Passing over the incident of the barren fig tree (Monday evening and Tuesday morning, on the way to and from Bethany) related by Matthew and Mark, Luke gives a sketch of the various assaults made upon our Lord in the temple. His account is not so full as that of the other two Evangelists. In common... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:1-8. OUR LORD QUESTIONED AS TO HIS AUTHORITY. See on Matthew 21:23-27; Mark 11:27-33. ON ONE OF THE DAYS. On Tuesday morning, as we think. PREACHING THE GOSPEL, or ‘good tidings.' Peculiar to Luke. CAME UPON HIM. This suggests the formality and ‘solemnity of the proceeding, since all t... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:9. BEGAN. After the discomfiture of the priests, scribes, and elders. TO THE PEOPLE, but ‘against' (Luke 20:19) His assailants, who were undoubtedly present. Hence there is no disagreement with the other accounts. The description of the VINEYARD is not so full here, but FOR A LONG TIME is... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:9-19. THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED HUSBANDMEN. See on Matthew 21:33-46; Mark 12:1-12.... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:10-13. Luke's sketch of the treatment the servants received is not so varied as those of Matthew and Mark. WHAT SHALL I DO? Peculiar to Luke. MAY BE expresses an expectation.... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:16. AND WHEN THEY HEARD IT, THEY SAID. Who spoke? Some of the crowd, we think, since as yet Luke has not introduced the chief priests in this connection. GOD FORBID, or, ‘far be it,' _i.e.,_ this casting out and killing and consequent destruction. Comp. on the former part of the verse, Mat... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:17. WHAT THEN IS THIS THAT IS WRITTEN, _I.E.,_ granting that your deprecation is right; that these things would not be, how then could this Scripture be fulfilled.... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:19. AND THEY FEARED THE PEOPLE; and hence could not take Him, FOR THEY (_i.e.,_ the people; in Matthew and Mark, the chief-priests are spoken of) PERCEIVED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN THIS PARABLE AGAINST THEM (_i.e.,_ the chief-priests, etc.).... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:20. AND THEY WATCHED HIM. Hanging about until the opportunity came. THEY SENT FORTH SPIES, men instructed for the purpose. FEIGNING THEMSELVES TO BE RIGHTEOUS. They should come to Him, as though their consciences, not the craft of His enemies, had prompted the following question. On the... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:20-26. THE QUESTION RESPECTING TRIBUTE. See on Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17. Luke's account states more fully the crafty method of the chief-priests, but as regards the interview itself presents no new details.... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:22. TRIBUTE. Luke uses the Greek word applied to land and poll taxes, while Matthew and Mark use the Latin equivalent. See on Matthew 22:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:26. AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE, etc. Luke brings out most fully the sense of failure on the part of His enemies.... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:27-40. THE QUESTION OF THE SAD-DUCEES. See on Matthew 22:23-33; Mark 12:18-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
In this section Luke records the assault of the Sadducees respecting the resurrection (Luke 20:27-40); then omitting the lawyer's question, he tells of our Lord's unanswered question respecting _Christ the Son of David_ (Luke 20:41-44); like Mark he gives but a brief summary of the discourse against... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:34-35. Peculiar to Luke, who however omits the solemn opening rebuke: ‘Ye do err,' etc. (Matt., Mark). THE TORN OF THIS WORLD; here used in the _physical_ sense, _I.E.,_ those actually living in the present order of things. MARRY, AND ARE GIVEN IN MARRIAGE. There is no reference to the m... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:36. FOR NEITHER CAN THEY DIE ANY MORE. The correct reading (‘for') introduces the reason they do not marry: there is no more death, hence no more birth. If then all the dead are raised and die no more, the same is true of unbelievers. But in the case of those directly spoken of their altered... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:37. EVEN MOSES, whom you have quoted (Luke 20:28) to establish the opposite view. SHEWED. The announcing something before concealed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:38. FOR ALL LIVE UNTO HIM. Peculiar to Luke. The emphasis rests upon ‘all,' which may be taken in its widest sense: all creatures, whether living or dead, angels or men, live in the sight of God. This extends the argument further than the parallels in Matthew and Mark, where the _covenant re... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:39-40. In this form Luke presents the victory of our Lord, which was connected with the last question put to Him by a lawyer. Matthew 22:34-40; Mark 12:28-34.... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:41-44. OUR LORD'S CLOSING QUESTION. See on Matthew 22:41-46; Mark 12:35-37. UNTO THEM (Luke 20:41), _I.E.,_ the ‘Scribes' (Luke 20:39); according to Matthew: ‘the Pharisees'; according to Mark, it was said _of_ the Scribes.... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 20:45-47. DENUNCIATION OF THE SCRIBES. See on Mark 12:38-40, with which Luke's account closely agrees. Comp. Matthew 23:1; Matthew 23:6-7; Matthew 23:14. IN THE HEARING OF ALL THE PEOPLE. Peculiar to Luke.... [ Continue Reading ]