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Verse Luke 17:2. _A MILL-STONE_] That drowning a person with a stone
tied about the neck was an ancient mode of punishment, see proved in
the note on Matthew 18:6; Matthew 18:7, to which let the foll...
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IT IS IMPOSSIBLE - It cannot but happen. Such is the state of things
that “it will be.” See these verses explained in the notes at
Matthew 18:6....
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CHAPTER 17
_ 1. Concerning Offenses and Forgiveness. (Luke 17:1)_
2. Increase of Faith and Lowly Service. (Luke 17:5)
3. The Ten Lepers. (Luke 17:11)
4. Concerning the Kingdom and His Second Coming...
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LUKE 17. The chapter illustrates the difficulty experienced by Lk. in
using the material at his disposal. He here brings together without
any clear connexion of thought a selection of sayings of Chris...
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LAWS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Luke 17:1-10)...
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Jesus said to his disciples, "It is impossible that snares to sin
should not arise; but woe to him through whom they do arise! It would
be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and h...
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BETTER. well. Greek. _lusiteleo._ Occurs only here.
THAT. if. App-118.
MILLSTONE. See note on Matthew 18:6.
ABOUT. round. Greek. _peri._ App-104.
CAST. hurled (with violence).
INTO. Greek. _eis._...
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_It were better for him,_&c. The literal rendering of the verse is "It
is for his advantage if a millstone _is hanging_round his neck, and
_he has been flung_into the sea, rather than that, &c." In ot...
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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...
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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...
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ΛΊΘΟΣ ΜΥΛΙΚΌΣ. אBDL, La[304] Ti[305] See note. μύλος
ὀνικὸς is from Matthew 18:6.
[304] La. Lachmann.
[305] Ti. Tischendorf.
2. ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΕΙ͂ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ι ΕἸ Κ.Τ.Λ. The literal
rendering of the verse is ‘It...
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VER 1. THEN SAID HE TO THE DISCIPLES, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE BUT THAT
OFFENSES WILL COME: BUT WOE TO HIM THROUGH WHOM THEY COME! 2. IT WERE
BETTER FOR HIM THAT A MILLSTONE WERE HANGED ABOUT HIS NECK, AND HE...
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ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΥΣΙΤΕΛΈΩ (G3081)
_букв._ это окупается, это окупает
издержки, это хорошо, это выгодно, это
стоит того (Plummer).
ΜΥΛΙΚΌΣ (G3457) то, что принадлежит
мельнице (мельнич...
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Butler's Comments
SECTION 1
Be Good (Luke 17:1-10)
17 And he said to his disciples, Temptations to sin are sure to come;
but woe to him by whom they come! 2It would be better for him if a
millstone w...
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It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,
and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these
little ones.
THEN SAID HE UNTO THE DISCIPLES, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE...
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1 The Lord is through with the unbelievers and now addresses His own
disciples. He anticipates the fact that, even among themselves, there
would be much to cause them to stumble and fall. He seeks to...
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17:2 snare (d-28) _ Skandalon_ . It means the part of a fall-trap that
makes the trap fall when touched. see Note, Matthew 13:57 . millstone
(e-10) Or 'a great millstone,' as in Matthew 18:6 ....
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OCCASIONS OF OFFENCE. THE TEN LEPERS. THE SECOND ADVENT
1, 2. On causing others to sin. See on Matthew 18:6; Matthew 18:7.
2, ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES] An affectionate designation of the
disciples, e...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 17
THE DANGER IF YOU CAUSE OTHER PEOPLE TO *SIN 17:1-2
V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘Things will certainly happen that
turn people away from God....
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IT WERE BATTER FOR HIM... — See Note on Matthew 18:6, where the
order of the two sayings is inverted. Assuming the words to have been
repeated where we find them here, the “little ones” must mean the...
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λυσιτελεῖ (λύω, τέλος), it profits or pays; here
only in N.T. = συμφέρει in Matthew 18:6. λίθος
μυλικός, a millstone, not a great millstone, one driven by an
ass (μύλος ὀνικὸς, T.R.), as in Mt.: the v...
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_Concerning offences and forgiving of offences_ (_cf._ Matthew 18:6-7;
Matthew 21:22). ἀνένδεκτον : here only in N.T. and hardly
found in classics; with ἐστι = οὐκ ἐνδέχεται (Luke
13:33), it is not po...
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“TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES”
Luke 17:1-10
The world is full of stumbling-blocks. Men are perpetually placing
them in each other's way; and especially before little children, the
simple and the weak. Le...
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The thinking of the Master for His disciples is always that they
should live in love. He knew, however, that offenses must come. In
that connection He uttered the solemn word of warning, "Woe unto him...
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It were better. Christ here speaks after the manner of the Jews, who
were accustomed to inflict this punishment only on the greatest
malefactors. So that we must be ready to undergo the most excruciat...
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CHAPTER 14
OFFENSES
Luke 17:1-2. _“And He said to His disciples, It is impossible that
offenses should not come; but woe unto him by whom they come! It is
better for him if a millstone is hanged abou...
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7. _Various Sayings: Luke 17:1-10_. This piece contains four brief
lessons, placed here without introduction, and between which it is
impossible to establish a connection. Olshausen and Meyer have
att...
