Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Luke 17:7-10
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.
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.
Verse 7. - 9. _WHICH OF YOU, HAVING A SERVANT_] It is never supposed that the master waits on the servant -- the servant is bound to wait on his master, and to do every thing for him to the uttermost...
HAVING A SERVANT ... - This parable appears to have been spoken with reference to the rewards which the disciples were expecting in the kingdom of the Messiah. The occasion on which it was spoken cann...
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...
LAWS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Luke 17:1-10)...
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...
OF. from among. Greek _ek._ App-104. As in Luke 17:15, but not the same as in verses: Luke 17:20. SERVANT. bondman. FEEDING CATTLE. shepherding. BY AND BY... GO. Come at once. FROM. out of. Greek....
_having a servant plowing_ The Parable of the Ploughing Slave is simply an illustration from daily life. The slave is working in the fields, at ploughing or pasturing, and when he comes back the maste...
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...
ΔΟΥ͂ΛΟΝ ἜΧΩΝ�. The Parable of the Ploughing Slave is simply an illustration from daily life. The slave is working in the fields, at ploughing or pasturing, and when he comes back the master orders him...
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...
THE POWER OF FAITH. THE INSUFFICIENCY OF WORKS...
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...
ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь. _Adj. part._ видоизменяет ΤΊΣ (G5101). ΆΡΟΤΡΙΏΝΤΑPRAES. _act. part. (adj.) от_ ΆΡΟΤΡΙΆΩ (G722) пахать, ΠΟΙΜΑΊΝΟΝΤΑ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΠΟΙΜΑΊΝ...
GO, AND SIT DOWN— _Come in, and sit down._ See Raphelius, and ch. Luke 12:37. Our Lord here returns to his subject, telling the apostles, that after they had done their utmost to discharge the whole d...
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...
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? BUT WHICH OF YOU, HAVING A SERVANT PLOWING OR FEE...
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...
17:7 immediately (a-28) Or 'will immediately say [to him], Come and ...'...
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...
A SERVANT]lit. 'aslave.'...
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....
BUT WHICH OF YOU, HAVING A SERVANT..? — The words contain in reality, though not in form, an answer to their question. They had been asking for faith, not only in a measure sufficient for obedience, b...
_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...
εὐθέως : to be connected not with ἐρεῖ but with παρελθὼν ἀ. = he does not say: Go at once and get your supper....
“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...
(4) 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? (4) Seeing that God may rightfully claim for hi...
the design and end of this parable is to shew that, rigorously speaking, we are useless servants with regard to God. This sovereign Master has a right to exact of us every kind of service, and to make...
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...
_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. _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...
(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...
The object of this parable is to show that God claims all that belongs to us as his property, and possesses an entire control over our persons and services; and, therefore, that all the zeal that may...
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...
BUT WHICH OF YOU HAVING A SERVANT PLOUGHING,.... In order to keep the disciples humble in the performance of such miraculous works; and that they might not imagine they could have any thing at the han...
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? Ver. 7. _But which of you, &c._] Whereas the discip...
_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,...
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;...
No merit in works:...
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...
Ver. 7-10 LU 17:7-9 are plainly a parable, a part of a discourse wherein our Lord, under an earthly similitude, instructs us in a spiritual duty. This duty is easily learned from the _epiparabole, _ L...
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews "Which of you, having a servant ploughing, or a shepherd, says to him when he cometh from the field, Pass forward and recline? But he s...
Luke 17:7 And G1161 which G5101 of G1537 you G5216 having G2192 (G5723) servant G1401 plowing G722 ...
“But who is there of you, having a servant ploughing or keeping sheep, who will say to him, when he is come in from the field, ‘Come straightway and sit down to meat',” Jesus is well aware, however, t...
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...
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....
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...
Luke 17:7. BUT WHO IS THERE OF YOU. The connection is : beware of thinking that you have any merit in the great results accomplished by faith. The thought of their enduring in faith so long as the day...
SIT DOWN TO MEAT (αναπεσε). Recline (for the meal). Literally, fall up (or back)....
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...
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...
_But who is there of you, having a servant ploughing or keeping sheep._ Christ represses the vainglory of the Apostles, lest, when by their exalted faith they had performed wonderful and stupendous ac...
_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...
Luke 13:15; Luke 14:5; Matthew 12:11...
But which of you — But is it not meet that you should first obey, and then triumph? Though still with a deep sense of your utter unprofitableness....
The design and scope of this parable is to show, that Almighty God neither is nor can be. debtor to any of his creatures for the best service which they were able to perform unto him; and that they ar...