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.
LUKE 18:11 pro.j e`auto.n tau/ta {C} External evidence (î75 B Q Y ¦1 892 Origen) favors the reading tau/ta pro.j e`auto,n, but internally the more difficult sequence seems to be...
Verse Luke 18:11. _STOOD AND PRAYED THUS WITH HIMSELF_] Or, _stood by_ _himself and prayed_, as some would translate the words. He probably supposed it disgraceful to appear to have any connection wi...
STOOD AND PRAYED THUS WITH HIMSELF - Some have proposed to render this, “stood by himself” and prayed. In this way it would be characteristic of the sect of the Pharisees, who dreaded the contact of o...
CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The Unjust Judge and the Avenging of His Elect. (Luke 18:1)_ 2. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. (Luke 18:9) 3. The Little Children and the Required Lowliness. (Luke 18...
PARABLE OF THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN (Lk. only). In Luke 18:9 we should perhaps translate concerning those who trusted, etc. The parable, not necessarily spoken on the same occasion as the precedi...
UNWEARIED IN PRAYER (Luke 18:1-8)...
Jesus spoke this parable to some who were self-confidently sure that they were righteous and who despised others. "Two men went up to the Temple to pray. The one was a Pharisee, the other a tax-collec...
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...
_stood and prayed thus with himself_ Standing was the ordinary Jewish attitude of prayer (1 Kings 8:22; Mark 11:25), but the word _statheis_ (which is not used of the Tax-gatherer) seems to imply that...
ΣΤΑΘΕΊΣ. The word might almost be rendered ‘_posing himself_.’ Standing was the ordinary Jewish attitude of prayer (1 Kings 8:22; Mark 11:25), but the word (which is not used of the Tax-gatherer) seem...
THE DUTY OF HUMBLE PRAYER. THE PHARISEE AND THE TAX-GATHERER...
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...
par Ver 9. And he spoke this parable to certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10. Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the oth...
ΣΤΑΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять, ΠΡΟΣΗΎΧΕΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Luke 18:10. Inch, _impf._, "он начал молиться" ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΏ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΧΑΡΙΣΤΈΩ (G...
THE PHARISEE STOOD, AND PRAYED THUS— The Pharisee, having a very high opinion of his own sanctity, would not mingle with the crowd of worshippers in the temple, lest he should have been defiled by the...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Proud (Luke 18:9-14) 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: 10Two men went up into the temple to pray...
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. THE PHARISEE STOOD (AS THE JEWS DID IN...
22-25 Compare Luk_5:35; Mat_24:23-27; Mar_13:21-23; Joh_13:33. 25 Compare Luk_9:22. 26-27 Compare Mat_24:37-39; Gen. 7. 26 The unexpected suddenness of the coming of the Son of Mankind is further en...
THE UNJUST JUDGE. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. THE RICH RULER 1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk). There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the Second Advent leads Christ to...
THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN AT PRAYER (peculiar to Lk). This parable is apparently addressed not to the Pharisees themselves, but to certain of the disciples of Jesus who were proud of their spiritu...
STOOD] i.e. placed himself conspicuously in the attitude of prayer: see on Matthew 6:5. GOD, I THANK THEE] The words of the Pharisee can hardly be called a prayer. He asks for nothing, and feels his n...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 18 TWO *PARABLES ABOUT PRAYER 18:1-14 1 THE WIDOW AND THE JUDGE 18:1-8 V1 Jesus told his *disciples a *parable. It showed that they should continue...
THE PHARISEE STOOD AND PRAYED THUS WITH HIMSELF. — A false stress has often been laid on the Pharisee’s attitude, as though his standing erect was in itself an indication of his self-righteous pride....
Luke 18:1 CHAPTER 11 CONCERNING PRAYER. WHEN the Greeks called man ό ανθρωπος, or the "uplooking one," they did but crystallize in a word what is a universal fact, the religious instinct of humanit...
_The Pharisee and the publican_....
σταθεὶς, having taken his stand; _fidenter loco solito_ (Bengel); “a sign less of confidence than of self-importance” (J. Weiss in Meyer). Probably both qualities are aimed at. πρὸς ἑαυτὸν : whether t...
THOSE WHOM GOD ACCEPTS Luke 18:9-17 We are taught here the spirit in which we should pray. Too many pray “with themselves.” The only time that we may thank God for not being as others is when we attr...
Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of need....
(3) The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men [are], extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. (3) Although we confess that what...
The Pharisee standing. The Greek is, standing by himself, i.e. separated from the rest. Some understand this term, standing, as if in opposition to kneeling or prostrating, which they suppose to be th...
HUMILITY AND PRIDE Luke 18:9-14. _“And He spoke this parable also to certain ones, having confidence in themselves that they are righteous, and treat others with contempt: Two men went up into the tem...
3. _The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican: Luke 18:9-14_. VERS. 9-14. This parable is peculiar to Luke. Who are those τινές, _certain_, to whom it is addressed? They cannot be Pharisees. Luke w...
