Luke 9:1-6
IX. (1-6) THEN HE CALLED HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES.-SEE Notes on Matthew 10:5, and Mark 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
IX. (1-6) THEN HE CALLED HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES.-SEE Notes on Matthew 10:5, and Mark 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER STAVES. — The better MSS. give, “neither a staff.” The plural was probably adopted in order to bring the verse into harmony with Matthew 10:10, and Mark 6:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
A TESTIMONY AGAINST THEM. — Better, _a testimony unto them. _... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT THROUGH THE TOWNS. — Better, _villages,_ as more consistent with the rendering of the word in Matthew 14:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
(7-9) BECAUSE THAT IT WAS SAID OF SOME,... — See Notes on Matthew 14:1; Mark 6:14. In Matthew 14:2, and Mark 6:14, Herod is represented as himself expressing this belief. St. Luke states, probably from his knowledge of the Herodian household (see _Introduction_)_,_ that it did not originate with him... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE DESIRED TO SEE HIM. — St. Luke returns (Luke 23:8) to the working of this desire, which he apparently knew from sources that were not within the reach of the other Evangelists.... [ Continue Reading ]
(10-17) AND THE APOSTLES, WHEN THEY WERE RETURNED. — See Notes on Matthew 14:13, and Mark 6:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEALED THEM THAT HAD NEED OF HEALING. — We cannot well alter the translation, but it may be noted that the word for “healing” is not formed from the same verb as “healed;” and is, as it were, a more technical word (used, with the one exception of Revelation 22:2, b_y_ St. Luke only) and equivalent t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE DAY BEGAN... — Literally, _and the day began to wear away, and the Twelve came_... INTO THE TOWNS AND COUNTRY. — Better, as before (Luke 9:6; Luke 8:34), _the villages and farms. _... [ Continue Reading ]
BUY MEAT. — Better, _food. _... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE THEM SIT DOWN. — Literally, _recline,_ or _lie down. _... [ Continue Reading ]
TWELVE BASKETS. — See Note on Matthew 14:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT CAME TO PASS... — St. Luke, it will be noted, omits the narrative of our Lord’s walking on the water, of the feeding of the Four Thousand, of the Syro-Phœnician woman, and of the teaching as to the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. We cannot get beyond a conjectural explanation of these... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHRIST OF GOD. — This precise form of expression is peculiar to St. Luke. It agrees substantially with “the Lord’s Christ” of the song of Simeon (Luke 2:26).... [ Continue Reading ]
(23-27) IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME. — See Notes on Matthew 16:24; Mark 8:34; Mark 9:1. TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY. — The adverb is peculiar to St. Luke’s report, and at least reminds us of St. Paul’s “I die daily” (1 Corinthians 15:31).... [ Continue Reading ]
AND LOSE HIMSELF, OR BE CAST AWAY. — Better, _destroy himself,_ or _suffer loss._ The first word expresses a more direct act, as of self-destruction, and the second (see Note on Matthew 16:16) implies the thought of the forfeiture of something precious rather than of being absolutely rejected. It pr... [ Continue Reading ]
IN HIS OWN GLORY, AND IN HIS FATHER’S. — The first part of the clause is peculiar, in this report of our Lord’s words, to St. Luke, and presents a point of agreement with those recorded in John 17:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
(28-36) AND IT CAME TO PASS. — See Notes on Matthew 17:1, and Mark 9:2. St. Luke’s way of reckoning, “about an eight days,” where the other two Gospels give “after six days,” is interesting, as throwing light on the mode of reckoning which sees three days in the interval between our Lord’s death and... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS HE PRAYED. — We again note, as characteristic of St. Luke, the stress laid upon our Lord’s prayers here, as before in Luke 3:21; Luke 5:16; Luke 6:12. THE FASHION OF HIS COUNTENANCE WAS ALTERED. — It is, perhaps, noticeable that the Evangelist who had the most classical culture avoids the us... [ Continue Reading ]
SPAKE OF HIS DECEASE. — St. Luke’s is the only narrative that names the subject of the words that passed between our Lord and Moses and Elias. The use of the word “decease” (_exodos_) instead of “death” is remarkable: (1) because it had not been commonly so used by Greek authors; (2) because in its... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT PETER... AND WHEN THEY WERE AWAKE. — The relations of the two clauses would be better expressed by, _And Peter_. .. _but awaked_...... [ Continue Reading ]
