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Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

Luke 10:23

Luke 10:23. Privately. Observe ‘here the gradual narrowing of the circle to which our Lord addresses Himself' (Alford). See notes on the similar saying in Matthew 13:16-17. The occasion and connection are different there, but just such a beatitude would be likely to be repeated at important points in the training of the disciples.

Luke 10:24. And kings. Peculiar to Luke. Such persons as David, Solomon, and Hezekiah, some of whom were both prophets and kings. Comp. Genesis 49:18, and the last words of David, a royal prophecy of Christ, 2 Samuel 23:1-5, especially the close: ‘For this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although He make it not to grow.' The blessing was not in what the disciples obtained, but in what they saw. The true knowledge of God the Father, and of Jesus Christ His Son, was the pledge of all other blessings.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Luke 10:23. _BLESSED ARE THE EYES WHICH SEE THE THINGS THAT YE SEE_] There is a similar saying to this among the rabbins, in _Sohar._ _Genes_., where it is said, "Blessed is that generation whic...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See the notes at Matthew 13:16....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 10 _ 1. The Seventy Appointed. (Luke 10:1)_ 2. The Return of the Seventy and the True Rejoicing. (Luke 10:17) 3. Jesus Rejoiced in Spirit. (Luke 10:21) 4. The Question of the Lawyer. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS AND HIS MISSION (Matthew 11:25 *, Matthew 13:16 f.*). The passage agrees very closely with Mt., but Lk. traces the joy and the utterance to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and his context fo...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    LABOURERS FOR THE HARVEST (Luke 10:1-16)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit. "I thank you, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, he said, "that you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and that you have revealed them t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BLESSED. Happy. Figure of speech _Beatitude,_ not _Benedictio_ THE EYES. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche, of_ the Part (App-6), for the whole person. SEE. Greek. _blepo._ App-133....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Blessed are the eyes_ Comp. Matthew 13:16....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Luke 10:1-24. THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΜΑΚΆΡΙΟΙ ΟἹ ὈΦΘΑΛΜΟΊ. Comp. Matthew 13:16....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    VER 23. AND HE TURNED HIM TO HIS DISCIPLES, AND SAID PRIVATELY, BLESSED ARE THE EYES WHICH SEE THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE: 24. FOR I TELL YOU, THAT MANY PROPHETS AND KINGS HAVE DESIRED TO SEE THOSE THING...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JESUS THANKED THE FATHER -- LUKE 10:21-24:_ Jesus was thankful that His message had touched the hearts of ordinary people. It seemed to be a hidden message to the wise and educated people. Jesus was...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REVELATION TO BABES (Matthew 11:25). See on Mt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The exultation of Jesus_ (Matthew 11:25-27). The setting in Mt. gives to this great devotional utterance of Jesus a tone of resignation in connection with the apparent failure of His ministry. Here,...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE SOURCES OF DEEPEST JOY Luke 10:17-24 How triumphant the return of the evangelist! With faces flushed with pride and hearts high with elation, they returned to the Master with their reports. What...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The mission of the seventy is recorded only by Luke. They went forth, sent by Jesus. They returned glad in the victories they had wrought in His name. He received them, and declared to them the whole...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    CHAPTER 6. REPORT OF THE SEVENTY EVANGELISTS Luke 10:17-24. When our Savior was at Capernaum, in Galilee, about September first, He called these Seventy, and sent them out two by two, thus constituti...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    2 _d. The Return: Luke 10:17-24_. Jesus had appointed a rendezvous for His disciples at a fixed place. From the word ὑπέστρεψαν, _they returned_ (Luke 10:17), it would even appear that the place was t...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    VERS. 23 AND 24. “ _And He turned Him unto His disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:_ 24 _For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to s...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    _The Joy of Jesus._ We reach a point in the life of the Saviour, the exceptional character of which is expressly indicated by the first words of the narrative, _in that same hour._ Jesus has traced to...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    3. _The Sending of the Seventy. Disciples: Luke 10:1-24_. Though Jesus proceeded slowly from city to city, and from village to village, He had but little time to devote to each place. It was therefore...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (23) And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: (24) For I tell you, That many prophets and kings have desired to see those things...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _PRIVILEGES AND RESPONSIBILITY_ ‘Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The mission of the seventy follows in chapter 10, a mission important in its character for the development of the ways of God. This character is, in fact, different in some respects from that of the b...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE TURNED HIM UNTO HIS DISCIPLES,.... Both to the twelve apostles, and seventy disciples; AND SAID PRIVATELY; or to them apart: the phrase "privately" is wanting in the Vulgate Latin version: BL...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _In that hour Jesus rejoiced_ On this occasion Jesus, meditating on the unspeakable wisdom and goodness of the divine dispensations to mankind, felt extraordinary emotions of joy. _And said, I thank t...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Things seen by the disciples. Matthew 13:16-17....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND HE TURNED HIM UNTO HIS DISCIPLES, AND SAID PRIVATELY, BLESSED ARE THE EYES WHICH SEE THE THINGS THAT YE SEE....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE GOOD SAMARITAN. The blessedness of Christ's disciples:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    17-24 All our victories over Satan, are obtained by power derived from Jesus Christ, and he must have all the praise. But let us beware of spiritual pride, which has been the destruction of many. Our...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Ver. 23,24. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 13:16", and SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 13:17"....

