I suppose that he.... — The same word occurs in the same sense as Acts 2:15. As used here, it seems to carry with it a tone partly of indifference, partly of uneasiness and perplexity as to what the drift of the parable might be.
Verse 43. He _TO WHOM HE FORGAVE MOST._] By this acknowledgment he was, unknowingly to himself, prepared to receive our Lord's reproof....
I SUPPOSE ... - He saw not “the point” of our Lord’s parable. By thus saying, therefore, he condemned himself, and prepared the way for our Lord’s reproof....
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Centurion's Servant Healed. (Luke 7:1 .)_ 2. The Widow's Son Raised from the Dead. (Luke 7:11) 3. John's Questions and the Answer. (Luke 7:18) 4. The Testimony Concerning John. ...
THE ANOINTING OF JESUS. Lk. only; perhaps based on the incident (though not to be identified with it) recorded in Mark 14:3 *, Matthew 26:6 *, and introduced here in illustration of Jesus-' friend shi...
One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. He went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table; and--look you--there was a woman in the town, a bad woman. She knew that he was at table in...
A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...
I SUPPOSE. I take it. Greek. _hupolambano,_ used only by Luke; here, Luke 10:30; Acts 1:9; Acts 2:15. Medical use, to check (a disease). JUDGED. App-122....
_I suppose_ -I imagine;" -I presume." The original word has a shade of supercilious irony (comp. Acts 2:15), as though Simon thought the question very trivial, and never dreamt that it could have any...
ὙΠΟΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ. ‘I imagine;’ ‘I presume.’ The word has a shade of supercilious irony (comp. Acts 2:15), as though Simon thought the question very trivial, and never dreamt that it could have any bearing o...
Ver 36. And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. 37. And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she...
ΎΠΟΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ (G5274) _praes. ind. act._ полагать, предполагать, высказывать предположение с видом притворного равнодушия (Plummer). ΌΡΘΏΣ (G3723) _adv._ правильно, верно, ΈΚΡΙΝΑΣ _aor. ind. act._ 2per...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 5 The Self-Satisfied (Luke 7:36-50) 36 One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house, and took his place at table. 37And behold, a w...
Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. SIMON ANSWERED AND SAID, I SUPPOSE HE TO WHOM HE FORGAVE MOST. AND HE SAID UNTO...
19 As the form of the Greek word for different or "another" is indefinite as to gender, it may be rendered "a different thing" or "another thing". That is, John may have hoped that Christ was about to...
7:43 forgave (f-11) As 'show grace,' 2 Corinthians 2:7 ....
CHRIST ANOINTED AT THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE PHARISEE (peculiar to Lk). Placed here as an illustration of how 'Wisdom' (i.e. the Gospel) is justified by the changed life of one of 'her children' (this si...
RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON. THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER 1-10. Healing of the centurion's servant. See on Matthew 8:5....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 THE *FAITH OF AN ARMY OFFICER 7:1-10 V1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people, he went to Capernaum. V2 In that town, an of...
CHAPTER 13 THE ANOINTING OF THE FEET. Luke 7:36 WHETHER the narrative of the Anointing is inserted in its chronological order we cannot say, for the Evangelist gives us no word by which we may recog...
_The sinful woman_. This section, peculiar to Lk., one of the golden evangelic incidents we owe to him, is introduced here with much tact, as it serves to illustrate how Jesus came to be called the fr...
_Host and guest_. ἀποκριθεὶς, answering, to his thought written on his face. Σίμων : the Pharisee now is called by his own name as in friendly intercourse. The whole dialogue on Christ's part presents...
THE FORGIVEN SINNER'S GRATEFUL LOVE Luke 7:36-50 What a trio! _Christ_ stands here as a manifestation of the divine love, as it comes among sinners. The love of God is not dependent on our merits; _f...
Here our Lord passed over the national boundary to bring blessing to the household of a Roman centurion. Of that man the elders said, "He is worthy." The man said, "I am not worthy." Jesus Said, "I ha...
In proportion to our sins, should be our grief, says St. Cyprian: ut p\'9cnitentia non sit minor crimine. (lib. de lapsis.)...
CHAPTER 23. GRATITUDE OF THE FALLEN WOMAN WHOM JESUS HAD SAVED Luke 7:36-50. “A certain one of the Pharisees asked Him that He may eat with him; and coming into the house of the Pharisee, He sat down...
_The Parable._ If this man wanted a proof of the prophetic gift of Jesus, he received it instantly in the following parable, which so exactly meets his thoughts and secret questions. The form of the f...
(36) And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him: and he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. (37) And, behold, a woman in the city which was a sinner, when she kn...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
Hence, after this, we find the Spirit acting in the heart of a Gentile (chapter 7). That heart manifested more faith than any among the children of Israel. Humble in heart, and loving the people of Go...
SIMON ANSWERED AND SAID,.... Very readily, without any hesitation, not being aware of the application of it, to the instance he had been pondering in his mind: I SUPPOSE, THAT HE TO WHOM HE FORGAVE M...
