Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 9:55
Ye know not what manner of spirit — The spirit of Christianity is. It is not a spirit of wrath and vengeance, but of peace, and gentleness, and love.
Ye know not what manner of spirit — The spirit of Christianity is. It is not a spirit of wrath and vengeance, but of peace, and gentleness, and love.
LUKE 9:55-56 auvtoi/j {A} The additions to ver. Luke 9:55 (kai. ei=pen( Ouvk oi;date poi,ou pneu,mato,j evste) and to ver....
Verse 55. _YE KNOW NOT WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YE ARE OF._] Ye do not consider that the present is a dispensation of infinite _mercy_ and _love_; and that the design of God is not to _destroy_ sinners,...
YE KNOW NOT WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YE ARE OF - You suppose that you are actuated by a proper love for me; but you know not yourselves. It is rather a love of revenge; rather revengeful feelings toward...
IV. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM -- CHAPTER 9:51-19:27 CHAPTER 9:51-62 _ 1. His Face Set Toward Jerusalem. (Luke 9:51)_ 2. The Rejected Messengers and His Rebuke. (Luke 9:53) 3. Tests of Discipleship....
INHOSPITABLE SAMARITANS. The journey was begun by the direct road through Samaria (for Lk.'s interest in Samaritans _cf. Luke 10:33_, Luke 17:16; contrast Matthew 10:5), though Jesus appears (Mk., Mt....
EMISSARIES OF THE KING (Luke 9:1-9)...
John said to Jesus, "Master, we saw a man casting out demons in your name; and we stopped him because he does not follow with us." Jesus said to him, "Don't try to stop him, for he who is not against...
AND SAID... SAVE THEM (Luke 9:56). This clause is omitted by all the texts. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _pneuma._ See App-101....
_Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of_ The whole of this passage down to "save them" is omitted in K, A, B, C, and other manuscripts; but it is impossible to doubt its genuineness, because it b...
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...
Luke 9:51-56. REJECTED BY THE SAMARITANS. A LESSON OF TOLERANCE...
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...
ΚΑῚ ΕἾΠΕΝ … ὙΜΕΙ͂Σ. D. Rec[194] omitted by אABCL La[195] Ti[196] Probably tampered with for dogmatic reasons. [194] Rec. The Textus Receptus. [195] La. Lachmann. [196] Ti. Tischendorf. 55. [ΟΥ̓Κ ΟἼΔΑ...
Ver 51. And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, 52. And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered i...
_PUT YOUR HAND TO THE PLOUGH AND DO NOT LOOK BACK -- LUKE 9:37-62:_ Our faith in the Christ will grow if we have faith in His power. His power was seen as He healed a severely demon possessed boy and...
ΣΤΡΑΦΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (temp.) от_ ΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G4762) поворачивать, ΈΠΕΤΊΜΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 9:21....
DISCOURSE: 1509 AGAINST MISTAKING OUR OWN SPIRIT Luke 9:55. _Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of_ WHEN we consider what attainments men have made in science and philosophy; when we see them m...
AND WHEN HIS DISCIPLES, JAMES AND JOHN— That these disciples, so remarkablydistinguished by their Lord's favour, should havesome distinguished zeal and faith, may seem less wonderful, than that a pers...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 6 Taming Temperaments (Luke 9:46-62) 46 And an argument arose among them as to which of them was the greatest. 47But when Jesus perceived the thought of their hearts, he to...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Inhospitable Samaritans Scripture_ Luke 9:51-55 And it came to pass, when the days were well-nigh come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jer...
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. BUT HE TURNED, AND REBUKED THEM, AND SAID, YE KNOW NOT WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YE ARE OF. 'The thing ye demand,...
45 The Lord was not misled by the amazement of the multitude. He knew their fickleness and unbelief. But He was concerned more particularly that His disciples should not be deceived by the great impre...
9:55 are]. (c-15) The words in brackets are, to say the least, doubtful....