MASTER. — The same word as before, in Luke 5:5; Luke 8:24, where see Notes.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS MY BELOVED SON. — The better MSS. give “chosen.” (Comp. the use of a like word in 1 Peter 2:4; 1 Peter 2:6.) Assuming this to have been the original reading, the “beloved” of the received text must have originated in the wish to produce a verbal as well as a substantial agreement with the ot... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT CAME TO PASS. — See Notes on Matthew 17:14; Mark 9:14. St. Luke’s omission of the question and the teaching as to the coming of Elijah given by the other two Gospels is noticeable. There was no expectation of that coming among the Gentiles for whom he wrote. It was not necessary to correct th... [ Continue Reading ]
A MAN OF THE COMPANY. — Better, _a man from among the multitude._ MASTER. — Here St. Luke uses the more common word, which means “teacher.” HE IS MINE ONLY CHILD. — Note, as in the history of the widow of Nain (Luke 5:12), the tender sympathy shown in St. Luke’s narrative. He is the only Evangelis... [ Continue Reading ]
AT THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD. — The word so rendered is a somewhat remarkable one, and, like the _exodos_ of Luke 9:31, appears again in 2 Peter 1:16 in close connection with a reference to the history of the Transfiguration. There it is rendered “majesty,” and in Acts 19:27 “magnificence.” Here _grea... [ Continue Reading ]
(44-45) LET THESE SAYINGS SINK DOWN. — See Notes on Matthew 17:22, and Mark 9:30. Literally, _Set these sayings in your ears;_ but the English version is quite adequate as an idiomatic rendering. SHALL BE DELIVERED. — Literally, _is about to be delivered. _... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN THERE AROSE A REASONING AMONG THEM. — Better, _a dispute,_ or _questioning._ See Notes on Matthew 18:1, and Mark 9:33. WHICH OF THEM SHOULD BE GREATEST. — Better, _which of them was the greatest. _... [ Continue Reading ]
TOOK A CHILD. — Better, _laid hold on. _... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE THAT IS LEAST AMONG YOU ALL. — The addition in this place and this form are peculiar to St. Luke’s report, but agree in substance with Mark 9:35. THE SAME SHALL BE GREAT. — The better MSS. give, “the same _is_ great,” the greatness not being thrown forward as a compensation to be received in... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JOHN ANSWERED AND SAID. — See Notes on Mark 9:38, the narrative being common to these two Gospels only. MASTER. — The same word as in Luke 5:5; Luke 8:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THE TIME WAS COME THAT HE SHOULD BE RECEIVED UP. — Literally, _When the days of His assumption were being fulfilled._ The noun is peculiar to St. Luke, and is derived from the verb used of the Ascension, in Mark 16:19; 1 Timothy 3:16. It can here refer to nothing else, and the passage, as occur... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SENT MESSENGERS BEFORE HIS FACE. — It is remarkable that the words “Samaria” and “Samaritan” do not occur at all in St. Mark, and in St. Matthew in one passage only (Matthew 10:5), and then in the command given to the Twelve that they were not to enter into any city of the Samaritans. St. Luke,... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY DID NOT RECEIVE HIM. — The reason thus given exactly agrees with what has been stated above. It will be remembered that when He had visited Samaria before, it was on His return, not directly from Jerusalem, but from some unknown region of Judæa where He had been baptising (John 3:22; John 4:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN HIS DISCIPLES JAMES AND JOHN SAW THIS. — The burning zeal of the sons of Zebedee, more fiery even than that of Peter, was eminently characteristic of those whom our Lord had named as the Sons of Thunder (Mark 3:17). Their anger was probably heightened by the contrast with His former reception i... [ Continue Reading ]
YE KNOW NOT WHAT MANNER OF SPIRIT YE ARE OF. — The words admit of two constructions: (1) that the disciples did not know that the Spirit that had been given “not by measure” to their Master, and promised by Him to them (Matthew 10:20; John 3:34), was one of gentleness and love; (2) that they did not... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE SON OF MAN IS NOT COME TO DESTROY MEN’S LIVES. — Here, again, we have to note the absence of the words from many of the better MSS. It is, perhaps, open to conjecture that they were inserted from an oral tradition that had preserved what the Evangelist in his written record had omitted.... [ Continue Reading ]
(57-60) LORD, I WILL FOLLOW THEE. — See Notes on Matthew 8:19. The two anecdotes, if we may so call them, are placed by the two Evangelists in a very different connection. It is clear that their isolated, fragmentary character, with no definite notes of time and place, left a large margin to the dis... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, I WILL FOLLOW THEE. — This third example of our Lord’s method of dealing with half-hearted disciples is peculiar to St. Luke. Here, as in the first instance, there is what has the appearance of a spontaneous offer, coupled with a plea for postponement. The man pleads a wish to take a formal fa... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MAN, HAVING PUT HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH... — The image which our Lord used was, as usual, one that went home to the personal experience of His hearers. They were of the peasant class, and they knew that the eye of the ploughman if he is to do his work well, must look straight before him at the lin... [ Continue Reading ]