A PARABLE. Both parables peculiar to Luke. Only here that the explanation is put first. TO THIS END, &c. Greek. _pros_ (App-104.) to dein. to the purport that it is necessary, &c. ALWAYS. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6. = on alloccasions. perseveringly. PRAY. Greek. _proseuchomai... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. GOD. App-98. NEITHER. Greek. _me._ App-105. REGARDED. Greek. _entrepomai._ Compare Matthew 21:37. MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123.... [ Continue Reading ]
A WIDOW. were specially cared for under the law. See Exodus 22:22.Deuteronomy 10:18. Compare Isaiah 1:17; Isaiah 1:23.Malachi 3:5.Acts 6:1; Acts 9:41; 1 Timothy 5:3, &c. CAME. kept coming, or repeatedly came. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. AVENGE ME. Do me justice from. Gre [ Continue Reading ]
WOULD NOT. did not wish to. App-102. NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105. afterward after (Greek. _meta._ App-104.) these things. WITHIN. to. Greek. _en._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE. Greek _dia._ App-104.Luke 18:2. CONTINUAL. Greek. _eis telos. to_ the end. WEARY ME. pester, litearl. give me. blow under the eye. Greek. _hupopiazo._ Occurs only here and in 1 Corinthians 9:27 ("buffet ").... [ Continue Reading ]
THE UNJUST JUDGE. the judge of injustice. Greek. _adikia._ App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SHALL NOT GOD. And God, shall He not. NOT. Greek. _ou me._ App-105. ELECT: i.e. His own people. HE BEAR LONG. He delayeth. The unjust judge delayed from selfish indifference. The righteous God may delay from. divinely all-wise purpose. WITH. over. Greek. _epi._ App-104. Not the same word as... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WILL AVENGE. He will perform the avenging (Greek. _ekdikesis._ Compare Luke 18:5) of. Compare Psalms 9:12; Isaiah 63:4.Hebrews 10:37. THE SON OF MAN. App-98. FAITH. the faith. ON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. THE EARTH. Greek. _ge._ App-129.... [ Continue Reading ]
CERTAIN. some also. IN. _Greek. epi._ App-104. DESPISED. made nothing of. OTHERS. the rest. See Luke 8:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT UP. It was always "up "to the Temple on Mount Moriah. Compare "went down" (Luke 18:14). INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. PHARISEE. See App-120. OTHER. The different one. Greek _heteros._ App-124. publican. See note on Matthew 5:46.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD. took his stand, or took up his position (by himself). AND PRAYED. and began to pray. THUS. these things. WITH. to. Greek. _pros._ App-104. EXTORTIONERS. Like this tax-gatherer. UNJUST. Like the judge of verses: Luke 18:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWICE IN THE WEEK. The law prescribed only one in the year (Leviticus 16:29; Numbers 29:7). By the time of Zechariah 8:19 there were _four_ yearly fasts. In our Lord's day they were bi-weekly (Monday and Thursday), between Passover and Pentecost; and between the Feast of Tabernacles and the Dedicati... [ Continue Reading ]
STANDING: i.e. in. position of humility. AFAR OFF. Compare Psalms 40:12.Ezra 9:6. NOT... SO MUCH AS. not even. Greek. _ou_ (App-105.) _oude._ UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. HEAVEN. the heaven. Singular. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. SMOTE, &c.. was smiting, &c., or, began to smite. Expres... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. unto. Greek. _eis._ App-104. JUSTIFIED. Reckoned as righteous. RATHER THAN. The texts read "compared with", Greek. _para._ App-104. THE OTHER. that one. FOR, &c. Repeated from Luke 14:11. Compare Habakkuk 2:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY BROUGHT, &c. As in Matthew 19:13, and Mark 10:13. A common custom for mothers to bring their babes for. Rabbi's blessing. ALSO INFANTS. infants also. INFANTS. their babes. See App-108. TOUCH. Supplemental in Luke. SAW. Greek. _eidon._ App-133.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS. See App-98. LITTLE CHILDREN. App-108. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. App-112 and App-114.... [ Continue Reading ]