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV If you look also into the next words, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things which ye see, for I tell you that prophets have not seen the things which ye see,"...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 10:23 Then G2532 turned G4762 (G5651) to G4314 disciples G3101 said G2036 (G5627) privately G2398...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,” ' Recognising this He turns to His disciples from His exalted state in the Spirit and says p...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS REJOICES OVER THE FACT THAT HIS FATHER HAS REVEALED THE SPIRITUAL TRUTH OF WHO HE IS TO HIS DISCIPLES (10:21-24). As a result of His disciples' victory over the forces of Satan through the autho...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    TURNING TO THE DISCIPLES (στραφεις προς τους μαθητας). Second aorist passive of στρεφω as in Luke 9:55. The prayer was a soliloquy though uttered in the presence of the Seventy on their return. Now...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Luke 10:23 The Sights and Sounds of Christendom. I. Our Lord's words suggest the solemnity, the blessedness, of living at a great epoch in human affairs. II. They also suggest a characteristic of Hi...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The 70 sent out. Jesus denounces Judgment on cities. Parable of the good Samaritan. Martha and Mary entertain Jesus. CHARACTERS: Jesus, 70 witnesses, Satan, lawyer, Martha, Mary. CONCLUSION...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Luke 10:1. _The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two._ This was after the twelve had returned, and brought reports of the eager cries of the people for the word of life. Some o...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    23-24. How FORTUNATE YOU ARE. See notes on Matthew 13:16-17. He probably said this more than once....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see_ THE GOSPEL PRIVILEGES I. THE THINGS HERE SPOKEN OF. The blessings of Christ’s revelation. II. TO WHOM THEY WERE DEVISED. Not only to the grea...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 10 VER. 1. _After these things the Lord also._ Seventy-two. Vulgate. Dorotheus and others profess to give their names, but Eusebius declares that he knew of no written list of these seventy di...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 10:17. RETURNED.—The mission may not have occupied more than a few days: probably a time and place of rendezvous had been appointed. EVEN THE DEVILS.—Their success had exceeded...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LUKE 10:1 _The mission of the seventy. The Lord_'_s words to them of instruction and direction and warning._ LUKE 10:1 AFTER THESE THINGS THE LORD APPOINTED OTHER SEVENTY ALSO. That is...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter 10, we read of this commissioning in the sending forth of the seventy, in the contrast to the twelve of chapter 9. After these things (Luke 10:1) Now He is on His way towards Jerusale...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Matthew 13:16; Matthew 13:17...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Matthew 13:16....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Are those who see blessed, or those who do not see? PROBLEM: Here Jesus tells His disciples: “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see.” However, later He said to them, “Blessed are those wh...

  • William Burkitt's Expository Notes

    From the very first giving out of the promise of Christ to Adam after the fall, Genesis 3:15 There was in all good men. longing desire and expectation to see that person who should be so great. blessi...

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