62.He who, after having put his hand to the plough, shall look back, is unfit for the kingdom of God. We must carefully inquire what this declaration of Christ means. They are said to look back, who become involved in the cares of the world, so as to allow themselves to be withdrawn from the right path; particularly, when they plunge themselves into those employments which disqualify them to follow Christ.
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Verse Luke 9:62. _PUT HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH_] Can any person properly discharge the work of the _ministry_ who is engaged in _secular_ employments? A _farmer_ and a _minister_ of the Gospel are inco...
NO MAN, HAVING PUT HIS HAND ... - To put one’s hand to a plow is a proverbial expression to signify undertaking any business. In order that a plowman may accomplish his work, it is necessary to look o...
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....
ASPIRANTS TO DISCIPLESHIP (Matthew 8:19 *), Lk.'s setting is preferred by some to Mt.'s, and his version of the second case (Luke 9:59 = Matthew 8:21) in which Jesus begins, and the man is not yet a d...
As they were journeying along the road, a man said to Jesus, "I will follow you wherever you go." Jesus said to him, "The foxes have dens; the birds of the air have places to roost; but the Son of Man...
EMISSARIES OF THE KING (Luke 9:1-9)...
NO MAN. no one. Compound of _ou._ App-105. HAND. Plough always held with one hand. LOOKING. App-133....
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...
_No man having put his hand to the plough_ He who would make straight furrows must not look about him (Hesiod, _Works and Days,_11. 60). The light ploughs of the East, easily overturned, require const...
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...
THE THREE ASPIRANTS...
ΟΥ̓ΔΕῚΣ ἘΠΙΒΑΛῺΝ ΤῊΝ ΧΕΙ͂ΡΑ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ ἘΠ' ἌΡΟΤΡΟΝ. He who would make straight furrows must not look about him (Hesiod, _Works and Days_, II. 60). The light ploughs of the East, easily overturned, requir...
Ver 57. And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go. 58. And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have n...
_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...
ΈΠΙΒΑΛΏΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΈΠΙΒΆΛΛΩ (G1911) возлагать, возлагать руку на кого-л. Part, как _subst._ ΆΡΟΤΡΟΝ (G723) _асс. sing._ плуг (ABD, 6:1115-16). ΒΛΈΠΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G991) в...
DISCOURSE: 1511 AGAINST A DISPOSITION TO RELINQUISH THE LORD’S SERVICE Luke 9:62. _Jesus said unto him, No man having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God_. SO...
DISCOURSE: 1510 APPROPRIATE ADDRESSES TO DISTINCT CHARACTERS Luke 9:57. It came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest....
NO MAN, &C.— Hesiod has given it as the character of a good ploughman, that "he keeps his mind intent on his work, that he may make a straight furrow, and does not allow himself to gaze about on his c...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Dedication Demanded Scripture_ Luke 9:57-62 And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Th...
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...
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 8:18....
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...
JESUS IS JOINED BY NEW DISCIPLES. See on Matthew 8:19. 61, 62. Peculiar to Lk....
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....
NO MAN, HAVING PUT HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH... — The image which our Lord used was, as usual, one that went home to the personal experience of His hearers. They were of the peasant class, and they knew...
οὐδεὶς ἐπιβαλὼν, etc.: the necessity of self-concentration inculcated in proverbial language borrowed from agricultural life. Wetstein cites from Hesiod, Ἔργ., ver. 443, the well-known lines: ἰθεῖαν α...
_The third case_, peculiar to Lk., and setting forth a distinct type. ἀκολουθήσω σοι, I will follow Thee, implying that he also has been asked to do so, and that he is ready, but on a condition. ἐπίτρ...
_New disciples_. ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ : the indication of time is not precise. It does not mean, on the way to the other village, mentioned just before (Meyer), but on the way to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51). Grotius t...
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...
Putting his hand to the plough. A proverb and metaphor, to signify that nothing must hinder a man from God's service. (Witham) --- Christ seems here to allude to the call of Eliseus by Elias. The form...
CHAPTER 28 JESUS HOMELESS Matthew 8:1-22, & Luke 9:57-62. “And it came to pass, they journeying on the way, a certain one said to Him, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou mayest go, Lord; and Jesus...