Simon answered and said, I suppose that _he_, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. Ver. 43. _Thou hast rightly judged_] See here and imitate our Saviour's candour:...
_Jesus answering_ What Simon spake within himself; _said, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee_ Though he was kindly entertained at his table, yet even there he judged it proper to reprove him for wh...
SIMON ANSWERED AND SAID, I SUPPOSE THAT HE TO WHOM HE FORGAVE MOST. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, THOU HAST RIGHTLY JUDGED....
The parable and its application:...
A CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED (vs.1-10) The Lord then came to Capernaum and there was appealed to by a Gentile, a Roman centurion, by means of the mediatorship of Jewish elders. In contrast to this a...
36-50 None can truly perceive how precious Christ is, and the glory of the gospel, except the broken-hearted. But while they feel they cannot enough express self-abhorrence on account of sin, and adm...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III This, therefore, was the [object of the] long-suffering of God, that man, passing through all things, and acquiring the knowledge of moral discipline, then attaining...
Luke 7:43 Simon G4613 answered G611 (G5679) and G1161 said G2036 (G5627) suppose G5274 (G5719) one...
‘Simon answered and said, “He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most.” And he said to him, “You have rightly judged.” Simon had no difficulty in answering that one. It was the one who was forgiven t...
A COMPARISON of the various accounts renders it highly probable that the Evangelist is here following the strict chronological order. (Some think the words of Luke 7:34 may have suggested the insertio...
Luke 7:43. I SUPPOSE. We are to understand, ‘that is, if they feel as they ought.' TO WHOM HE FORGAVE THE MOST. From this correct answer a false conclusion has often been drawn, oftener in thought an...
I SUPPOSE (υπολαμβανω). Old verb, originally to take up from under, to bear away as on high, to take up in speech (Luke 10:30), to take up in mind or to assume as here and Acts 2:15. Here with an a...
Luke 7:40 A State of Sin a State of Debt. I. We are all debtors to God. Having failed to discharge the debt of obligation, we now owe a debt of punishment. II. We are debtors in different degrees....
Luke 7:36 I. The narrative encourages sinners of every name and degree to go at once to Christ. He will in nowise cast them out. There are no more touching stories in the Gospels than those which tell...
Luke 7:36. _And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat._ It was usually a suspicious circumstance when a Pharisee des...
Luke 7:36. _And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat._ They sat according to the Eastern custom of sitting, which w...
Luke 7:24. _And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?_ Certainly...
Luke 7:18. _And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things._ John was in prison, and, possibly, troubled in spirit. Luke 7:19. _And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to...
CONTENTS: Centurion's servant healed. Widow's son raised. Questions from John the Baptist in prison and Jesus' testimony. Jesus annointed in the Pharisee's house. Parable of the creditor and two debto...
Luke 7:2. _A certain centurion's servant._ As soon as this officer heard of Christ, he believed in him, having been assured of the miracles by competent witnesses. Being a gentile, he sent the rulers...
Jesus SPOKE UP. He answers the unspoken question of Simon. TWO MEN WHO OWED MONEY. This is a parable - using common things to teach spiritual truth. NEITHER COULD PAY HIM BACK. Both were helpless, as...
_He frankly forgave them both_ FREE FORGIVENESS There is one thing that is needful in all true religion--there is no religion without it--and that is love towards God. It is quite true that some Chr...
_And, behold, a woman in the city which was a sinner_ Jesus anointed by a weeping penitent in the house of Simon the Pharisee Much love shown where much sin has been forgiven I. IT IS TO THIS INDIVID...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:1 Luke helps his readers answer the question “Who is this...?” (v. Luke 7:49) by recounting two healing miracles (vv. Luke
CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_....
_Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And He said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged._ Christ praises the answer, in order that Simon might the more readily accept the r...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 7:36. ONE OF THE PHARISEES.—The invitation given by one of the Pharisees to Jesus would seem to belong to an early period of His ministry, before the enmity of that party against...
EXPOSITION LUKE 7:1 The _servant _(_or slave_)_ of the centurion of Capernaum is healed._ LUKE 7:1 NOW WHEN HE HAD ENDED ALL HIS SAYINGS. This clearly refers to the sermon on the mount. That great...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 7. At this point in Luke's gospel he is going to give us series of events, miracles that transpired in the life of Jesus. When he ended these say...
1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 15:9; 1 Timothy 1:13; 2 Corinthians 5:14;...
I suppose [υ π ο λ α μ β α ν ω]. The verb literally means to take up by getting under. It might be rendered, accordingly, I take it....
THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER Luke 7:36 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There was a great gulf between the Pharisees and the publicans. The Pharisees professed a piety, that, in their own estimation, lifted them f...
Which of them will love him most? — Neither of them will love him at all, before he has forgiven them. An insolvent debtor, till he is forgiven, does not love, but fly his creditor....