LEVITICUS 19:18; DEUTERONOMY 6:4-5....
The question of the lawyer:...
AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, THOU HAST ANSWERED RIGHT; THIS DO, AND THOU SHALT LIVE. A lawyer, a man versed in the Law and the traditions of the Jews, one of those that belonged to the wise and prudent of th...
THE SENDING OF SEVENTY OTHERS (vs.1-16) As we progress in this Gospel, earthly things tend to recede and heaven comes gradually more into view, specially following the transfiguration (ch.9:8-36) an...
25-37 If we speak of eternal life, and the way to it, in a careless manner, we take the name of God in vain. No one will ever love God and his neighbour with any measure of pure, spiritual love, who...
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THE TESTING OF JESUS AND THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN (10:25-37). We should note that this passage, and the parable it contains, follows directly on the idea of the previous self-revelation of Je...
‘And he said to him, “You have answered right, this do, and you shall live.” ' Jesus replies that his answer is correct and (in context) that if he does this he will find eternal life. At first this m...
THIS incident, peculiar to Luke, must be distinguished from a later one, mentioned by Matthew, Mark, and Luke, namely, that of the rich young ruler whom Jesus loved. A similar question was put in that...
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...
Luke 10:28. THIS DO AND THOU SHALT LIVE. True in all cases: any one who can and does love God and his neighbor thus, has already begun to live, has an earnest of eternal life. The parable which follow...
THOU HAST ANSWERED RIGHT (ορθως απεκριθης). First aorist passive indicative second singular with the adverb ορθως. The answer was correct so far as the words went. In Mark 12:34 Jesus commends the s...
Luke 10:25 The Good Samaritan. I. It is clear that the kindness of this man was of the spirit, and not merely of the letter. Here was one main point of difference between him and the priest and Levi...
Luke 10:25. _And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy hear...
Luke 10:25. _And, behold a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?_ That was...
CONTENTS: The 70 sent out. Jesus denounces Judgment on cities. Parable of the good Samaritan. Martha and Mary entertain Jesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, 70 witnesses, Satan, lawyer, Martha, Mary. CONCLUSION...
Luke 10:1. _The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two._ This was after the twelve had returned, and brought reports of the eager cries of the people for the word of life. Some o...
25-29. A certain teacher OF THE Law. Only Luke tells the Parable of the Good Samaritan, the Lost Son, and the Rich Man and Lazarus. Tried to TRAP Jesus. His motive was not right. WHAT MUST I DO? Jesus...
_This do, and thou shalt live_ ETERNAL LIFE PROMISED THE OBEDIENT I. WHAT IS IMPLIED IN OBEYING GOD’S COMMANDS. It is easy to see in what obedience to the Divine commands consists. It must consist i...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 10:25 The parable of the good Samaritan is an example of how the “wise and understanding” (v. Luke 10:21) do not understand even the simplest commands of Scripture (compare v....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 10:28 DO THIS, AND YOU WILL LIVE. Jesus is about to show the lawyer that he falls far short of following these commands (see note on Mark 10:19)....
CHAPTER 10 VER. 1. _After these things the Lord also._ Seventy-two. Vulgate. Dorotheus and others profess to give their names, but Eusebius declares that he knew of no written list of these seventy di...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 10:25. A CERTAIN LAWYER.—One whose business it was to teach the law. It was probably in Judæa that this conversation was held; as we read (Luke 10:38) that Jesus was on His way t...
EXPOSITION LUKE 10:1 _The mission of the seventy. The Lord_'_s words to them of instruction and direction and warning._ LUKE 10:1 AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED OTHER SEVENTY ALSO. That is...
Now in chapter 10, we read of this commissioning in the sending forth of the seventy, in the contrast to the twelve of chapter 9. After these things (Luke 10:1) Now He is on His way towards Jerusale...
Ezekiel 20:11; Ezekiel 20:13; Ezekiel 20:21; Galatians 3:12;...
THE MESSAGE OF THE JERICHO ROAD Luke 10:25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. THE MAN WHO MADE HIS BOAST OF THE LAW A certain lawyer tempted Christ, asking Him what he should do to inherit eternal life. The Lor...