Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 22:51
Suffer me at least to have my hands at liberty thus far, while I do one more act of mercy.
Suffer me at least to have my hands at liberty thus far, while I do one more act of mercy.
Verse 51. _SUFFER YE THUS FAR._] Or, _Suffer_ me to go _thus far_. As they had now a firm hold of Christ, Matthew 26:50, he wished them to permit him to go as far as Malchus, whose ear was cut off, t...
See this explained in Matthew 26:48. Luke 22:48 BETRAYEST THOU THE SON OF MAN WITH A KISS? - By the “Son of man” was evidently meant “the Messiah.” Judas had had the most satisfactory evidence of tha...
VI. HIS REJECTION, SUFFERING AND DEATH -- CHAPTER 22-23 CHAPTER 22 _ 1. The Betrayer. (Luke 22:1 .)_ 2. Preparation for the Passover. (Luke 22:7 .) 3. The Last Passover. (Luke 22:14 .) 4. The Lord...
THE ARREST (Mark 14:43 *, Matthew 26:47 *). In Lk.'s account Jesus prevents Judas from giving the kiss. The resistance precedes the arrest (contrast Mk., Mt.). LUKE 22:51. SUFFER YE THUS FAR: if spok...
While Jesus was still speaking--look you--there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He came up to Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him, "Judas, is it with...
AND SATAN ENTERED INTO JUDAS (Luke 22:1-6)...
HEALED HIM. Added by Luke. See on Luke 6:17....
_._ _Suffer ye thus far_ Probably addressed to the captors, and meaning _Excuse thus much resistance;_or -Allow me liberty thus far" free my arms a moment that I may heal this wounded man. These snatc...
THE TRAITOR’S KISS. THE ARREST. MALCHUS...
ἘΑ͂ΤΕ ἝΩΣ ΤΟΎΤΟΥ. The meaning is uncertain. If addressed to the disciples it meant, _Let them even bind and lead me away_. Possibly however it was addressed to the captors, and meant, _Excuse thus muc...
47. And while he yet spoke, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve went before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him. 48. But Jesus said to him, Judas, betray you the S...
_JESUS WAS ARRESTED, DEFENDED, DENIED, QUESTIONED AND CONDEMNED -- LUKE 22:47-71:_ While Jesus was in the garden Judas led a multitude to take Him. He identified Jesus with a kiss. In an effort to cau...
ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΑΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать. Семитское использование плеонастического _part._ ΈΆΤ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΈΆΩ (G1439) позволять. Вероятно, имеется в виду: "позв...
DISCOURSE: 1579 THE HEALING OF MALCHUS’ EAR Luke 22:50. _And one of them smote the servant of the high-priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touch...
SUFFER YE THUS FAR.— The sense which has been affixed to this passage is various. Some have understood it as a request from Jesus, that the persons who had apprehended him, would oblige him so far as...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Condescension (Luke 22:47-53) 47 While he was still speaking, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He drew near to Jesus to...
And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. For the exposition, see the notes at John 18:1....
TREASON OF JUDAS. THE LAST SUPPER. THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN. ARREST OF JESUS. THE JEWISH TRIAL 1-6. Conspiracy of the chief priests. Treachery of Judas (Matthew 26:1; Matthew 26:14; Mark 14:1;...
ARREST OF JESUS (Matthew 26:47; Mark 14:48; John 18:3). See on Mt and Jn....
SUFFER YE THUS FAR] i.e. Suffer My enemies to do even this, viz. arrest Me. Make no further resistance. HEALED HIM] This healing is peculiar to Lk....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 22 THE PLOT TO KILL JESUS 22:1-6 V1 The time was near for the *feast of *Unleavened Bread, or *Passover. V2 The chief priests and teachers of the law...
SUFFER YE THUS FAR. — The words and the incident are peculiar to St. Luke. We are. not told to whom the words were spoken. If to the disciples, they were a command to be patient, and to let things tak...
(50-53) AND ONE OF THEM. — See Notes on Matthew 27:52; Mark 14:47. It will be remembered that all the four Gospels relate the incident, but that St. John alone gives the name of the disciple. It is po...
CHAPTER 24 THE WATCH IN GETHSEMANE. HITHERTO the life of Jesus has been comparatively free from sorrow and from pain. With the exception of the narrow strip of wilderness which fell between the Bapti...
CHAPTER 25 THE PASSION. Luke 22:47 - Luke 23:1 WHILE Jesus kept His sad watch in Gethsemane, treading the winepress alone, His enemies kept theirs in the city. The step of Judas, as he passed out in...
_The apprehension_ (Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52)....
ἐᾶτε ἕως τούτου : an elliptical colloquial phrase, whose meaning might be made clear by intonation or gesture. It might be spoken either to the captors = leave me free until I have healed the wounded...
“THE POWER OF DARKNESS” Luke 22:47-53 It may have been about midnight when the lights and movement of feet indicated the approach of Judas and his band. The _kiss_ of Judas was probably intended to...
Here we have the record of final things before the Cross. The priests and the devil are seen in coalition. As the end approached, the Master is seen with the shadow of the Cross on Him, desiring to e...
THE ARREST Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:2-12. “ _And Judas_, the one betraying Him
1. _The Arrest of Jesus: Luke 22:47-53_. Three things are included in this piece: 1 _st._ The kiss of Judas (Luke 22:47-48); 2 _d._ The disciples' attempt at defence (Luke 22:49-51); 3 _d._ The rebu
"And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. (48) But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest tho...
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...
Luke 22:51._And having touched his ear, he healed him. _By his foolish zeal Peter had brought grievous reproach on his Master and his doctrine; and there can be no doubt, that this was a contrivance b...
