AND, &c. verses: Luke 5:1. IT CAME TO PASS. See Luke 1:8. TO HEAR. and heard. So all the texts. God. App-98. HE. Emphatic, to distinguish Him from the crowds. STOOD. was standing. BY. beside. Greek. _para._ App-101. THE LAKE, &c. See App-169. Matthew, Mark, and John call it "sea".... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW. App-133. Not the same word as in Luke 5:27; Luke 5:1 two ships. At that time there were about 4,000 on the lake. SHIPS. boats. STANDING: i.e. at anchor. Eng. idiom is "lying". THE FISHERMEN. This call was not that of Mark 1:16. When the Lord said "Let us go", &c. (Mark 1:38), they perhaps di... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO. Greek _eis._ App-104. Not the same word as in Luke 5:16. PRAYED. asked. See App-134. Not the same word as in Luke 5:16. THRUST OUT. push off.. nautical word. FROM. away from. land. Greek. _ge._ App-129. sat down. The attitude for teaching. See note on Luke 4:20. TAUGHT. was teaching. Imper... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN HE HAD LEFT SPEAKING. The Aorist Tense implies the immediate succession of the events. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. The same word as in Luke 5:10. LAUNCH OUT. Same as "thrust out" in Luke 5:3. Addressed to one (Peter). LET DOWN. let ye down: addressed to all. Occurs seven times; five of thes... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. to. MASTER. Greek _Epistates._. word peculiar to Luke, implying knowledge and greater authority than _Rabbi,_ or Teacher. Occurs seven times (Luke 5:5; Luke 8:24; Luke 8:24; Luke 8:45; Luke 9:33; Luke 9:49; Luke 17:13, and nowhere else). See App-98. ALL. allthrough. Greek _dia._ App-104.Luke... [ Continue Reading ]
MULTITUDE. shoal. BRAKE. were beginning to break. Imperfect Tense. Occurances Luke 8:29 and Acts 14:14. Elsewhere only in Matthew 26:65.Mark 14:63 ("rent ").... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. Not the same as in verses: Luke 5:18; Luke 5:19. OTHER. different. another of two. See App-124. BEGAN TO SINK. are now sinking.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS. App-98. I AM. SINFUL MAN. True conviction has regard to what one is, not to what one _has done._ Compare Manoah (Judges 13:22), Israel (Exodus 20:19), men of Beth-shemesh (1 Samuel 6:20), David (2 Samuel 12:13), Job (Job 40:4; Job 42:2), Isaiah (Isaiah 6:5). A SINFUL MAN. a man (App-123.).... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WAS ASTONISHED. astonishment laid hold of him. WITH. united with. Greek. _sun._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO JAMES. James also. ZEBEDEE. Aramaean. App-94. NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. CATCH. be capturing (alive), used of taking captives. Greek. _zogreo._ Occurs only here, and 2 Timothy 2:26. MEN. App-123.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO. Greek. _epi._ App-104. FORSOOK ALL. let go all. Not the same word as in Luke 5:28. Compare Luke 18:28; Mark 10:29; Mark 10:30. See note on Luke 5:2,... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN HE WAS. in (Greek. _en,_ as in Luke 5:7) His being. A CERTAIN CITY. one of the cities. Probably one in which "most of His mighty works were done", viz. Chorazin or Bethsaida. When named together these arein this order. By comparing Luke 5:18 and Mark 1:45 with Mark 5:29; Matthew 9:10 and Mark 2... [ Continue Reading ]
TOUCHED. See note on "city", Luke 5:12. THOU CLEAN. be thou made clean (Passive)..... [ Continue Reading ]
CHARGED.. military word. Also used of. physician, "prescribe". NO MAN. no one. Compound of _me._ App-105. no one whom he might happen to meet. BUT. but [said]. GO... SHOW, &c. See Leviticus 14:1. FOR = concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. MOSES. See note on Matthew 8:4. The first of ten occ in Lu... [ Continue Reading ]
FAME. report. Greek. _logos._ OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. CAME TOGETHER. kept coming together. BY. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. All the texts omit "by Him". OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHDREW. continued withdrawn. Peculiar to Luke here, and Luke 9:10. INTO. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. PRAYED. Greek. _proseuchomai._ App-134. The second recorded occasion in Luke; see Luke 3:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. See the Structure "S" and "S". A CERTAIN DAY. in one of the days. THAT. and. DOCTORS, &c.. teachers of the law. Greek. _nomodida skalos._ Occurs only here, Acts 5:34, and 1 Timothy 1:7. GALILEE,... JUDAEA,... JERUSALEM. Palestine was divided into the three districts... [ Continue Reading ]