(9) And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others: (10) Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a...
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...
11._God, I thank thee. _And yet he is not blamed for boasting of the strength of his free-will, but for trusting that God was reconciled to him by the merits of his works. For this thanksgiving, which...
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...
THE PHARISEE STOOD,.... Standing was a praying posture; Matthew 6:5 nor is this observed, as if it was something amiss: but the sense is, either that he stood in some place of eminence, that he might...
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men _are_, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. Ver. 11. _God, I thank thee_] _Non vu...
_The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself_ The original clause, σταθεις προς εαυτον ταυτα προσηυχετο, it seems, should rather be rendered, _standing by himself prayed these things._ Read thus,...
THE PHARISEE STOOD AND PRAYED THUS WITH HIMSELF, GOD, I THANK THEE THAT I AM NOT I OTHER MEN ARE, EXTORTIONERS, UNJUST, ADULTERERS, OR EVEN AS THIS PUBLICAN....
THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. The Pharisee:...
GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER (vs.1-8) This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in the believer...
9-14 This parable was to convince some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others. God sees with what disposition and design we come to him in holy ordinances. What the P...
OLBGrk; From hence we may observe that thanksgiving is a part of prayer. It is said he _prayed, _ yet we read not of any one petition he put up. His standing while he prayed is not to be found fault w...
Origen Against Celsus Book III and of the Pharisee who boasted with a certain wicked self-conceit in the words, "I thank Thee that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even...
Luke 18:11 Pharisee G5330 stood G2476 (G5685) prayed G4336 (G5711) thus G5023 with G4314 himself G1438 God...
THE PARABLE OF THE ONE WHO TRUSTED IN HIMSELF THAT HE WAS SUPREMELY ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, AND WAS NOT, AND THE ONE WHO WAS DOUBTFUL ABOUT HIS ACCEPTABILITY WITH GOD WHO WAS MADE FULLY ACCEPTABLE (18:9-14...
“The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank you, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this public servant.' ” ‘Stood and prayed thus with...
CONNECTION. This section belongs to the same period as the preceding one; the first parable has a close connection of thought with the predictions concerning the coming of the Son of man, while the se...
Luke 18:11. THE PHARISEE STOOD. The publican also stood, but the word here used implies that the Pharisee took a position of confidence, a conspicuous one at all events (comp. Matthew 6:5). PRAYED TH...
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 18:10 There are five points in which the Pharisee and the publican agree; there are five points in which they differ, and there are five special lessons which the incident urges upon the attenti...
Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;_ Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or weary, even if their pra...
Luke 18:1. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was...
Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;_ An old writer says that many of Christ's parables need a key to unlock them. Here, the key...
Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;_ «Not to faint» in their expectation of answers to their supplications, and therefore give u...
CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of Pharisee and publican. Little children blessed. Rich young ruler. Death and resurrection foretold. Blind man healed near Jericho. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Luke 18:1. _Men ought always to pray, and not to faint._ We have continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord alwa...
THE PHARISEE STOOD APART BY HIMSELF. So everyone would be sure to see him. The Pharisees liked to _impress people_ by showing off their _goodness._ LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. The Pharisees thought they had...
_Two men went up into the temple to pray._ WHOM THE LORD RECEIVES Observe, from the parable-- I. HOW GOD LOOKS UPON THE HEART, RATHER THAN UPON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE. It is not the spoken service...
THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HIMSELF SOMEBODY God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men. Luke 18:11. You all know the story of the Pharisee and the publican how the two men went up to the Temple to...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 18:11 STANDING. The normal posture of prayer. GOD, I THANK YOU THAT I. The five “I’s” in this passage reveal the self-centeredness of the PHARISEE. Rather than expressing tha
_The Pharisee stood and prayed thus within himself._ The Jews prayed partly kneeling and partly standing, when their prayer was longer than usual sacrifice or psalmody. For in the temple there was no...
CHAPTER 18 VER. 1. _He spake a parable unto them to the end that._ Christ had said, at the end of the last chapter, that the Apostles and the faithful should suffer persecutions, in which they should...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 18:9. UNTO CERTAIN.—This parable is not addressed to Pharisees, but to some of His own followers who were Pharisaical at heart. DESPISED.—Or “set at nought” (R.V.). OTHERS.—Rath...
EXPOSITION LUKE 18:1 _The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer_—_the importunate widow, and the Pharisee and publican._ LUKE 18:1 AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT ALW...
Shall we turn tonight to Luke, chapter 18. Luke tells us that Jesus now spoke a parable to them to this end (Luke 18:1), In other words, the purpose of the parable was to encourage people to pray an...
1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 1 Corinthians 4:7; 1 Corinthians 4:8;...
Stood [σ α τ θ ε ι ς]. Lit., having been placed. Took his stand. It implies taking up his position ostentatiously; striking an attitude. But no necessarily in a bad sense. See on ch. Luke 19:8; and co...