VERILY. See note on Matthew 5:18. IN NO WISE. Greek. _ou me._ App-105. THEREIN. into (App-104.) it.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND A, &c. As in Matthew 19:16; Mark 10:17. RULER. Supplemental. Not so described in Matthew or Mark. MASTER. Teacher. App-98. Luke 18:1. ETERNAL. See App-151. LIFE. Greek. _zoe._ App-170.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY, &c. See note on Matthew 19:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWEST. Greek. _oida._ App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THESE. See note on Matthew 19:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
YET LACKEST, &c.. Still one thing is lacking to thee. THAT. whatsoever. THE POOR. App-127. See note on John 12:8. HEAVEN. No Art. Singular. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. COME. come hither.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WAS. he became. Compare Mark 10:22. VERY RICH. rich exceedingly.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN JESUS SAW THAT HE WAS. Jesus seeing (App-133.) him becoming. HARDLY. with difficulty. SHALL THEY. do they.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAMEL. See note on Matthew 19:24. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Luke 18:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAN. is able to.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMPOSSIBLE, &c. See note on Matthew 19:26. with. Greek _para._ App-104. POSSIBLE. Compare Job 42:2.Jeremiah 32:17; Zechariah 8:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Greek _idou._ App-133. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. HAVE LEFT. left ALL. The critical texts read "our own", marking. particular case (Luke 5:11). Compare Deuteronomy 28:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
OR. Note the Figure of speech _Paradiastole_ (App-6), for emphasis.... [ Continue Reading ]
MANIFOLD MORE. Greek. _pollaplasion._ Occurs only here. THIS PRESENT TIME. this very season. THE WORLD TO COME. the age that is coming. WORLD. age. See App-129. EVERLASTING. App-151.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN, &c. For verses: Luke 18:31, compare Matthew 20:17, and Mark 10:32. The _fourth_ announcement of His rejection (see the Structure. _A,_ p. 1461), containing additional particulars. THEN. And. No note of time. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6). Same word as "Lo", Luke 18:28. ARE W... [ Continue Reading ]
BE DELIVERED, &c. These particulars (in verses: Luke 18:32; Luke 18:33)are supplementary to the former three announcements. See the Structure (p. 1461).... [ Continue Reading ]
RISE AGAIN. App-178.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDERSTOOD NONE, &c. As in Luke 9:43. Compare Mark 9:32. NONE. nothing. Greek. _oudeis._ SAYING. Greek. _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32. FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104. NEITHER KNEW THEY. and they did not (App-105) know (App-132.)... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT CAME TO PASS, &c. Not the same miracle as in Matthew 20:29, or Mark 10:46. See App-152. AS HE WAS COME NIGH. in (Greek. _en._ App-104.) His drawing near. In Mark 10:46, "as He went out".. certain, &c. Not the same description as in Matthew 20:30, or Mark 10:46. SAT. was sitting (as. custom)... [ Continue Reading ]
HE ASKED. he kept asking (Imperative mood) He knew not; but the other two heard and knew.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF NAZARETH. the Nazarsean. PASSETH BY. is passing by.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRIED. called out. SON OF DAVID. App-98. Compare the call of the other men (App-152). MERCY. pity.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT BEFORE REBUKED. Those who go before the Lord (instead of following) are apt to make mistakes. CRIED. continued calling (Imperative mood) Not the same word as in Luke 18:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD. stopped. COMMANDED... BROUGHT. The other man the Lord commanded to be "called" (Mark 10:49). The two were called by Himself (Matthew 20:32). TO BE BROUGHT UNTO. Greek. acid _pros._ Used by Luke also in Luke 4:40; Luke 19:35. He uses _prosago_ in Luke 9:41.Acts 16:20; Acts 27:27. COME NEAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILT. desirest. See App-102. LORD. See App-98. B. a.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAVED. healed. See on Luke 8:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMMEDIATELY. See Luke 1:64.... [ Continue Reading ]