BROUGHT. carrying. IN. upon. Greek. _epi._ App-104. BED. couch. Greek. _kline;_ not the poor man's bed, _krabbaton._ John 5:10. TAKEN WITH. PALSY. paralysed. Greek. _paraluomai._ Not the same word as in Luke 4:38. Luke always uses the Verb, not the Adjective (contrast Matthew 4:24; Matthew 8:6; M... [ Continue Reading ]
BY. Greek _dia._ All the texts omit. BECAUSE. on account of. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Luke 5:2. UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. THROUGH. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Luke 5:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR FAITH. Why exclude the man himself, as is generally done? ARE. have been.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAN FORGIVE. is able to forgive. GOD. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERCEIVED. well knowing. Greek. _epiginosko._ App-132. THOUGHTS. reasonings. ANSWERING SAID. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41, and App-122.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE. have been. THEE. to thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT. in order that, KNOW. Greek. _oida._ App-132. THE SON OF MAN. App-98 and App-99. First occurance in Luke; compare twenty-sixth, Luke 24:7. POWER. authority. App-172. UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. EARTH. Greek. _ge._ App-129.... [ Continue Reading ]
IMMEDIATELY. Greek. _parachrema,_ See Luke 1:64; Luke 4:39. Outside Luke and Acts it occurs only in Matthew 21:19; Matthew 21:20. TO. into, as in Luke 5:24, above.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY... AMAZED. amazement seized them all. FILLED WITH. filled of. Compare Luke 1:15; Luke 4:28; Luke 6:11.Matthew 22:10 (furnished). Acts 5:17, &c. SAYING. saying that. See Luke 4:21; Luke 4:24; Luke 4:41; Luke 23:43, &c. seen. App- [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER. Greek _meta._ App-104. SAW. viewed with attention. Greek. _theaomai._ App-133. PUBLICAN. toll-collector, or tax-gatherer. See on Luke 3:12. LEVI. There can be no doubt about Levi and Matthew being different names for the same person (Matthew 9:9; Mark 2:14). For similar changes, at epochs... [ Continue Reading ]
LEFT. left behind. Not the same word as "forsook" in Luke 5:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAST. reception (banquet). Greek _doche._ Occurs only here and Luke 14:13. others. See App-124. WITH. in company with. Greek. _meta._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR SCRIBES AND PHARISEES. the scribes and Pharisees among them: "their" referring to Galilean scribes, as distinguished from those of Jerusalem (Matthew 15:1). Note the same distinction as to synagogues in Matthew 4:23; Matthew 9:35, &c. AGAINST. Greek. _pros._ App-104. PUBLICANS. the publicans... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOLE. in health (Matt. and Mark have "strong "). This _(hugiaino)_ is the medical word (Colossians 4:14), as in Luke 7:10; Luke 15:27; 3 John 1:2. Paul uses it in. moral sense (1 Timothy 1:10; 1 Timothy 6:3; 2 Timothy 1:13; 2 Timothy 4:3. [ Continue Reading ]
I CAME. I have come. THE RIGHTEOUS. righteous ones. TO. unto, with. view to. Greek. _eis._ App-104. REPENTANCE. App-111.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFTEN. Greek. _pukna._ Occurs only here and in Acts 24:26; 1 Timothy 5:23. MAKE PRAYERS. Note this as distinguished from _praying._ PRAYERS. petitions, or supplications. Not used in the other Gospels. See App-134. EAT AND DRINK. Like ordinary people, without making it. part of their religion.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAN YE MAKE. Ye surely cannot (Greek. _me._ App-105), can ye? CHILDREN, &c.. sons (App-108.) Hebrew idiom for the bridal party. WHILE. in _(Greek. en_ App-104.) the time when.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAYS WILL COME. there will come days [for those]. WHEN. All the texts read "and when", following up the Figure of speech _Aposiopesis_ (App-6), as though the time for revealing the fact of His crucifixion had not yet come. SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY. Greek. _apairo._ Occurs only here, and the paralle... [ Continue Reading ]
NEW. fresh made. Greek. _neos._ Seenote on Matthew 9:17. BOTTLES. wine-skins. BE SPILLED. it will be poured out.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO. PARABLE. a parable also. MAN, &c.. that no one (Greek. _oudeis._ App-105), [having rent. piece] from. new garment, putteth it upon an old, NEW. Greek. _kainos._ See note on Matthew 9:17. if. App-118. BOTH, &c.. he will both rend the new, and the new will not agree with the old. AGREETH. ha... [ Continue Reading ]
BETTER. good. So all the texts.... [ Continue Reading ]