AND, &c. Verses 1-10 are peculiar to Luke. entered, &c.. having entered. was passing through. After the healing of the blind man. Compare "come nigh" (Luke 18:35). JERICHO. Now _Eriha._ In mediaeval times _Riha._ The city of palm trees (Deuteronomy 34:3.Judges 1:16; Judges 1:16), about eighteen mile... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. App-133. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. man. Greek. _aner._ App-123. NAMED. called by name. Zaccheaus. Aramaic, _Zakkai. pure._ Ezra 2:9; Nehemiah 7:14. App-94. CHIEF AMONG THE PUBLICANS. a chief tax-gatherer. Greek. _architelones._ Occurs only here. See notes on Luke 3:12 and Matth... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUGHT. was (busy) seeking. SEE. App-133. JESUS. App-98. WHO HE WAS. Not what kind of. person, but which one of the crowd he was. not. Greek. _ou._ App-105. FOR. Greek. _apo._ App-104. PRESS. crowd. because-seeing that. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 19:11. LITTLE. small. STATURE. Greek... [ Continue Reading ]
HE RAN BEFORE, AND. having run forward before, he. INTO. on to. Greek. _epi_ (App-104.) SYCOMORE. Occurs only here. Not the same word as "sycamine" in Luke 17:6, or with our "sycamore", but the Egyptian fig, as in John 1:49. WAS TO PASS, &c.. was about to pass through by (or through. Greek _dia._... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. up to. Greek. _epi._ App-104. HE LOOKED UP. Jesus looked up. Greek. _anablepo._ App-133. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. Zaccheeus. Compare John 10:3. I MUST ABIDE. Adopting the royal mandate, AT. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 19:29; Luke 19:37.... [ Continue Reading ]
MURMURED. began to murmur aloud. TO BE GUEST. to lodge, or put up. Compare Luke 2:7; Mark 14:14. WITH. Greek. _para._ App-104. A MAN THAT IS. SINNER. a sinful man. sinner. Greek. _hamartolos._ Compare App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND = But. STOOD. took his stand. See note on Luke 18:11. LORD. App-98. I GIVE: i.e.. now propose to give (present tense). Referring to. present vow, not to. past habit. POOR. App-127. IF, &C. Assuming the actual fact, no doubt being thrown on it. Not. mere possible case. App-118. I HAVE TAKEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS DAY. That this day, the Greek _hoti_ placing what was said within quotation marks. Contrast Luke 23:43, where there is no _"hoti"._ COME. come to pass, HOUSE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the household. A SON. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "t... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON OF MAN. See App-98. IS COME. came.... [ Continue Reading ]
ADDED AND SPAKE. went on to speak. BECAUSE. on account of (Greek. _dia._ App-104.Luke 19:2; Luke 19:2) [the fact] that. Not the same word as in Luke 19:44. THAT. Greek. hoti, same as "because" in verses: Luke 19:3; Luke 19:17; Luke 19:21; Luke 3:31. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. See App-114. SHOULD. was a... [ Continue Reading ]
A CERTAIN NOBLEMAN. This parable is peculiar to Luke. The point of it was that Herod the Great and his son Archelaus (App-109) had actually gone from Jericho (where the parable was spoken; and where the latter had just rebuilt his palace. Josephus, _Antiquities_ xvii. 13,1) to Rome to receive the so... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS TEN SERVANTS. ten servants of his. SERVANTS. bond-servants. POUNDS. Greek. _mna._ See App-51. Archelaus did thus actually leave money in trust with his servants, Philippus being in charge of his pecuniary affairs. Not the same parable as that of the Talents in Matthew 25:14, which was uttered... [ Continue Reading ]
CITIZENS, or subjects. HATED. used to hate,. message. an embassy (Compare Luke 14:32). This was actually done in the case of Archelaus (Josephus, _Antiquities xvii._ 11 1, &c.) The Jews appealed to Augustus, on account of the cruelties of Archelaus and the Herods generally, It led ultimately to his... [ Continue Reading ]
IT CAME TO PASS.. Hebraism. WHEN, &c.. on (Greek. _en._ App-104.) his coming back. COMMANDED. directed. KNOW. get to know. App-132. HAD GAINED BY TRADING. Greek. _diqpragmateuomai_ Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. App-98. B. HATH GAINED. hath gained by labour: i.e. made in addition. Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. HAVE THOU AUTHORITY, &C. Exactly what Archelaus had then just done. AUTHORITY. Greek. _exousia._ App-172. CITIES. Evidently in the kingdom to which the nobleman had returned.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAINED. made.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKEWISE TO HIM. to this one also. BE. Become.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOTHER. Greek. _heteros._ App-124. HAVE KEPT. was keeping. NAPKIN. handkerchief See on John 11:44.... [ Continue Reading ]
