3 _d. Luke 18:1-8_. _The Widow and the Unjust Judge._ This parable is peculiar to Luke. The formula ἔλεγε δὲ καί, “Furthermore, hear this also,” announces it as the conclusion of the whole discourse Luke 17:20 et seq. Weizsäcker (p. 139) and Holtzmann (p. 132) think that the introduction, Luke 18:1... [ Continue Reading ]
3. _The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican: Luke 18:9-14_. VERS. 9-14. This parable is peculiar to Luke. Who are those τινές, _certain_, to whom it is addressed? They cannot be Pharisees. Luke would have named them, as at Luke 16:14; and Jesus would not have presented to them as an example, in... [ Continue Reading ]
4. _The Children brought to Jesus: Luke 18:15-17_. VERS. 15-17. It is here that Luke's narrative rejoins Matthew's (Matthew 19:14) and Mark's (Mark 10:13), after having diverged from them at Luke 9:51. Jesus is in Peraea. Of his sojourn in this province Matthew and Mark have as yet related only one... [ Continue Reading ]
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 calls him a _young man_ (Luke 18:20). His arrival is given with dramatic effect by Mark: _He came run... [ Continue Reading ]
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 between them a real chronological succession. Three parts: 1 _st._ The conversation with the young... [ Continue Reading ]
2 _d. Luke 18:24-27_. _The Conversation regarding the Rich Man._ It is not the fact of proprietorship which hinders the soul from taking its flight to spiritual blessings; it is the feeling of security which it inspires. So, in Mark, Jesus says, in explanation of His first declaration: “How hard is... [ Continue Reading ]
3 _d. Luke 18:28-30_. _The Conversation regarding the Disciples._ There had been a day in the life of the disciples when a similar alternative had been put before them; they had resolved it in a different way. What was to accrue to them from the course which they had taken? Peter asks the question i... [ Continue Reading ]
6. _The Third Announcement of the Passion: Luke 18:31-34_. VERS. 31-34. Twice already Jesus had announced to His disciples His approaching sufferings (Luke 9:18 et seq., 43 et seq.); yet, as proved by the request of the two sons of Zebedee (Matthew 20:20; Mark 10:35), their hopes constantly turned t... [ Continue Reading ]
7. _The Healing of Bartimeus: Luke 18:35-43_. John's very exact narrative serves to complete the synoptical account. The sojourn of Jesus in Peraea was interrupted by the call which led Jesus to Bethany to the help of Lazarus (John 11). Thence He proceeds to Ephraim, on the Samaritan side, where He... [ Continue Reading ]