YE KNOW NOT WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YE ARE OF] (omitted by important ancient authorities, see RV), i.e. either, (1) ye know not that the spirit of the new covenant is one of forbearance and forgiveness;...
JAMES AND JOHN DESIRE TO CALL DOWN FIRE UPON A SAMARITAN VILLAGE (peculiar to Lk). Though James and John did not gain their title 'Boanerges' (Mark 3:17) from this incident, yet it undoubtedly illustr...
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND. PETER'S CONFESSION. THE TRANSFIGURATION 1-6. Mission of the Twelve (Matthew 10:1; Matthew 10:5; Mark 6:7). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 9 JESUS SENDS OUT THE 12 *APOSTLES 9:1-10 V1 Jesus called the 12 *apostles together. He gave them power and authority over all *demons and diseases....
YE KNOW NOT WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YE ARE OF. — The words admit of two constructions: (1) that the disciples did not know that the Spirit that had been given “not by measure” to their Master, and promi...
στραφεὶς : an imposing gesture, as in Luke 7:9; Luke 7:44....
_Samaritan intolerance_. εἰς κώμην Σαμαρειτῶν : this indicates an intention to go southward through Samaritan territory. Not an unusual thing. Josephus (Antiq., xx., vi. 1) states that it was the cust...
_Looking southward. Samaritan intolerance_....
THE STEADFAST FACE Luke 9:51-62 The Master's steadfast face rebukes us! Alas, we so often flinch and cannot appropriate Isaiah 50:7. But whether we follow afar off or closely, that lithe, alert, eag...
As He sent His apostles out, He gave them power and authority. They went forth without any provision for the journey other than the things of spiritual equipment. Rumors of the ministry and power they...
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of (n) spirit ye are of. (n) So the Hebrews say, that is, you do not know what will, mind, and counsel you are of: so the gifts of G...
_ You know not of what spirit you are, i.e. that my Spirit, which you ought to follow, is the Spirit of mercy, mildness, and patience. (Witham)_...
RETALIATORY SPIRIT OF JAMES & JOHN Luke 9:51-56. “And it came to pass, while the days of His taking up [i.e., His crucifixion] were being fulfilled, and He turned His face to go to Jerusalem. And He s...
_The Refusal._ This tentative message of Jesus does not prove, as Meyer and Bleek think, that He had the intention of penetrating farther into Samaria, and of going directly to Jerusalem in that way....
(51) And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, (52) And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into...
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...
_NOT DESTRUCTION BUT SALVATION_ ‘But He turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.’ Luk...
55._You know not of what spirit you are _By this reply he not only restrained the unbridled fury of the two disciples, but laid down a rule to all of us not to indulge our temper. For whoever undertak...
In chapter 9 the Lord charges the disciples with the same mission in Israel as that which He Himself fulfilled. They preach the kingdom, heal the sick, and cast out devils. But this is added, that the...
BUT HE TURNED AND REBUKED THEM,.... He turned himself about to them, and looking upon them with a stern countenance, sharply reproved them for their intemperate zeal, their passion of wrath, and anger...
But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. Ver. 55. _But he turned and rebuked them_] He did it not slightly, and by-the-by, but seriously, and on set pur...
_When his disciples, James and John_ Who attended him; _saw this_ When the messengers returned with the account of what had passed in the village, whither they had been sent, these two disciples, bein...
BUT HE TURNED, AND REBUKED THEM, AND SAID, YE KNOW NOT WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YE ARE OF....
Rejection by the Samaritans...
THE LORD JESUS SUFFICIENT FOR HUMAN MISERY AND NEED (vs.1-17) The Lord had shown Himself as the perfect remedy for the world's disturbance, its bondage to Satan, its disease occasioned by sin and its...
51-56 The disciples did not consider that the conduct of the Samaritans was rather the effect of national prejudices and bigotry, than of enmity to the word and worship of God; and through they refus...
Ver. 55,56. The term _spirit_ sometimes signifies, the inward motions, propensities, and inclinations of the soul, influenced either from the Holy Spirit of God, or from the evil spirit. So the term i...
