6. _The Two Parables on the use of Earthly Goods:_ chap. 16 Those two remarkable passages are peculiar to Luke, though taken, according to Holtzmann, from the common source Λ from which Matthew also borrows. For what reason, on this hypothesis, has the latter omitted them? The second espeally (Luke... [ Continue Reading ]
And first the parable: Luke 16:1-9. In this portraiture, as in some others, Jesus does not scruple to use the example of the wicked for the purpose of stimulating His disciples. And in fact, in the midst of conduct morally blamable, the wicked often display remarkable qualities of activity, prudenc... [ Continue Reading ]
1 _st. Luke 16:1-13_. _The Unjust Steward._ Is there a connection between this lesson on riches and the preceding? The formula ἔλεγε δὲ καί, _and He said also_ (Luke 16:1), seems to indicate that there is. Olshausen supposes that _the disciples_ (Luke 16:1) to whom the parable is addressed are publi... [ Continue Reading ]
This piece contains: 1 _st._ The parable of the unjust steward, with accompanying reflections (Luke 16:1-13); 2 _d._ Reflections forming an introduction to the parable of the wicked rich man, and the parable itself (Luke 16:14-31). Those two portraits are evidently the counterparts of one another. T... [ Continue Reading ]
“ _He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much._ 11. _If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust that which is true?_ 12. _And if ye have not been faithful in tha... [ Continue Reading ]
VERS. 14 AND 15. “ _The Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things; and they derided Him._ 15. _And He said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God._ ” The l... [ Continue Reading ]
2 _d. Luke 16:14-31_. _The Wicked Rich Man._ The introduction (Luke 16:14-18) is composed of a series of sayings which at first sight appear to have no connection with one another. Holtzmann thinks that Luke collects here at random sayings scattered throughout the _Logia_, for which till now he had... [ Continue Reading ]
“ _The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it._ 17. _But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than for one tittle of the law to fail._ 18. _Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery:... [ Continue Reading ]
The terrestrial scene, Luke 16:19-22. It embraces four portraitures which, taken two and two, form counterparts of one another: the life of the rich man, Luke 16:19, and that of the poor man, Luke 16:20-21; then the death of the former, Luke 16:22 a, and that of the latter, Luke 16:22 b. The descrip... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Parable of the Wicked Rich Man._ It is composed of two principal scenes, which correspond so exactly with one another, that in their correspondence we must seek the very idea of the parable; these are, the scene on the earth (Luke 16:19-22), and that in Hades (Luke 16:23-31).... [ Continue Reading ]
After the short sleep of death, what an awakening! The idea of suffering does not lie in the words ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ, which our versions render by: _in hell. Scheol_ (Heb.), _Hades_ (Gr.), the _Inferi_ or _infernal regions_ (Lat.), simply denote the abode of the dead, without distinguishing the different co... [ Continue Reading ]
The scene from beyond the tomb, Luke 16:23-31, offers a contrast exactly corresponding to the terrestrial scene. We do not attempt to distinguish in the representation what should be taken in a figurative sense and what strictly. The realities of the spiritual world can only be expressed by figures;... [ Continue Reading ]
_The second Conversation._ The rich man acquiesces so far as his own person is concerned. But he intercedes for his brethren still in life. And again it is Lazarus who must busy himself on their behalf! What is the thought contained in this conclusion? Starting from the standpoint that the idea of... [ Continue Reading ]