Luke 17:1
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
It were better [λ υ σ ι τ ε λ ε ι]. Only here in New Testament. The verb means to pay what is due, and is equivalent to our phrase, it pays. Millstone. Compare Matthew 18:6. The correct reading here is liqov mulikov, a millstone; not a great millstone as Matthew. Thrown [ε ρ ρ ι π τ α ι]. Hurled :... [ Continue Reading ]
Rebuke. See on straitly charged, ch. 9 21.... [ Continue Reading ]
Sycamine. Or mulberry. Luke distinguishes between this and sukomorea, the fig - mulberry (ch. 19 4). The names were sometimes confused, but a physician would readily make the distinction, as both were used medicinally.... [ Continue Reading ]
I trow not. Omitted by the best texts.... [ Continue Reading ]
Unprofitable [α χ ρ ε ι ο ι]. From creia, requirement; something which the master must pay. Not useless, but having rendered no service beyond what was due. "The profit does not begin until the servant goes beyond his obligation" (Meyer). "A servant owes all things" (Bengel).... [ Continue Reading ]
Through the midst of. It may also mean between or on the borders of. The Am. Rev. insists on the latter.... [ Continue Reading ]
Lepers. See on ch. Luke 5:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
With observation [μ ε τ α π α ρ α τ η ρ η σ ε ω ς]. Only here in New Testament. The progress of the kingdom cannot be defined by visible marks like that of an earthly kingdom. Its growth in the world is a process of pervasion, like the working of the leaven through the lump.... [ Continue Reading ]
Within. Better, in the midst of. Meyer acutely remarks that "you refers to the Pharisees, in whose hearts nothing certainly found a place less than did the ethical kingdom of God." Moreover, Jesus is not speaking of the inwardness of the kingdom, but of its presence. "The whole language of the kingd... [ Continue Reading ]
Lighteneth [α σ τ ρ α π τ ο υ σ α]. Only here and ch. 24:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Rejected. See on disallowed, 1 Peter 2:4; and tried, 1 Peter 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
Goods. See on Matthew 12:29. On the house - top. See on Matthew 24:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
Shall preserve [ζ ω ο γ ο ν η σ ε ι]. Only here and Acts 7:19. Originally to engender; thence to produce alive or endue with life, and so to preserve alive. Wyc., shall quicken it.... [ Continue Reading ]
Eagles. See on Matthew 24:28. :Luke 18 CHAPTER XVIII THE PARABLES OF THE UNJUST JUDGE AND THE PHARISEE AND PUBLICAN. Peculiar to Luke. 1 - 14.... [ Continue Reading ]