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CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The Unjust Judge and the Avenging of His Elect. (Luke 18:1)_ 2. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. (Luke 18:9) 3. The Little Children and the Required Lowliness. (Luke 18...
THE GREAT REFUSAL AND THE OBSTACLE OF RICHES (Mark 10:17 *, Matthew 19:16 *). Lk. describes the inquirer as a ruler (probably of the local synagogue), and unlike Mt. keeps Mk.'s words in Luke 18:18 f....
UNWEARIED IN PRAYER (Luke 18:1-8)...
A ruler asked Jesus, "Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? There is none good except one God. You know the commandments--do not commit a...
YET LACKEST, &c.. Still one thing is lacking to thee. THAT. whatsoever. THE POOR. App-127. See note on John 12:8. HEAVEN. No Art. Singular. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. COME. com
_when Jesus heard these things_ St Mark says that -looking on him, he loved him," or rather, -was pleased with him." Some have rendered the words -He kissed him," since Rabbis in token of approval som...
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...
ἈΚΟΎΣΑΣ. St Mark says that ‘looking on him, He loved him,’ or rather ‘was pleased with him.’ Some have rendered the words ‘He kissed him,’ since Rabbis in token of approval sometimes kissed a good sch...
THE GREAT REFUSAL. THE YOUNG RULER WHO LOVED RICHES MORE THAN CHRIST...
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...
par Ver 18. And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19. And Jesus said to him, Why call you me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. 20. You...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Luke 18:6. ΛΕΊΠΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΕΊΠΩ (G3007) недоставать, ΠΏΛΗΣΟΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΠΩΛΈΩ (G4452) продавать. _Aor._ imp призывает к решительному и...
YET LACKEST THOU ONE THING:— Namely, to love God more than mammon. Our Saviour knew his heart, and presently put him upon a trial, which laid it open to the ruler himself; and to cure his love of the...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Parsimonious (Luke 18:18-30) 18 And a ruler asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? No one is...
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me....
15-11 Compare Mat_19:13-15; Mar_10:13-16; Mat_18:3. 15 It was customary for rabbis and great teachers to invoke a blessing on those who desired it, especially on children who were not mature enough to...
THE UNJUST JUDGE. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. THE RICH RULER 1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk). There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the Second Advent leads Christ to...
THE RICH YOUNG RULER. THE REWARD OF THOSE WHO FORSAKE ALL (Matthew 19:16; Mark 10:17). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 18 TWO *PARABLES ABOUT PRAYER 18:1-14 1 THE WIDOW AND THE JUDGE 18:1-8 V1 Jesus told his *disciples a *parable. It showed that they should continue...
YET LACKEST THOU ONE THING. — It may be noted that the words almost imply the previous question, which has just been referred to. AND COME, FOLLOW ME. — St. Luke, with St. Matthew, omits the “taking...
(18-23) AND A CERTAIN RULER ASKED HIM,... — See Notes on Matthew 19:16; Mark 10:17. St. Luke alone describes the inquirer as a “ruler.” As used without any defining genitive, and interpreted by Luke 2...
CHAPTER 22 THE ETHICS OF THE GOSPEL. WHATEVER of truth there may be in the charge of "other-worldliness," as brought against the modern exponents of Christianity, such a charge could not even be whis...
_The young ruler_ (Matthew 19:16-22; Mark 10:17-22). From a didactic point of view this narrative is closely connected with the two preceding. The three set forth conditions of entrance into the Kingd...
SOME SYNOPTICAL INCIDENTS OF THE LATER TIME. Lk., who has for some time followed his own way, now joins the company of his brother evangelists. The section following is skilfully connected with what g...
THE ONE THING NEEDFUL Luke 18:18-30 The young ruler was a man of irreproachable character. He might have said of himself all that the Apostle Paul says in Philippians 3:4, _etc_. But he was restless...
Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of need....
THE RICH YOUNG MAN Matthew 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30. Mark: “And He, traveling along the road, one running and kneeling clown asked Him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit e...
5. _The Rich Young Man: Luke 18:18-30_. In the three Syn. this piece immediately follows the preceding (Matthew 19:16; Mark 10:17). Oral tradition had connected the two, perhaps because there existed...
1 _st. Luke 18:18-23_. _The Rich Young Man._ Luke gives this man the title ἄρχων, _chief_, which probably signifies here, president of the synagogue. Matthew and Mark simply say εἷς. Later, Matthew ca...
(18) And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (19) And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is God. (20) Thou...
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...
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...
NOW WHEN JESUS HEARD THESE THINGS,.... That he had kept all these commandments, and that ever since he was a child, and to that very time: HE SAID UNTO HIM, YET LACKEST THOU ONE THING; not but that h...
Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. Ve...
_And a certain ruler_ The following account is given us both by Matthew and Mark; from whom we learn, that he was a young man, and very rich: but only Luke informs us that he was _a ruler_, or magistr...
Children brought to Christ; the rich ruler. Matthew 19:13-30....
Christ, in his providence, tries the hearts of men, and gives them opportunity to see themselves, and to manifest to others whether they love him supremely. If they do and show this by giving up whate...
DENYING ALL FOR CHRIST'S SAKE. The rich young ruler:...
NOW WHEN JESUS HEARD THESE THINGS, HE SAID UNTO HIM, YET LACKEST THOU ONE THING: SELL ALL THAT THOU HAST, AND DISTRIBUTE UNTO THE POOR, AND THOU SHALT HAVE TREASURE IN HEAVEN; AND COME, FOLLOW ME....
GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER (vs.1-8) This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in the believer...
18-30 Many have a great deal in them very commendable, yet perish for lack of some one thing; so this ruler could not bear Christ's terms, which would part between him and his estate. Many who are lo...
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Tertullian On Idolatry "My work was my subsistence." Nay, but "all things are to be sold, and divided to the needy."[82]...
Luke 18:22 So G1161 Jesus G2424 heard G191 (G5660) things G5023 said G2036 (G5627) him G846 You...
‘And when Jesus heard it, he said to him, “One thing you yet lack, sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.” ' To Jesus the rul...
THE WEALTHY YOUNG RULER AND THE USE OF POSSESSIONS (18:18-30). Following on the delightful response of these children we have a classic example of one who was not ready to receive the Kingly Rule of...
FROM this point on, Luke's account is strictly parallel with those of Matthew and Mark. He does not, however, mention the locality (Perea). We group the rest of the chapter together, as the events suc...
ONE THING THOU LACKEST YET (ετ εν σο λειπε). Literally, one thing still fails thee or is wanting to thee. An old verb with the dative of personal interest. Mark 10:21 has here υστερε σε, which see....
Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;_ Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or weary, even if their pra...
CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of Pharisee and publican. Little children blessed. Rich young ruler. Death and resurrection foretold. Blind man healed near Jericho. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Luke 18:1. _Men ought always to pray, and not to faint._ We have continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord alwa...
A JEWISH LEADER ASKED JESUS. See notes on Matthew 19:16-30. He was probably leader of a synagogue (see note on Luke 13:14)....
_Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?_ THE RICH YOUTH’S ADDRESS TO CHRIST I. THE FAVOURABLE TRAITS OF CHARACTER EXHIBITED IN THE QUESTION PROPOSED BY THIS YOUNG MAN. 1. The questio...
JESUS SPEAKS TO THE RICH YOUNG MAN MATTHEW 19:16-30; MARK 10:17-31; LUKE 18:18-30; MATTHEW 19:16 And, behold, one came and
CHAPTER 18 VER. 1. _He spake a parable unto them to the end that._ Christ had said, at the end of the last chapter, that the Apostles and the faithful should suffer persecutions, in which they should...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 18:15. ALSO INFANTS.—Rather, “their babes” (R.V.). In Matthew and Mark we read “little children.” TOUCH THEM.—Matthew has “that He should put His hands on them and pray.” Luke 1...
EXPOSITION LUKE 18:1 _The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer_—_the importunate widow, and the Pharisee and publican._ LUKE 18:1 AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT ALW...
Shall we turn tonight to Luke, chapter 18. Luke tells us that Jesus now spoke a parable to them to this end (Luke 18:1), In other words, the purpose of the parable was to encourage people to pray an...
1 Timothy 6:18; 1 Timothy 6:19; 2 Peter 3:8; Acts 2:44; Acts 2:45;...
Yet lackest thou one thing [ε τ ι ε ν σ ο ι λ ε ι π ε ι]. Lit., still one thing is lacking to thee. Mark alone adds that Jesus, looking upon him, loved him. Come [δ ε υ ρ ο]. Lit., hither....
Yet lackest thou one thing — Namely, to love God more than mammon. Our Saviour knew his heart, and presently put him upon a trial which laid it open to the ruler himself. And to cure his love of the w...
(CF. MARK 10:17-31; LUKE 18:18-30)— If Jesus was God, why did He seem to rebuke the rich young ruler for calling Him good? PROBLEM: The rich young ruler called Jesus “Good Teacher,” and Jesus rebuked...
Here observe, 1. Our Lord's admonition, YET LACKEST THOU ONE THING, which was true self-denial, in renouncing the sin of covetousness, and the inordinate love of worldly wealth. We ought, in the midst...