CHAPTER XX. _The question concerning the authority of Christ, and the_ _baptism of John_, 1-8. _The parable of the vine-yard let out to wicked husbandmen_, 9-18. _The chief priests and scribes are offended, and lay snares for_ _him_, 19, 20. _The question about tribute_, 21-26. _The question... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 20:2. _BY WHAT AUTHORITY_, c.] See Clarke's notes on Matthew 21:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 20:9. _A CERTAIN MAN PLANTED A VINEYARD_, c.] See this parable largely explained, Matthew 21:33. See also Clarke on Mark 12:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 20:10. _THAT THEY SHOULD GIVE HIM OF THE FRUIT_] The Hindoo corn-merchants, that have lent money to _husbandmen, send persons_ _in harvest-time to collect their share of the produce of the_ _ground_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 20:16. _GOD FORBID._] Or, _Let it not be_, μηγενοιτο. Our phrase, _God forbid_, answers pretty well to the _meaning_ of the Greek, but it is no _translation_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 20:18. _GRIND HIM TO POWDER._] Matthew 21:44, Matthew 21:44.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 20:20. _THEY WATCHED HIM_] παρατηρησαντες, _Insidiously_ _watching_. Luke 14:1, Luke 14:1. _SPIES_] εγκαθετους, from εν, _in_, and καθιημι, _I let_ _down, to set in ambush_. One who _crouches_ in some secret place to _spy, listen, catch_, or _hurt_. _Hesychius_ explains the word by ενεδ... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 20:22. _IS IT LAWFUL FOR US TO GIVE TRIBUTE UNTO CAESAR_] See this _insidious_ but _important_ question considered at large on Matthew 22:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 29. _THERE WERE THEREFORE SEVEN BRETHREN_] See Clarke on Matthew 22:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 34. _THE CHILDREN OF THIS WORLD_] Men and women in their present state of mortality and probation; procreation being necessary to restore the waste made by death, and to keep up the population of the earth.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 36. _EQUAL UNTO THE ANGELS_] Who neither _marry_ nor _die_. See the Jewish testimonies to the resurrection of the human body quoted at length on 1 Corinthians 15:42.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 38. _ALL LIVE UNTO HIM._] There is a remarkable passage in _Josephus's_ account of the Maccabees, chap. xvi., which proves that the best informed Jews believed that the souls of righteous men were in the presence of God in a state of happiness. "_They who_ _lose their lives for the sake of Go... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 20:40. _THEY DURST NOT ASK_] Or, _did not venture_ to ask any other question, for fear of being again confounded, as they had already been.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 20:41. _HOW SAY THEY_] See the note on Matthew 22:42-40.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 20:43. _THY FOOTSTOOL._] Literally, _the footstool of thy feet_. They shall not only be so far humbled that the feet _may_ be set on them; but they shall be _actually_ subjected, and put completely under that Christ whom they now despise, and are about to crucify.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Luke 20:46. _BEWARE OF THE SCRIBES_] Take heed that ye be not seduced by those who should show you the way of salvation. See on Matthew 23:4. 1. How it can be supposed that the ancient Jewish Church had no distinct notion of the resurrection of the dead is to me truly surprising. The justice... [ Continue Reading ]