Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 6:30
Give to every one — Friend or enemy, what thou canst spare, and he really wants: and of him that taketh away thy goods — By borrowing, if he be insolvent, ask them not again. Matthew 5:42.
Give to every one — Friend or enemy, what thou canst spare, and he really wants: and of him that taketh away thy goods — By borrowing, if he be insolvent, ask them not again. Matthew 5:42.
Verse 30. _ASK THEM NOT AGAIN._] Or, _Do not beg them off_. This probably refers to the way in which the tax-gatherers and Roman soldiers used to spoil the people. "When such harpies as these come up...
See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Matt. 5–7. Luke 6:21 THAT HUNGER NOW - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more full...
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 LOVE OF ENEMIES (Matthew 5:39 *, Matthew 7:12 *). While Mt.'s main point is the contrast between legal and true righteousness, Lk.'s main point is that true righteousness is love; he contrasts the...
THE SERMON ON THE LEVEL PLACE. This is much briefer than Matthew 5-7. The sections in Mt. that illustrate the fulfilment of the Law are omitted; more stress is laid on love and mercy. Other parallels...
THE INCREASING OPPOSITION (Luke 6:1-5)...
Jesus said, "But to you who are listening I say, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who ill-use you. To him who strikes you on one cheek offer...
27-38. THE LAWS OF LOVE AND MERCY. 27-30. The _manifestations_of Love. 31. Its formula. 32-35. Its distinctiveness. 35-36. Its model. 37-45. Love as the principle of all judgment. Godet.]...
_Give to every man that asketh of thee_ Literally, "_be giving_ implying a _habit_, not an instant act. Here again we have a broad, general principle of unselfishness and liberality safely left to the...
ΠΑΝΤῚ ΑἸΤΟΥ͂ΝΤΊ ΣΕ ΔΊΔΟΥ. Literally, “_be giving_,” implying a _habit_, not an instant act. Here again we have a broad, general principle of unselfishness and liberality safely left to the common sens...
THE LAWS OF LOVE AND MERCY [27–30. The _manifestations_ of Love. 31. Its formula. 32–35. Its distinctiveness. 35–36. Its model. 37–45. Love as the principle of all judgment. Godet.]...
VER 27. BUT I SAY TO YOU WHICH HEAR, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, DO GOOD TO THEM WHICH HATE YOU, 28. BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU, AND PRAY FOR THEM WHICH DESPITEFULLY USE YOU. 29. AND TO HIM THAT SMITES YOU ON T...
ΑΊΤΟΫ́ΝΤΙ _praes. act. part. от_ ΑΊΤΈΩ (G154) спрашивать, просить, ΔΊΔΟΥ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать. _Praes. imper._ может быть iterat. ΆΠΑΊΤΕΙ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΆΠΑΙΤΈΩ (G...
GIVE TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH OF THEE;— As the words _ask not again,_ are used by the LXX to express a claim of interest due upon money and goods, some interpreters have chosen to render the words _le...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Regulations for Conduct Scripture_ Luke 6:27-38 But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies do good to them that hate you, 28 bless them that curse you, pray for them that d...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Magnanimous (Luke 6:27-45) 27 But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29T...
_BUT I SAY UNTO YOU WHICH HEAR, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, DO GOOD TO THEM WHICH HATE YOU,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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....
GREAT SERMON TO THE DISCIPLES AND IN PART TO THE MULTITUDES. It forms here the ordination address of the Twelve. In what sense it is identical with the Sermon on the Mount is explained on Matthew 5:1....
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...
GIVE TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH OF THEE. — See Note on Matthew 5:42....
CHAPTER 15 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IN considering the words of Jesus, if we may not be able to measure their depth or to scale their height, we can with absolute certainty discover their drift, and see i...
_The Sermon_ (Matthew 5-7). That it is the same sermon as Mt. reports in Chapter s 5 7 may be regarded as beyond discussion. How, while the same, they came to be so different, is a question not quite...
_The law of love_ (Matthew 5:38-48)....
Lk. passes over Mt.'s instance of compulsory service (Matthew 5:41), perhaps because it would require explanation, or was not a practical grievance for his readers, and goes on to the duty of generous...
HOW TO TREAT OUR FELLOW-MEN Luke 6:27-38 Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount differs from that of Matthew, only as each views the great discourse from his own standpoint. By one it is viewed a...
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...
Jesus Christ does not order us never to refuse a petition: but the meaning of his words is, that we are to give what is just and reasonable, what will be neither injurious to yourself nor your family;...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
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...
