Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in — Agonize. Strive as in an agony. So the word signifies Otherwise none shall enter in. Barely seeking will not avail. Matthew 7:13.
Strive to enter in — Agonize. Strive as in an agony. So the word signifies Otherwise none shall enter in. Barely seeking will not avail. Matthew 7:13.
Verse Luke 13:24. _MANY - WILL SEEK_] They _seek_-wish and desire; but they do not _strive_; therefore, because they will not _agonize _- will not be in earnest, they shall not get in. See this subjec...
STRIVE - Literally, “agonize.” The word is taken from the Grecian games. In their races, and wrestlings, and various athletic exercises, they “strove or agonized,” or put forth all their powers to gai...
CHAPTER 13 __ 1. The Necessity of Repentance. (Luke 13:1 .) 2. The Barren Fig Tree. (Luke 13:6) 3. The Healing of a Daughter of Abraham. (Luke 13:10) 4. Parable of the Mustard Seed. ...
THE NARROW ENTRANCE INTO LIFE. Parallels are found in Matthew 7:13 f., Matthew 25:11 f., Matthew 7:21; Matthew 8:11 f;...
Jesus continued to go through towns and villages, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem. "Lord, someone said to him, "are those who are to be saved few in number?" He said to them, "Keep on strivin...
SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)...
STRIVE. Struggle, literally agonize. Occurs elsewhere only in John 18:36; 1 Corinthians 9:25.Colossians 1:29; Colossians 4:12;...
_Strive_ The word implies the strong efforts of A contest. 1 Timothy 6:12. _at the strait gate_ Rather, THROUGH THE NARROW DOOR; reading _thuras_ (א, B, D, L) for _pules._ MATTHEW 7:13. _will seek t...
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 NARROW DOOR...
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...
ΘΎΡΑΣ. The πύλης of the Rec[274] probably comes from Matthew 7:13. [274] Rec. The Textus Receptus. 24. ΠΡῸΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ. He does not directly answer the individual questioner, but lays down a general pr...
Ver 22. And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23. Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said to them, 24. Strive to enter in...
_THE STRAIT GATE AND A MESSAGE FOR HEROD -- LUKE 13:22-35:_ We do not know who it was but someone asked Jesus, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" Jesus told this person that they should...
ΆΓΩΝΊΖΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΑΓΩΝΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G75) участвовать в спортивном состязании, бороться, стремиться сделать что-л. с большим рвением и усилием, прилагать все усилия, с _inf._ (LN, 1:6...
LORD, ARE THERE FEW THAT BE SAVED? &C.— Our Lord was now travelling by slow journies towards Jerusalem, beingon his way to Jordan, from the north-east parts of Judea. Somewhere on the road, probably s...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Repentance is Difficult (Luke 13:22-30) 22 He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23And some one said to him, Lord, wil...
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. STRIVE TO ENTER IN, [ Agoonizesthe (G75)]. The word signifies to 'contend' as for the...
57-59 Compare Mat_5:25-26; Pro_25:8. 1 There is a strong natural tendency to connect calamity with sin. Hardly any great disaster occurs but someone seeks to justify it on the ground that the victims...
THE GALILEANS KILLED BY PILATE. THE UNFRUITFUL FIG TREE. LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM 1-9. Three exhortations to repentance, of which the former two are based on recent events, and the third is a parable. A...
ARE THEY FEW THAT BE SAVED? Jesus does not directly reply to the question, but warns His hearers of the difficulty of obtaining salvation, of the danger of delaying repentance, and of the probable rej...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 PEOPLE NEED TO TURN TO GOD 13:1-9 Two incidents and a *parable all teach that people need to turn to God. They must do this so that they avoid pun...
STRIVE TO ENTER IN AT THE STRAIT GATE. — See Notes on Matthew 7:13. Another instance of general teaching adapted to a special occasion. We note, however, the variation, “strive to enter in” — i.e., st...
ἀγωνίζεσθε εἰς.: stronger than Mt.'s εἰσέλθετε, suggesting the idea of a struggle or prize-fight (1 Corinthians 9:25) in which only a few can win, so virtually answering the question in the affirmativ...
εἰ ὀλ. οἱ σωζ.: εἰ introduces a direct question as in Matthew 12:10 and Luke 22:49 : are those who are being saved few? πρὸς αὐτούς, to _them_, not to the questioner merely but to all present, as the...
_Are there few that be saved?_ This section is a mosaic of words found dispersed in the pages of Mt.: the _strait gate_ (Luke 13:24) in Matthew 7:14; _the pleading for admission_ (Luke 13:26-27) recal...
THE PENALTY OF NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY Luke 13:18-30 Notice here the inward movement and the outward effect of the gospel whether in the heart or in the world of men. The garden and the kitchen, the li...
Someone brought to our Lord an account of a happening which seemed to suggest that those who suffered catastrophe are proved to be "sinners above all." He directly contradicted that view, and in that...
Shall seek, &c. Shall desire to be saved; but for want of taking sufficient pains, and not being thoroughly in earnest, shall not attain to it. (Challoner) --- Our Lord answers here in the affirmative...
ARE THE SAVED FEW? Luke 13:22-29. Our Savior answers the above question in the affirmative _i.e._, that the saved are few certainly a very alarming affirmation of our Infallible Lord. Shall you and I...
“ _Then one said unto Him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And He said unto them_, 24. _Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able...
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the stra...
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...
_THE PUZZLING QUESTION ANSWERED_ ‘And He said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate.’ Luke 13:23 The question, ‘Are there few that be saved?’ drew from our Lord a wondrous answer. I. OU...
