Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 6:15
Simon called Zelotes — Full of zeal; otherwise called Simon the Canaanite.
Simon called Zelotes — Full of zeal; otherwise called Simon the Canaanite.
Verse Luke 6:15. _CALLED ZELOTES_] Some Jews gave this name to themselves, according to _Josephus_, (War, b. iv. c. iii. s. 9, and vii. c. viii. s. 1,) "because they pretended to be more than ordinar...
See the notes at Matthew 10:1....
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Son of Man the Lord of the Sabbath. (Luke 6:1)_ 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed. (Luke 6:6) 3. The Twelve Apostles Chosen. (Luke 6:12) 4. Blessing and Woe. ...
THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TWELVE. MIRACLES OF HEALING (Mark 3:12 *, Matthew 10:2; Matthew 12:15 *). Mk. puts the healings first. Lk. transposes his order to bring the Twelve into prominence. Jesus prepar...
In these days Jesus went away into a mountain to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he called his disciples. From them he chose twelve, whom he also called apostles--Si...
THE INCREASING OPPOSITION (Luke 6:1-5)...
MATTHEW AND THOMAS... ALPHAEUS. All Aramaic. App-94....
_called Zelotes_ Rather, who was called the Zealot....
12-19. _The Selection of the Twelve Apostles._ And it came to pass in those days, _that_he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to _to do good, or to do evil He_was int...
ΤῸΝ ΚΑΛΟΎΜΕΝΟΝ ΖΗΛΩΤΉΝ. ‘Who was called the Zealot.’ ἸΣΚΑΡΙΏΘ. This should, strictly, be rendered “_an_ Iscariot,” i.e. a native of Kerioth, and sometimes “_the_ Iscariot,” as in Matthew 10:4, &c. The...
THE SELECTION OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES...
Ver 12. And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. 13. And when it was day, he called to him his disciples: and of them he c...
ΚΑΛΟΎΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. pass. part. от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать; _pass._ быть названным, ΖΗΛΩΤΉΣ (G2207) ревностный, что относится к личному характеру (ВС, 1:425), или зилот, что относится к политической парт...
ZELOTES,— Or, _The Zealot._...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Jesus Selects the Twelve Apostles Scripture_ Luke 6:12-16 And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Ministering (Luke 6:12-19) 12 In these days he went out to the mountain to pray; and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13And when it was day, he called his discipl...
Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, SIMON ... See the notes at Matthew 10:1....
6 Jewish tradition carried sabbath observance to ridiculous lengths. They gravely discussed whether it is lawful to put out one's hand to give to a beggar, and how far! They disagreed as to whether it...
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE. SERMON IN THE PLAIN 1-5. Plucking the ears of corn (Matthew 12:1; Mark 2:23). See on Mt and Mk....
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE (Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:13). See on Mt and Mk....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 HOW TO USE THE *SABBATH 6:1-11 1. THE *DISCIPLES IN THE FIELDS OF CORN 6:1-5 V1 Jesus was walking through some fields of wheat on a *Sabbath. His...
(14-16) SIMON, (WHOM HE ALSO NAMED PETER). — For the list of the Twelve Apostles see Notes on Matthew 10:2. The only special points in St. Luke’s list are (1) that he gives Simon Zelotes, obviously as...
_On the hill_ (Matthew 4:24-25; Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:7-19)....
NEW LEADERS AND NEW PRINCIPLES Luke 6:12-26 There are three circles here: _First,_ Christ and His Apostles-the men who were to be sent into all the world to preach the gospel and to lay the foundati...
In a synagogue our Lord healed the man with a withered hand, and the religious watchers were filled with anger because, according to their view, our Lord had desecrated the Sabbath. Surely, there is n...
HE CALLS THE TWELVE APOSTLES Matthew 10:2-4; Mark 3:13-19; & Luke 6:13-16. Mark: “And He goes up into a mountain, and calls to Him those whom He wished, and He made twelve, that they may be with Him,...
THIRD CYCLE: FROM THE ELECTION OF THE TWELVE TO THEIR FIRST MISSION, LUKE 6:12 TO LUKE 8:56. In the following section we shall see the Galilean ministry reach its zenith; it begins with the institutio...
1 _st. Luke 6:12-19_. _Choosing of the Twelve._ VER. 12. Luke has already brought before us more than once the need of prayer, which so often drew Jesus away into solitude (Luke 4:42; Luke 5:16). But...
