Luke 17:8. Will not rather? This assumes an affirmative answer.
Make ready, etc. As a matter of right this was all that could be expected. But compare chap. Luke 12:37, where the very reverse is promised. There the privileges of a state of grace are spoken of;. here our Lord is telling of what could be expected on the ground of merit.
I MAY SUP - Make ready my supper. GIRD THYSELF - See the notes at Luke 12:37....
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)...
AND WILL NOT RATHER. But will he not (App-105). TILL. while. I HAVE, &c.. I eat and drink. AFTERWARD. after (Greek. _meta._ App-104.) these things....
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...
ἙΤΟΊΜΑΣΟΝ ΤΊ ΔΕΙΠΝΉΣΩ. Here the τί becomes equivalent to a relative, _para quod comedam_. Comp. Matthew 10:19, δοθήσεται ὑμῖν … τί λαλήσετε, _quod dicatis_. Winer, p. 210. ἝΩΣ ΦΆΓΩ. ‘_Till I have eat...
THE POWER OF FAITH. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF WORKS...
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...
Ver 7. But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? 8. And will not rather say to him, Make ready w...
ΟΎΧΊ (G3780) усиленный вариант ού, используется в вопросе, на который ожидается ответ "да" ΈΤΟΊΜΑΣΟΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΈΤΟΙΜΆΖΩ (G2090) готовить. _Aor. imper._ призывает к специфическому действию...
GIRD THYSELF,— Servants at that time used to be _girded_ while waiting on their masters. See chap. Luke 12:37....
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...
And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? AND WILL NOT RATHER SAY UNT...
1 The Lord is through with the unbelievers and now addresses His own disciples. He anticipates the fact that, even among themselves, there would be much to cause them to stumble and fall. He seeks to...
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...
THAT WORKS DO NOT JUSTIFY. 'Our Lord having exhorted His disciples to good works, now proceeds to rebuke the vainglory which so often accompanies them, showing that as a master is under no obligation...
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....
GIRD THYSELF, AND SERVE ME. — Better, _minister to me._ The words receive a fresh significance if we connect them with Luke 12:37, of which they are, as it were, the complement. There the Master promi...
ἀλλʼ οὐχὶ : ἀλλὰ implies the negation of the previous supposition. ἕως φάγω, etc., “till I have eaten,” etc., A.V [134]; or, _while_ I eat and drink. [134] Authorised Version....
_The parable of extra service_, in Luke only. For this name and the view of the parable implied in it see my _Parabolic Teaching of Christ_. It is there placed among the theoretic parables as teaching...
“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...
THE HERESY OF SUPEREROGATION Luke 17:7-10. “And which one of you having a servant, plowing or herding stock, who will say to him, having returned from the field, having come in immediately, Sit down t...
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...
_The Non-meritoriousness of Works._ “ _But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?_ 8. _And will...
(7) But which of you, having a servant plowing, or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go, and sit down to meat? (8) And will not rather say unto him, Make r...
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...
AND WILL NOT RATHER SAY TO HIM,.... Or, "will he not say to him?" it is very likely, it is more agreeable to the language of a master, and the condition of a servant, that he should say to him, MAKE...
And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? Ver. 8. _Gird thyself and serv...
_But which of you_, &c. But while you endeavour to live in the exercise of this noble grace of faith, and in a series of such services as are the proper fruits of it, be careful, in the midst of all,...
These verses inculcate the duty of obedience, patience, and humility; that after all the disciples had done or would do, their reward must be of grace, not of debt....
No merit in works:...
AND WILL NOT RATHER SAY UNTO HIM, MAKE READY WHEREWITH I MAY SUP, AND GIRD THYSELF, AND SERVE ME, TILL I HAVE EATEN AND DRUNKEN, AND AFTERWARD THOU SHALT EAT AND DRINK?...
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...
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Luke 17:8 But G235 not G3780 say G2046 (G5692) him G846 Prepare G2090 (G5657) something G5101 supper...
“And will not rather say to him, ‘Make ready that on which I may sup, and gird yourself, and serve me, until I have eaten and drunk, and afterwards you will eat and drink?' ” Will the master not rathe...
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...
AND WILL NOT RATHER SAY (αλλ' ουκ ερε).BUT WILL NOT SAY? Ουκ in a question expects the affirmative answer.GIRD THYSELF (περιζωσαμενος). Direct middle first aorist participle of περιζωννυμ, to g...
Luke 17:8 We want some method of investigating spiritual ideas which will give us enough of results to satisfy the intellect, not fully, but sufficiently to permit the spirit to go on in its course w...
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...
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...
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...
SUPPOSE ONE OF YOU HAS A SERVANT. This parable is based on the custom of having the same servant work in the fields and in the house. The servant expected to serve his master _first,_ and himself _las...
_But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle_ THE PLOUGHING SERVANT The one thing on which our Lord wishes to concentrate our attention is not the spirit in which God deals with His...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 17:7 The question of v. Luke 17:9 (DOES HE THANK THE SERVANT?) implies an answer of no. WE ARE UNWORTHY SERVANTS. Christians
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 17:7. A SERVANT.—_I.e._, a slave. FEEDING CATTLE.—Rather, “keeping sheep” (R.V.). BY AND BY.—_I.e._, straightway, immediately. The phrase is to be connected with the words spoke...
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...
2 Samuel 12:20; Genesis 43:16; Luke 12:37...