In chapter 22, Luke commence the details of the end of our Lord's life. The chief priests, fearing the people, seek how they may kill Him. Judas, under the influence of Satan, offers himself as an ins...
AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID,.... Not to the question of the disciples, but either to Peter, who had done this rash action; and so the Persic and Ethiopic versions add, "to him"; or else to the multitu...
And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. Ver. 51. _And he touched his ear, &c._] After he had laid them flat on the ground. So he tried them both ways;...
_When they which were about him saw what would follow_ That the band was just going to seize Jesus, or had already seized him, and were about to lead him away; _they said, Lord, shall we smite with th...
Christ betrayed, led to the high-priest, and denied. Matthew 26:47-75; MARK 14:43-72....
SUFFER YE THUS FAR; addressed to the guard who had seized him immediately upon the kiss of Judas. Matthew 26:48; MARK 14:45-46. The probable meaning is, Allow me thus far; that is, give me liberty so...
The betrayal:...
AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, SUFFER YE THUS FAR. AND HE TOUCHED HIS EAR, AND HEALED HIM....
THE TREACHERY OF JUDAS (vs.1-6) As the Passover feast drew near, the chief priests and Pharisees felt hard pressed to find some way of apprehending and killing this "prophet" who was offending their...
47-53 Nothing can be a greater affront or grief to the Lord Jesus, than to be betrayed by those who profess to be his followers, and say that they love him. Many instances there are, of Christ's bein...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 22:49...
Luke 22:51 But G1161 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) Permit G1439 (G5720) this...
JESUS IS CRUCIFIED AND RISES AGAIN (22:1-24:53). We now come to the final Section of Luke which is also in the form of a chiasmus (see analysis below). Central in this final chiasmus is the crucifixio...
‘But Jesus answered and said, “Allow them to go thus far.” And he touched his ear, and healed him.' But Jesus stepped in on the side of the law and commanded that there be no interference with His arr...
THE APPROACH OF JUDAS. PHYSICAL SWORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH (22:47-53). Having finally satisfied Himself that the way ahead was in accordance with His Father's will Jesus awaited His fate with equanimity. T...
Luke 22:51. SUFFER YE THUS FAR. Probably addressed to the disciples: Let them go on and fulfil this their design of taking me. Ft is a mild reproof of the hasty use of the sword, and thus agrees with...
Luke 22:47-53. THE BETRAYAL. See on Matthew 26:47-56; comp. Mark 14:43-52; John 18:3-11. We notice only the new and striking detai
Luke's account presents here new and striking details, although it is briefer than those of Matthew and Mark. In telling of our Lord's agony, Luke alone mentions the distance to which He withdrew, the...
SUFFER US THUS FAR (εατε εως τουτου). Present active imperative of εαω, to allow. But the meaning is not clear. If addressed to Peter and the other disciples it means that they are to suffer this m...
Luke 22:51 I. By one act, in a moment, Christ made Himself the repairer of the breach. The evil which His follower had done was cancelled; and through the kind interposition of a special act, the inju...
Luke 22:7. Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where w...
Luke 22:7. Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where w...
In anticipation of the communion that is to follow this service, let us read once more the story of our Lord's agony and arrest, as recorded in the twenty-second chapter of the Gospel according to Luk...
CONTENTS: Judas covenants to betray Jesus. Last passover. Lord's supper instituted. Peter's denial predicted. Jesus' arrest. Peter's denial. CHARACTERS: Jesus, priests, scribes, disciples, Judas, Pet...
Luke 22:1. _The feast of unleavened bread drew nigh._ See Matthew 26:2. Luke 22:3. _Then Satan entered into Judas,_ by divine permission, his reigning sin of covetousness having proved his destruction...
WHEN A CROWD ARRIVED. For notes on this arrest of Jesus, see Matthew 26:47-56. Be sure to read the section in the other Gospels....
_Judas, betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss_ THE TRAITOR’S KISS I. A TRAITOR AMONG THE DISCIPLES. Many of them were weak in faith and carnal in apprehension, but only one a traitor. II. THE C...
THE MAN WHO LOST A LITTLE AND GAINED MUCH He touched his ear, and healed him. Luke 22:51 · This is one of the most wonderful miracles that Christ performed, and the wonderful thing about it is that...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 22:50 CUT OFF HIS RIGHT EAR. See note on John 18:10. That Jesus TOUCHED and HEALED HIM is recorded only in Luke....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 22:49 WHAT WOULD FOLLOW. Jesus’ arrest. SHALL WE STRIKE WITH THE SWORD? Swords were commonly worn for protection against thieves....
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 22:1 The Suffering and Death of Jesus. As Jesus’ death draws near, the scene shifts from the temple area to the city of Jerusalem. The emphasis shifts from Jesus’ teachings to events...
Jesus is betrayed and arrested Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-50; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:1-11;...
CHAPTER 22 VER.6. _And he sought opportunity to betray Him unto them._ Judas sold Jesus Christ on the fourth day of the week, the day of Mercury; on the following day, or the day of Jupiter, he delive...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 22:47. A MULTITUDE.—“Composed of Levitical guards under their generals, a Roman tribune with some soldiers, part of a cohort from the Fort of Antonia, and some priests and elder...
EXPOSITION LUKE 23:1 THE LAST PASSOVER. LUKE 22:1, LUKE 22:2 Short explanatory introduction.
Luke's gospel, chapter 22. Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover (Luke 22:1). The Feast of Unleavened Bread actually was for six days, from the fifteenth of Nizan...
1 Peter 2:21; 2 Corinthians 10:1; John 17:12; John 18:8; John 18:9;...
Suffer ye thus far. This is variously interpreted. I think the text requires that the words should be addressed to the disciples, and taken as the answer to the question, shall we smite, etc. The mean...