24._For many will seek to enter _This was added, that we might not be deceived by a vain hope, as if the multitude of our companions would be of any avail to us. The flesh is willing to flatter itself...
Now, at this moment they reminded Him of a terrible judgment that had fallen upon some among them. He declares to them that neither this case, nor another which He recalls to their minds, is exception...
STRIVE TO ENTER IN AT THE STRAIT GATE,.... What is meant by the strait gate, and by entering in at it, Matthew 7:13. To "strive", is to be diligent in the use of means; to search the Scriptures with...
Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Ver. 24. _Strive to enter_] Strive even to an agony; or as they did for the garland in t...
_And he went through the cities and villages_, &c. Being on his way to Jordan from the northeast parts of Peræa; _teaching_ Wheresoever he came; _journeying toward Jerusalem_ To which he had now begun...
STRIVE; in the original, agonize, make immediate and strenuous effort. STRAIT GATE; difficult entrance of the way of life. Matthew 7:13-14. SHALL NOT BE ABLE; they do not seek in season, nor in a pro...
Entering in at the strait gate:...
STRIVE TO ENTER IN AT THE STRAIT GATE; FOR MANY, I SAY UNTO YOU, WILL SEEK TO ENTER IN, AND SHALL NOT BE ABLE....
REPENT OR PERISH (vs.1-9) This chapter shows that righteousness by itself provides no hope for man, but presses upon us the solemn lesson of repentance. Thus it prepares the way for Chapter s 14 and...
23-30 Our Saviour came to guide men's consciences, not to gratify their curiosity. Ask not, How many shall be saved? But, Shall I be one of them? Not, What shall become of such and such? But, What sh...
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Tertullian On Fasting More easily, it may be, through the "strait gate"[123] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII but also that which was said by the Saviour to those who come to Him, as it is rec...
Luke 13:24 Strive G75 (G5737) enter G1525 (G5629) through G1223 narrow G4728 gate G4439 for G3754 many...
THE CALL TO ENTER AND BE SAVED (13:23-24). This appeal, following the description of how the Kingly Rule of God will spread, parallels the descriptions of the Galileans and men of Siloam who perished....
Luke 13:24. STRIVE. ‘Instead of such a question, remember that many will not obtain salvation, strive therefore to obtain it yourselves in the right way,' _i.e._, TO ENTER BY THE (NARROW) DOOR. To do...
TIME. We identify the journey here spoken of (Luke 13:22), with the last journey from Perea to Jerusalem, and accept the order of Luke in the following Chapter s as accurate. Some think that it is 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...
STRIVE (αγωνιζεσθε). Jesus makes short shrift of the question. He includes others (present middle plural of αγωνιζομα, common verb, our agonize). Originally it was to contend for a prize in the game...
Luke 13:24 Eternal Life not to be Won without Toil. I. Our Lord says, "Strive;" and He vouchsafes to add one reason why we should strive. A gate is appointed for us to enter into the gate which leads...
Luke 13:6. _He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none._ It was a fig tree, a fruit-bearing tree by profess...
Luke 13:18. _Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?_ For men learn much by resemblances, and the things which are seen are frequently helpful to us in...
Luke 13:11. _And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him,...
CONTENTS: Parable of barren fig tree. Woman loosed from her infirmity. Parable of mustard seed and leaven. Jesus teaching on way to Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Galileans, Pilate, infirm woman, rule...
Luke 13:1. _There were some present at that season_ of the passover, _that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their_ _sacrifices._ Though this might be blood for blood, yet...
DO YOUR BEST. This implies a maximum amount of effort. [And yet the CAUSE of our salvation is God's ACT in Christ.] THROUGH THE NARROW DOOR. See note on Matthew 7:13-14. The door of the Kingdom is so...
_Lord, are there few that be saved?_ UNPRACTICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT RELIGION The man that asked this question has long been dead, but the character lives, and it is not among the rarest exhibitions that...
_Strive to enter in at the strait gate_ CHRIST’S WARNING AGAINST FORMALISM This has been called “a serious answer to an idle question. ” The answer is not only serious, but rendered with striking sk...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 13:24 To be “saved,” one should STRIVE TO ENTER THROUGH THE NARROW DOOR. This involves repentance (vv. Luke 13:3,...
CHAPTER 13 VER. 1. _Whose blood Pilate mingled._ That is, whom while they were sacrificing in Mount Gerizim in Samaria, Pilate slew. He slew them that their blood might be mingled with the blood of th...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 13:22. WENT THROUGH CITIES, etc.—Not a direct journey. TO JERUSALEM.—The last journey through Peræa to Jerusalem. Luke 13:23. THEN SAID ONE.—Probably a Jew (see Luke 13:28); he...
EXPOSITION LUKE 13:1 _Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree._ LUKE 13:1 There were present at that season some that told...
Now there were present at that season (Luke 13:1) And, of course, now Luke may have gone on in a period of time. We don't know how much time elapsed between verse Luke 13:59 of chapter 12, and Luke 13...
1 Corinthians 9:24; 2 Peter 1:10; Colossians 1:29; Ecclesiastes 10:15;...
Strive. Used only by Luke and Paul, except John 18:36. Originally to contend for a prize in the public games; and thus conveying a sense of struggle. The kindred noun, ajgwnia, agony, is used of Chris...
Do all seekers find God? PROBLEM: Jesus says, “Seek and you will find.” Other passages of Scripture reaffirm the same truth (1 Chronicles 28:9; Isaiah 55:6; Acts 10:35). Yet, according to Jesus, “many...