_a._ In the execution, as in the choice, of this important measure, Jesus no doubt submitted Himself to divine direction. His numerous disciples spent the night not far from the mountain-top to which...
(13) And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; (14) Simon, (whom he also named Peter), and Andrew his brother, James and John, Phi...
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...
The circumstances related in Luke 6:1-10 have reference to the same truth, and in an important aspect. The sabbath was the sign of the covenant between Israel and God rest after finished works. The Ph...
MATTHEW AND THOMAS,.... The first of these was a publican, and who also was called Levi; and the latter had besides the name of Didymus, and was he that was so unbelieving of Christ's resurrection: J...
Matthew and Thomas, James the _son_ of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, Ver. 15. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:2 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:3 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Mat 10:4 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Mar 3:14...
_Simon, whom he also named Peter_ Matthew, Mark, and Luke have all given us a catalogue of the names of the apostles; and their exactness in this particular is greatly to be praised. For as the apostl...
Apostles chosen. Matthew 10:1....
THE TWELVE APOSTLES. Luke 6:13...
MATTHEW AND THOMAS, JAMES, THE SON OF ALPHAEUS, AND SIMON, CALLED ZELOTES,...
LORD OF THE SABBATH (vs.1-11) "The second Sabbath after the first" is literally translated the "second-first Sabbath" (JND trans.), an unusual expression. The first Sabbath was that following the Pas...
12-19 We often think one half hour a great deal to spend in meditation and secret prayer, but Christ was whole nights engaged in these duties. In serving God, our great care should be not to lose tim...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 6:13...
Luke 6:15 Matthew G3156 and G2532 Thomas G2381 James G2385 the G3588 Alphaeus G256 and G2532 Simon G4613 called...
‘And Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called Zelotes, (or ‘the zealous one'),' Matthew is Levi, the son of Alphaeus, who was the toll collector mentioned in Luke 5:...
THE LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE NEW ISRAEL (6:12-19). After revealing what He has come to be, Jesus now goes about establishing the new Israel. He appoints leaders for the twelve tribes (Luke 6:1...
Luke 6:14-16. THE LIST OF THE APOSTLES as here given presents no difficulties. The E. V. indicates an arrangement in pairs, but the word ‘and' must be inserted before nearly all the names, and thus th...
The choice of the Twelve (Luke 6:12-16). Comp. Mark 3:13-19; Matthew gives the list of Apostles in the account of their being sent forth (Matthew 10; comp. Mark 6:7 f
CONTENTS: Jesus and the Sabbath. Healing of a withered hand. Choosing of the twelve. Sermon on the Mount. Parable of the house built on a rock. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, Pharisees, David, ma...
Luke 6:1. _On the second sabbath after the first._ The Hebrew law is, Leviticus 23:11, on the morrow after the sabbath, the priest shall wave the sheaf east and west, north and south, to denote the un...
_And when it was day, He called unto Him His disciples: and of them He chose twelve, whom also He named apostles_ THE CALL OF THE TWELVE Up till this time it can hardly be said that the kingdom of G...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 6:15 MATTHEW 1:1. See Luke 5:27. THOMAS. Called the
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 6:12 Jesus appoints 12 apostles, then gives extended teaching to a large group of disciples, including what is often called the “Sermon on the Plain” (vv. Luke 6:20; compare the “Ser...
JESUS SELECTS THE TWELVE DISCIPLES MARK 3:13-19; LUKE 6:12-16; MARK 3:13 And he goeth up into a mountain, Luke 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that
CHAPTER 6 VER. 1. _And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after the first._ On the second Sabbath. The Arabic version. What was this Sabbath? 1. The eighth day of unleavened bread or the last day...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 6:12. WENT OUT.—_I.e._ from Capernaum. A MOUNTAIN.—Rather, “_the_ mountain” (R.V.)—that is, the mountainous country, the high table-land above the Lake of Gennesaret. PRAYER TO G...
EXPOSITION LUKE 6:1 _The Lord_'_s teaching on the question of the observance of the sabbath._ LUKE 6:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SECOND SABBATH AFTER THE FIRST. The expression accompanying this n...
Now it came to pass on the second Sabbath (Luke 6:1) Now He is going to deal with a couple of instances on the Sabbath day. We've been introduced now to the Pharisees; they're beginning to really get...
Acts 1:13; Acts 15:13; Galatians 1:19; Galatians 2:9; James 1:1;...
Matthew. See on Superscription of Matthew. Thomas. See on Mark 3:18. Simon. Distinguished by Matthew and Mark as the Cananaean. See on Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:18....