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VERS. 1 AND 2. _Offences._ “ _Then said He unto the disciples, It is
impossible but that offences (scandals) will come: but woe unto him
through whom they come!_ 2. _It were better for him that a mill...
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(1) Then said he unto the disciples. It is impossible but that
offences will come: but woe unto him through whom they come! (2) It
were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and...
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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...
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_OFFENDERS OF OTHERS_
‘Then said He unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences
will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better
for him that a millstone were hanged abo...
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Grace is the spring of the Christian's walk, and furnishes directions
for it. He cannot with impunity (chapter 17) despise the weak. He must
not be weary of pardoning his brother. If he have faith but...
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IT WERE BETTER FOR HIM THAT A MILLSTONE,....
Matthew 18:6 and
Mark 9:42....
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It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,
and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these
little ones.
Ver. 2. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 18:6 _"_ _See Trapp on...
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IT WERE BETTER FOR HIM THAT A MILLSTONE WERE HANGED ABOUT HIS NECK AND
HE CAST INTO THE SEA THAN THAT HE SHOULD OFFEND ONE OF THESE LITTLE
ONES.
In this chapter we have a number of lessons which were...
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A LESSON ON OFFENSES AND FORGIVENESS.
On offenses:...
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GRACE IN VIEW OF OFFENSES
(vs.1-4)
We have seen the grace of God clearly and beautifully declared, yet
the world rejecting it. The Lord Jesus then spoke to His disciples.
What should be their attitud...
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1-10 It is no abatement of their guilt by whom an offence comes, nor
will it lessen their punishment that offences will come. Faith in
God's pardoning mercy, will enable us to get over the greatest
d...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 17:2...
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Luke 17:2 better G3081 (G5719) him G846 if G1487 millstone G3458 G3684
hung G4029 (G5736) around...
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CAUSING STUMBLINGBLOCKS FOR CHILDREN (17:1-2).
The first warning is against putting causes for stumbling in people's
way, especially in the way of weak disciples and believing children.
Analysis.
a...
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THE DISCIPLES' RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS GOD'S PEOPLE AND THE WARNING NOT
TO GET ABOVE THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WILL ACCOMPLISH
(17:1-10).
Some have spoken here of ‘separate sayings' but there is...
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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...
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PART of the discourse began in chap. Luke 15:4, and addressed to the
disciples (Luke 17:1). Some of the thoughts are found in Matthew 18,
but the latter part of the section is peculiar to Luke....
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Luke 17:2. GAIN. Peculiar to Luke. The reference to the effect of the
behavior of the Pharisees is sustained by the mention of LITTLE ONES....
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IT WERE WELL FOR HIM
(λυσιτελε αυτω). An old word, but only here in the N.T.,
from λυσιτελης and this from λυω, to pay, and τα
τελη, the taxes. So it pays the taxes, it returns expenses, it is
prof...
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Luke 17:1. _Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that
offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!_
Since the fall, we are so constituted that there are sure to be
d...
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Luke 17:1. _Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that
offences will come:_
We are so strangely made that even good men do not always agree, and
there are so many bad men about that t...
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CONTENTS: Instruction in forgiveness. Parable of service. Ten lepers
healed. Second coming of Jesus foretold.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, ten lepers, Pharisees, Noah, Lot, Lot's
wife.
CONCLUSION:...
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Luke 17:1. _It is impossible but that offences will come._ Such as the
disciples had just seen, the contempt and derision evinced by the
pharisees; but woe to the man, and woe to the nation which shal...
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THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE FALL INTO SIN. See notes on Matthew 18:6-7....
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_It is impossible but that offences will come_
WHERE SIN OCCURS, GOD CANNOT WISELY PREVENT IT
The doctrine of this text is that sin, under the government of God,
cannot be prevented.
1. When we say...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 17:2 MILLSTONE. A round stone used for grinding
grain, probably weighing hundreds of pounds, powered by a donkey
walking in circles on a track. ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES. Those who
be...
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CHAPTER 17 VER. 5. _And the Apostles said to the Lord, Increase our
faith._ The Apostles said this, when, from their little faith, they
had been unable to cast out the devil from the lunatic. They the...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 17:1. THEN SAID HE.—Rather, “And he said” (R.V.). The
previous discourse had been addressed to the Pharisees; we have now
detached sayings addressed, probably on various occasion...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 17:1
_The_ _Master_'_s teaching on the subject of the injury worked on the
souls of others by our sins. The disciples pray for an increase of
faith that they may be kept from such sin...
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Now He turns again to His disciples.
Then said he unto his disciples, It is impossible but that offenses
will come (Luke 17:1):
You cannot help if you're living in this world, you're going to have
of...
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1 Corinthians 8:11; 1 Corinthians 8:12; 1 Corinthians 9:15; 1
Corinthians 9:22;...
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It were better [λ υ σ ι τ ε λ ε ι]. Only here in New
Testament. The verb means to pay what is due, and is equivalent to our
phrase, it pays.
Millstone. Compare Matthew 18:6. The correct reading here...
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Little ones — Weak believers....