Luke 19:3
THE PRESS; the great crowd of people.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRESS; the great crowd of people.... [ Continue Reading ]
That interest in Jesus Christ which leads men to wish to know more of him, and to put themselves in the way of obtaining this knowledge, may be, and often is, the means of their salvation. He is more ready than men suppose to meet them, and bestow upon them the blessings of his grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
FALSE ACCUSATION; charging a man, and taking from him more than he owed. FOURFOLD; four times as much. Exodus 22:1; NUMBERS 5:6-7. True repentance, wherever it exists, will dispose those who exercise it to "do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God." If they have wronged others, it will lead... [ Continue Reading ]
HE ALSO IS A SON OF ABRAHAM; by outward descent, and has also the faith of Abraham.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT WHICH WAS LOST; Matthew 18:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KINGDON OF GOD SHOULD IMMEDIATELY APPEAR; they thought that when Christ should enter Jerusalem he would proclaim himself king, deliver them from the Romans, and raise them to great earthly renown. To correct this idea, and give them right views of his kingdom, Christ spoke the following parable,... [ Continue Reading ]
A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN; this represented Jesus Christ. By his going to a far country is represented his ascending into heaven, which he must do before he would establish his kingdom on earth.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEN POUNDS; the gifts and opportunities of doing good with which he intrusts men. OCCUPY; use in a right manner.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS CITIZENS; the Jews. John 1:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
A NAPKIN; a towel or cloth.... [ Continue Reading ]
AN AUSTERE MAN; hard in his dealings, harsh, and cruel. REAPEST THAT THOU DIDST NOT SOW; unreasonable, requiring too much, and taking what did not belong to him.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF THINE OWN MOUTH; from thine own statement. Thou knewest that I should require a strict account of the use of what I gave; why didst thou not prepare to return to me what is justly my due?... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BANK; a place of safe-keeping and profitable use. USURY; lawful interest, as the term then implied. Matthew 25:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SAID UNTO HIM; the servants that stood by, verse Luke 19:24. HE HATH TEN POUNDS; they are amazed that their lord should give the slothful servant's pound to the man who has already the most money in his hands.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR I SAY UNTO YOU; the nobleman, without pausing in his discourse, goes on to state the principle upon which he proceeds in the distribution of his property to his servants. EVERY ONE WHICH HATH; he who, by proper diligence, has already increased the amount committed to him. Compare Matthew 25:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
SLAY THEM BEFORE ME; an emblem of the ruin which would come on his persevering opposers.... [ Continue Reading ]
Christ rides into Jerusalem. Matthew 21:1-16.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STONES WOULD IMMEDIATELY CRY OUT; a proverbial expression, denoting the strong reasons there were for praising him, and the necessity that such priase should be offered to him. The character and works of Christ furnish the most abundant and powerful reasons for blessing and praising him; and nei... [ Continue Reading ]
WEPT OVER IT; in view of its guilt, and the miseries which were coming upon it.... [ Continue Reading ]
THINE ENEMIES; the Romans. COMPASS THEE ROUND; this they did by digging a trench around Jerusalem. See Josephus, Jewish Wars, book 6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY CHILDREN; the inhabitants of the city. ONE STONE UPON ANOTHER; Titus, their conqueror, caused the very ground to be ploughed up, in fulfilment of this declaration. THE TIME OF THY VISITATION; the time when mercy was offered, and they were entreated to accept it and be saved.... [ Continue Reading ]
Traffickers cast out. Matthew 21:12-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE TAUGHT DAILY IN THE TEMPLE; for a number of days before his crucifixion.... [ Continue Reading ]