Fragments of Clement Found in the Oxford Edition Hence the Lord also says to the apostles, who said that He should punish with fire those who would not receive Him, after the manner of Elias: "Ye kno...
Luke 9:55 But G1161 turned G4762 (G5651) rebuked G2008 (G5656) them G846 and G2532 said G2036 ...
‘But he turned, and rebuked them.' Jesus' response was to rebuke them. Had they thought back they would have remembered His words, ‘Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who h...
JESUS IS WARNED OFF BY THE SAMARITANS BECAUSE HE IS HEADED FOR JERUSALEM (9:52-56). The Samaritans lived between Galilee and Judaea in Samaria, in and around Shechem, and had grown into quite a large...
Luke 9:55. ‘Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.' All the words of our Lord's rebuke (Luke 9:55-56) are omitted in the best manuscripts, but found in many early versions. Some take the clause...
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...
BUT HE TURNED (στραφεις δε). Second aorist passive participle of στρεφω, common verb, to turn round. Dramatic act. Some ancient MSS. have here:YE KNOW NOT WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YE ARE OF (ουκ οιδ...
Luke 9:55 The Spirit of Christ and of Elijah. No one can have failed to notice the marked difference between the stern spirit of Elijah and the gentle spirit of Christ. Of all the prophets of the Old...
Luke 9:51. _And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,_ It is a very remarkable expression that is here used: «when the...
Our Lord had been on the mountain, and had been transfigured; and when he came down, the first person that he met was the devil, with whom he had to come in contact. Whenever you or I get up on the mo...
CONTENTS: The twelve sent forth to preach and their return. 5000 fed. Peter's confession of Christ. The transfiguration. The powerless disciples and the demon ridden boy. Jesus' rebuke of sectarianism...
Luke 9:1. _He called his twelve disciples together,_ privately, it would seem, and gave them power and authority to preach, and to heal diseases. Those powers must go together as was foretold in Isaia...
JESUS TURNED AND REBUKED THEM. He had not come to destroy, but to save! [A few manuscripts add: _"You don't know what kind of Spirit you belong to; for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's liv...
_He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem--_ CHRIST HASTENING TO THE CROSS I. THE PERFECT CLEARNESS WITH WHICH ALL THROUGH CHRIST’S LIFE HE SAW THE INEVITABLE END. II. OUR LORD’S PERFECT WILL...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:54 Jesus rejects the suggestion of JAMES AND JOHN (TELL FIRE TO COME DOWN). His ministry at his first coming is not to bring judgment (see...
JESUS HEALS PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MANY OTHERS MATTHEW 8:14-17; MARK 1:29-34; LUKE 4:38-41; MATTHEW 8:14 And when Jesus was come int
_But He turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of._ By spirit we must understand "disposition of mind," whether for virtue or vice. Ye know not what spirit worket...
CHAPTER 9 Ver. 8. _One of the old prophets was risen again._ As Enoch and Elias will rise again before the end of all things, to resist Antichrist. In like manner as Peter, Bishop and Martyr, the son...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 9:51. WHEN THE TIME WAS COME.—Rather, “when the days were well-nigh come” (R.V.). THAT HE SHOULD BE RECEIVED UP.—The word translated “received up” means His assumption or ascensi...
EXPOSITION LUKE 9:1 _The Master sends out the twelve on a mission_. LUKE 9:1 THEN HE CALLED HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES TOGETHER. The Galilee ministry was just over; _outwardly_ it had been a triumphant...
Let's turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to Luke, chapter 9. Luke here records the sending of the twelve to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. This is not to be confused with the...
1 Peter 3:9; 1 Samuel 24:4; 1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 19:22; Acts 23:3
Here we have our Saviour's censure of the rash and hot motion of his disciples, which proceeded first from ignorance of themselves, YE KNOW NOT WHAT SPIRIT YE ARE OF; you are not now under the rough a...