2. _The Three Disciples: Luke 9:57-62_. Two of these short episodes are also connected in Matthew (Matthew 8); but by him they are placed at the time when Jesus is setting out on His excursion into De...
3 _d. Luke 9:61-62_. This third instance belongs only to Luke. It is, as it were, the synthesis of the two others. This man offers himself, like the first; and yet he temporizes like the second. The w...
(57) And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (58) And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of th...
REFLECTIONS Think, my soul, of the vast honour, the high privilege, the distinguished dignity of the apostles of thy God and Savior! Sent forth, as his ambassadors, to call his redeemed Israel to the...
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...
_LESSONS FROM THE PLOUGH_ ‘And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.’ Luke 9:62 The point of view from which the Lord rega...
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...
AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM,.... The copulative "and", is left out in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions: NO MAN HAVING PUT HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH; or "ploughshare", as reads the Syri...
Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at h...
_And it came to pass as they went in the way_ This and the following seem to be the same occurrences with those mentioned by Matthew, which took place as Christ was in the neighbourhood of Capernaum,...
HAVING PUT HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH, AND LOOKING BACK; the husbandman who puts his hands to the plough must keep them, and his eyes too, fixed upon it. If he looks back, as for example to converse with...
AND JESUS-SAID UNTO HIM, NO MAN, HAVING PUT HIS HAND TO THE PLOW, AND LOOKING BACK, IS FIT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. See Matthew 8:19. All three incidents teach the same lesson: True discipleship of Chr...
TRUE DISCIPLESHIP OF CHRIST....
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...
57-62 Here is one that is forward to follow Christ, but seems to have been hasty and rash, and not to have counted the cost. If we mean to follow Christ, we must lay aside the thoughts of great thing...
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Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII "For he that loveth father or mother more than Me," the Father and Teacher of the truth, who regenerates and creates anew, and nourishes the elect soul, "is not...
Luke 9:62 But G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 him G846 one G3762 put G1911 ...
THREE DISCIPLES ARE CHALLENGED WITH FOLLOWING JESUS (9:57-62). The Lord's prayer in Luke 11:1 commences with, ‘Hallowed be Your Name' (by the bringing about of Your will in purifying Your people - Eze...
‘But Jesus said to him, “No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the Kingly Rule of God.” ' Jesus' reply reflects the fact that Elisha had been a ploughman when Elijah...
Luke 9:62. NO MAN, HAVING PUT HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH, etc. The figure is easily understood, especially when we remember that the plough used in the East was easily overturned. Such labor, with divided...
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...
HAVING PUT HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH (επιβαλων την χειρα επ' αροτρον). Second aorist active participle of επιβαλλω, an old and common verb, to place upon. Note repetition of preposition επ before αροτρ...
Luke 9:57. _And it came to pass, that, as they went in, the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest._ He was a volunteer; but his zeal was too hot to hold...
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...
A CERTAIN MAN SAID TO JESUS. This must have happened many times. See notes on Matthew 8:18-22. Matthew identifies this man as a teacher of the Law. I WILL FOLLOW YOU. That is, become a disciple and tr...
_Lord, I will follow Thee_ FARING WHOLLY WITH CHRIST We have here, in connection, the story of three inquirers who came in turn to Christ. I. THE PROVIDENTIAL CONDITIONS OF THE NEW LIFE ARE ABSOLUT...
_Looking back--_ DANGER OF RELIGIOUS INDECISION 1_._ This man wished to follow Christ, but there was something of more urgent necessity that must first be attended to. What folly, to put off attent...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 9:62 Anyone who PUTS HIS HAND TO THE PLOW has to keep looking forward to guide the plow. If he LOOKS BACK, the plow will quickly veer off course....
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
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...
_And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God_, or, to carry on the metaphor, is fit to work in the vineyard of God. For as the p...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 9:57. IN THE WAY.—Perhaps to the other village. It may be, however, that this is an indefinite form of expression, owing to the fact that St. Luke here departs from chronological...
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...
2 Peter 2:20; 2 Timothy 4:10; Acts 15:37; Acts 15:38; Hebrews 10:38;
Put his hand to [ε π ι β α λ ω ν ε π ι]. Lit., having laid his hand upon. Back [ε ι ς τ α ο π ι σ ω]. Lit., to things behind. "The figure is that of a man who, while engaged in labor, instead of keep...
Is fit for the kingdom of God — Either to propagate or to receive it....