Luke 6:1-49
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE. SERMON IN THE PLAIN 1-5. Plucking the ears of corn (Matthew 12:1; Mark 2:23). See on Mt and Mk.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE. SERMON IN THE PLAIN 1-5. Plucking the ears of corn (Matthew 12:1; Mark 2:23). See on Mt and Mk.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE SECOND SABBATH AFTER THE FIRST] Gk. _deuteroprôton_, lit. 'second-first.' There is considerable ground for omitting this obscure expression as interpolated, and reading simply, 'on a sabbath,' with the RV. If, however, it is genuine, it probably means, 'on the second sabbath after the waving... [ Continue Reading ]
In one important MS, the Codex Bezæ, this v. is placed after Luke 6:10, and in its place is inserted this remarkable incident and saying of Jesus: 'On the same day He saw a man working on the sabbath, and said to him: “O man, if thou knowest what thou doest, blessed art thou. But if thou knowest not... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND (Matthew 12:9; Mark 3:1). See on Mt.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE (Matthew 10:2; Mark 3:13). See on Mt and Mk.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDAS _the brother_ OF JAMES] So AV and RM. But RV 'Judas the son of James.'... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE PLAIN] RV 'on a level place.' This may have been a plateau, high up the mountains, but see on Matthew 5:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUR BEATITUDES. See on Matthew 5:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
GREAT SERMON TO THE DISCIPLES AND IN PART TO THE MULTITUDES. It forms here the ordination address of the Twelve. In what sense it is identical with the Sermon on the Mount is explained on Matthew 5:1. That it is for all practical purposes the same sermon, but abridged, is shown by the fact that it c... [ Continue Reading ]
SEPARATE YOU] viz. by excommunication. The usual sentence was for thirty days, during which the excommunicated might not come within four cubits of any one.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOU THAT ARE RICH] i.e. those who, possessing wealth, trust in it (Mark 10:24), or spend it in selfish luxury like Dives (Luke 16:19), and despise the poor (James 2:6), and oppress them (James 5:4). YE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR CONSOLATION] cp. Abraham's words to Dives (Luke 16:25), 'Son, remember that tho... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUR WOES (peculiar to Lk). The 'woes' refer chiefly to future punishment in the world to come, but not exclusively, for in the siege of Jerusalem they received a literal fulfilment.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOU THAT ARE FULL] and careless of your poorer brethren's needs, like the rich man 'who fared sumptuously every day' (Luke 16:19). SHALL HUNGER] Spiritual destitution is meant, in this world and the next. THAT LAUGH] The godless, contemptuous laughter of the wicked (Sir 19:30) is meant. Innocent mir... [ Continue Reading ]
A warning to all Christian ministers and teachers not to court popularity by speaking smooth words, and saying 'Peace, when there is no peace.' Plutarch relates of Phocion the Athenian, 'Once while he was delivering a public speech and making a good impression, and saw that all his hearers were equa... [ Continue Reading ]
See on Matthew 7:12. 32-36. See on Matthew 5:42. 37, 38. See on Matthew 7:1; Matthew 7:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
St. Matthew gives this saying in a much more suitable connexion (Matthew 15:14), where it is applied to the Pharisees. Here it appears to mean that before judging others we must judge ourselves, otherwise we shall be blind leaders of the blind. THE DITCH] RY 'a pit.' Palestine is full of unfenced we... [ Continue Reading ]
Another saying which occurs in a more natural context in Matthew 10:24, q.v.... [ Continue Reading ]
Exhortation to stringent self-examination on the part of religious guides. 41, 42. See on Matthew 7:3. 43-45. See on Matthew 7:16, and Matthew 12:33; Matthew 12:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
OBEDIENT HEARING. See on Matthew 7:21.... [ Continue Reading ]