Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Luke 17:1-2
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.
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.
CHAPTER XVII. _Christ teaches the necessity of avoiding offences_, 1, 2. _How to treat an offending brother_, 3, 4. _The efficacy of faith_, 5, 6. _No man by his services or obedience can profit h...
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...
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...
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...
LAWS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Luke 17:1-10)...
THEN SAID HE, &c. verses: Luke 17:1 contain matter which had been spoken by the Lord on. former occasion (Matthew 18:6; Matthew 18:7; Mark 9:42) and repeate
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...
Luke 17:1-4. The Peril of causing Men to Stumble. 1. _It is impossible_ i.e. in the present condition of the world it is morally impossible. _offences_ See on Luke 7:23. While the world remains what...
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...
ΤΟΥ͂ ΤᾺ ΣΚΆΝΔΑΛΑ ΜῊ ἘΛΘΕΙ͂Ν. אBLX. 1. ἈΝΈΝΔΕΚΤΌΝ ἘΣΤΙΝ. In the present condition of the world it is morally impossible. The οὐχ ἐνδέχεται of the Rec[306] is a more common phrase. The nearest approach...
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...
ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. Об обороте ΕΊΠΕΝ ΠΡΌΣ _см._ Fitzmyer, 116. ΆΝΈΝΔΕΚΤΟΣ (G4195) невозможный, от гл., который значит: "допускать"; еледовательно, "недопустимый" "непозво...
THEN SAID HE UNTO THE DISCIPLES,— Having been derided by the Pharisees as a visionary, and insulted on account of his doctrine concerning the pernicious influence of the love of money, our Lord took o...
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...
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! Whether this was delivered in continuation of what is recorded in the preced...
17:1 offences (d-12) _ Skandalon_ . It means the part of a fall-trap that makes the trap fall when touched. see Note, Matthew 13:57 ....
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...
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....
XVII. (1) IT IS IMPOSSIBLE BUT THAT OFFENCES WILL COME. — In this instance, the absence of any apparent connection might, perhaps, justify us in looking on the two precepts as having been noted by St....
_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...
“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...
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...
Then said he unto the disciples, (1) It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe [unto him], through whom they come! (1) The Church is of necessity subject to offences, but the Lord will no...
The world being corrupted as it is, and the spread of evil so wide, it is impossible that scandals should not come. (Bible de Vence) --- _It is impossible, morally speaking, with regard to the malice...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
CONTENTS Some very blessed Discourses of Christ are contained in this Chapter. The History of the Ten Lepers. Some of Christ's Prophecies....
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...
_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...
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...
THEN SAID HE UNTO HIS DISCIPLES,.... In the Alexandrian copy, and in "three" of Beza's exemplars it is read, "his disciples"; and so read the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; that is, Jes...
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe _unto him_, through whom they come! Ver. 1. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 18:6 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Mat 18:7 _"_...
_Then said he unto the disciples_ Our Lord, about this time, thought proper to repeat to the people, who then attended on his ministry, and were desirous of being instructed by him, several particular...
IMPOSSIBLE; such is the wickedness of men, that they will commit sin, and tempt others to sin. Matthew 28:6-7; MARK 9:41-42. Men may be so wicked as to make it certain that they will commit great sins...
A LESSON ON OFFENSES AND FORGIVENESS. On offenses:...
THEN SAID HE UNTO THE DISCIPLES, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE BUT THAT OFFENSES WILL COME; BUT WOE UNTO HIM THROUGH WHOM THEY COME!...
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...
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...
OLBGrk;OLBHeb; LUKE CHAPTER 17 LUKE 17:1,2 Christ teacheth to avoid giving occasions of offence, LUKE 17:3,4 and to forgive one another. LUKE 17:5 The power of faith, and defect of merit toward God in...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV Then, turning to His disciples, He says: "Woe unto him through whom offences come! It were better for him if he had not been born, or if a millstone were hanged abo...
Luke 17:1 Then G1161 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 disciples G3101 is G2076 (G5748) impossible G418 that...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Luke 17:1. TO HIS DISCIPLES. All the followers of our Lord who were present; since Luke 17:5 mentions ‘the Apostles.' IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, etc. See on Matthew 18:6-7. The connection is plain: the Pharis...
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE (ανενδεκτον εστιν). See ουκ ενδεχετα in Luke 13:33. Alpha privative (αν-) and ενδεκτος, verbal adjective, from ενδεχομα. The word occurs only in late Greek and only here in the N.T...
Luke 17:1 I. We understand from such a sentence as this, what a true, calm judgment of life the New Testament furnishes. It tells us the worst; it does not gloss things over. Its writers and teachers...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE FALL INTO SIN. See notes on Matthew 18:6-7....
_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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 11:19; 1 Corinthians 8:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:10;...
Impossible [α ν ε ν δ ε κ τ ο ν]. Inadmissable. Only here in New Testament. See on it cannot be, ch. 13 33. Offenses. See on offend, Matthew 5:29; and compare on Matthew 16:23....
It is impossible but offences will come — And they ever did and do come chiefly by Pharisees, that is, men who trust in themselves that they are righteous, and despise others. Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42....
Two things are here observable, 1. The necessity of scandalous offences: IT MUST NEEDS BE THAT OFFENCES COME, if we consider men's corruptions, Satan's malice, God's permission and just judgment. Obs...