VERS. 29 AND 30. Patient Charity. “ _And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek, offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also._ 30. _Give to every ma...
2 _d. Luke 6:20-49_. _The Sermon._ The aim, prevailing thought, and plan of this discourse have been understood in many different ways. The solution of these questions is rendered more difficult by th...
(20) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor; for your's is the kingdom of God. (21) Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep n...
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...
Luke 6:30._To every one that asketh of thee. _The same words, as we shall presently see, are found in Matthew: for it may readily be inferred from the context, that Luke does not here speak of a reque...
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...
AND GIVE TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH,.... Matthew 5:42 AND OF HIM THAT TAKETH AWAY THY GOODS; not by force, but by consent, having either lent them, or sold them to him: for if they were taken away by...
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask _them_ not again. Ver. 30. _Give to every man, &c._] General Norrice never thought he had that which he gave not away....
Luke 6:29 ; LUKE 6:31. _To him_, &c. You who hear my gospel ought to be patient under injuries, as well as benevolent toward the unthankful. _To him that smiteth thee on thy cheek that taketh away thy...
BLESSED BE YE POOR; for the meaning of these beatitudes and their opposite woes, ver Luke 6:20-26, see notes on the beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-12. See sermon on mount. Matthew 5:39-48;...
The law of love:...
GIVE TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH OF THEE, AND OF HIM THAT TAKETH AWAY THY GOODS ASK THEM NOT AGAIN....
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...
27-36 These are hard lessons to flesh and blood. But if we are thoroughly grounded in the faith of Christ's love, this will make his commands easy to us. Every one that comes to him for washing in his...
Matthew hath much the same passage, only he saith, _Give to him that, &c., not to every man that asketh of thee; _ and for the latter clause, he hath, _from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou...
Epistle of Barnabas Thou shalt not hesitate to give, nor murmur when thou givest. "Give to every one that asketh thee,"[266] First Apology of Justin For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the...
Luke 6:30 G1161 Give G1325 (G5720) everyone G3956 asks G154 (G5723) you G4571 And G2532 from...
LOVE IS ILLUSTRATED (6:29-31). j To him who smites you on the one cheek, offer also the other (Luke 6:29 a) k And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat also (Luke 6:29 b). k...
TRUE LOVE IS ALL IMPORTANT AND MUST BE PRACTICALLY EXPRESSED (6:27-38). (This section is all about loving and giving and proceeds in a 4 4 6 6 4 4 pattern). ‘But I say to you who hear (Luke 6:27 a)....
JESUS PROCLAIMS THE NEW LAW OF THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD (6:20-49). Like Matthew 5-7 this ‘sermon' or ‘address' is carefully put together and patterned, but, in spite of similarities, we would be mistake...
Luke 6:29-30. See on Matthew 5:39-42. The order is varied, but the connection is the same....
ON THE PLAN of the Sermon on the Mount, see the Chapter comments on Matthew 5. The subject both here and in Matthew is the state and duties of a citizen of the kingdom of heaven. Van Oosterzee gives t...
ASK THEM NOT AGAIN (μη απαιτε). Here the present active imperative in a prohibition, do not have the habit of asking back. This common verb only here in the N.T., for αιτουσιν is the correct text i...
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...
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. See notes on Matthew 5:38-48....
_But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies_ THE IDEAL OF CHRISTIANITY This passage is in earnest. You are to do this. Why? In order that you may come into the family of God. Here is not simpl...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 6:30 Christians should help those who are truly needy. They are not required to give foolishly (see Matthew 7:6), to give to a lazy person who is not in need ...
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 TEACHES ABOUT LOVING ENEMIES MATTHEW 5:43-48; LUKE 6:27-36; MATTHEW 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy....
_Give to every man that asketh of thee._ Not only if lie is in want of the necessaries of life, but if he needs counsel, advice, or aid of any kind, for thus ye will be showing mercy and pity both to...
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 6:20.—Though various opinions have been held on the subject, the balance of probabilities seems in favour of the supposition that the discourse commonly known as the Sermon on th...
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...
2 Corinthians 8:9; 2 Corinthians 9:6; Acts 20:35; Deuteronomy 15:7;...
Everyone. Peculiar to Luke. Augustine remarks, "omni petenti, non omnia petenti; give to every one that asks, but not everything he asks." Asketh [α ι τ ο υ ν τ ι]. See on Matthew 14:23. Compare Matth...
These and the like precepts of our Saviour are not to be taken strictly, but restrainedly: we are thereby obliged to charity according to others' necessities, and our own abilities, but not bound to g...