AUSTERE. Greek _austeros_. dry, then hard and harsh. Only here, and Luke 19:22. MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123. THOU TAKEST UP. &c. Typical injustice of those times.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF. Gk. _ek.App-104._ WICKED. Greek. _poneros._ App-128. THOU KNEWEST. Greek. Didst thou know, &c. ? KNEWEST. Greek. _oida._ App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
BANK. table, of the exchangers. WITH. Greek. _sun._ App-104. USURY. interest.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE FROM HIM, &c. Compare Matthew 21:43. FROM. away from. Greek. apo. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. SAY, &c. This is the Lord's own application. NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. But as for. would not. were unwilling. App-102. SLAY THEM. cut them down. Greek. _katasphazo._ Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT BEFORE. went on. ASCENDING. See note on Luke 10:30; Luke 10:31. TO. unto. Greek. _eis._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, &c. This is the second entry, which was not unexpected as the former was (Matthew 21:1, &c _.),_ but pre-arranged (John 12:12; John 12:13). See App-153 and App-156. BETHPHAGE. See note on Matthew 21:1. BETHANY. Now _el 'Azeriyek_. The place of Lazarus. See App-156. Bethany was the starting-poi... [ Continue Reading ]
GO. Withdraw. Not go forward, as in Matthew 21:2 over against. Greek. _katenanti,_ down and opposite. colt. On the former entry, _two_ animals were sent for. Luke is not "less circumstantial", but more so. WHEREON. on (Greek. _epi._ App-104.) which.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF, &c. The condition probable. App-118. ANY MAN. any one. THE LORD. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OWNERS. Greek. _kurioi._ See App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROUGHT. led. TO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. THEIR. their own. UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. SET. Greek. _epibibazo._ Only here, Luke 10:34, and Acts 23:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPREAD. were strewing under. Greek. _hupostronnumi._ Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT. to. Greek. _pros._ App-104. THE DESCENT. The second sight of the city after the first, owing to. dip in the route. DESCENT. Greek. _katabasis._ Occurs only here. GOD. App-98. FOR. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAYING, &c. Quoted from Psalms 118:26. NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1. THE LORD. Jehovah. See App-98. HEAVEN. SINGULAR. without Art. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10... [ Continue Reading ]
PHARISEES. App-120. FROM AMONG. from, as in Luke 19:24. MASTER. Teacher. App-98. Luke 19:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
COME NEAR. Marking the progress. BEHELD... AND. looking on. App-133. WEPT. wept aloud. Greek. _klaio. to_ wail. Not _dakruo_ to shed silent tears, as in John 11:35. OVER. Greek. _epi._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAYING, &c. Peculiar to Luke. IF THOU, &c. Assuming it as an actual fact. App-118. Not the same as in verses: Luke 19:8; Luke 19:31; Luke 19:40. HADST KNOWN. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for heeding. See note on Isaiah 1:3. DAY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adju... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAYS. days. TRENCH. rampart. Greek _charax._ Occurs only here. Compare Isaiah 29:3; Isaiah 29:4; Isaiah 37:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAY. level(and dash). Compare Septuagint, Psalms 137:9; Hosea 10:14. CHILDREN. App-108. WITHIN. Greek. _en._ App-104. ONE STONE, &c.. stone upon (Greek. _epi._ App-104.) stone. BECAUSE. the reason for _(anti._ App-104.) which things [is that]. TIME. season. VISITATION. As stated in Luke 1:68;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TEMPLE. the temple courts. Greek. _hieron._ See Matthew 23:16 TO CAST OUT, &c. This is. repetition of the Lord's act in Luke 21:12, but the same as in Mark 11:15, which has supplementary details. See App-156. THEREIN. in (Greek. _en)._... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS WRITTEN. It standeth written. Quoted from Isaiah 56:7 and Jeremiah 7:11. See App-107. A DEN OF THIEVES. a robbers' cave. DEN. cave. Greek. _spelaion._ Occurs six times: Matthew 21:13.Mark 11:17; John 11:38 (cave), Hebrews 11:38, and Revelation 6:15. THIEVES. robbers, or brigands. As in... [ Continue Reading ]
TAUGHT. was (or continued) teaching. DAILY. day by day: i.e. on each of these last six days. Compare Luke 20:1. See App-156. CHIEF PRIESTS. high priests.... [ Continue Reading ]
VERY ATTENTIVE TO HEAR HIM. hanging on Him, listening.... [ Continue Reading ]