Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Luke 11:44
(13) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] are not aware [of them].
(13) Hypocrites deceive men with an outward show.
(13) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] are not aware [of them].
(13) Hypocrites deceive men with an outward show.
Verse 44. _YE ARE AS GRAVES WHICH APPEAR NOT_] In Matthew 23:27, our Lord tells them that they _exactly resembled white-washed tombs_: they had no fairness but on the _outside_: (see the note there:)...
See Matthew 23:6, Matthew 23:27....
CHAPTER 11 _ 1. The Prayer Given to the Disciples (Luke 11:1 .)_ 2. The Friend at Midnight. (Luke 11:5) 3. Encouragement to Pray. (Luke 11:11) 4. A Demon Cast Out and the Blasphemous Accusation. ...
CONDEMNATION OF PHARISEES AND SCRIBES._ Cf._ (though the arrangement is different) Matthew 23*, where the Jerusalem setting is more suitable (perhaps Lk. wishes to make the Jerusalem discourses end wi...
After Jesus had spoken a Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He came in and reclined at the table. The Pharisee was surprised when he saw that he did not dip his hands in water before he ate. The Lor...
TEACH US TO PRAY (Luke 11:1-4)...
HYPOCRITES. Theodotion's rendering of Job 34:30, and Job 36:13, and Aquila and Theod. in Job 15:34, and by Aquila, Syria., and Theod. in Proverbs 11:9;...
_hypocrites_ The first meaning of the word is -actors." _as graves which appear not_ Any contact with sepulchres involved Levitical uncleanness. Hence graves and tombs were whitewashed that none might...
Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31_. Rejected by the Samaritans. A lesson of Tolerance._ This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical...
[ὙΠΟΚΡΙΤΑΊ.] The first meaning of the word is ‘actors.’ ὩΣ ΤᾺ ΜΝΗΜΕΙ͂Α ΤᾺ ἌΔΗΛΑ. Any contact with sepulchres involved Levitical uncleanness. Hence graves and tombs were whitewashed that none might tou...
THE INVITATION OF THE PHARISEE AND THE OPEN RUPTURE...
CHAPS. Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:31 This section forms a great episode in St Luke, which may be called the departure for the final conflict, and is identical with the journey (probably to the Feast of the...
Ver 37. And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him, and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38. And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinne...
_JESUS REBUKED THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES -- LUKE 11:37-54:_ Jesus condemned the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses. As Jesus ate with a Pharisee he was shocked that Jesus did not keep thei...
ΜΝΗΜΕΊΑ _пот. pl. от_ ΜΝΗΜΕΪΟΝ (G3419) гробница. Praed. _пот._ ΆΔΗΛΑ _пот. pl. от_ ΆΔΗΛΟΣ (G82) невидимый, незаметный, ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟΫ́ΝΤΕΣPRAES. _act. part. (adj.) от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ (G4043) ходить, Ο'ΊΔΑΣΙΝ...
WOE UNTO YOU, SCRIBES, &C.— The scribes were called, in the Hebrew language, _sopherim,—writers,_ and are often mentioned in the sacred history as persons of great authority in the Jewish commonwealth...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Pharisaism (Luke 11:37-54) 37 While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in and sat at table. 38The Pharisee was astonished to see, that he...
And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, NOW DO YE PH...
27 This is a delicate yet decisive thrust at the slightest tendency toward Mariolatry. Mary was indeed most blessed to be chosen to bear such a Son, but it was a physical relationship, such as He sust...
THE LORD'S PRAYER. THE SIGN OF JONAH 1-4. The Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9). See on Mt. If the Lord's Prayer was given only once, St. Luke is probably right as to the occasion. His version, however (as...
CHRIST IS ENTERTAINED BY A PHARISEE. HE DENOUNCES PHARISAIC FORMALISM AND HYPOCRISY. For the relation of this discourse to Matthew 23:1, see on Matthew 23:1....
See on Matthew 23:27....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 11 JESUS TEACHES ABOUT PRAYER 11:1-13 1 THE PRAYER THAT JESUS TAUGHT 11:1-4 V1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of...
WOE UNTO YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! — The better MSS. give simply, _Woe unto you, Pharisees,_ (See Note on Matthew 23:27.) YE ARE AS GRAVES WHICH APPEAR NOT. — The comparison, though draw...
This “woe” is evidently adapted for Gentile use. In Mt. the sepulchres are made conspicuous by white-washing to warn passers-by, and the point is the contrast between the fair exterior and the inner f...
To this criticism of the externalism of the Pharisees, the only thing strictly relevant to the situation as described, are appended three of Mt.'s “woes” directed against their will-worship in tithing...
_In the house of a Pharisee; criticism of the religion of Pharisees and scribes_ (Matthew 23). This section contains a selection of the hard sayings of Jesus on the “righteousness of the scribes and P...
DARK AND FOUL WITHIN Luke 11:33-44 “The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,” Proverbs 20:27. How many unlit candles there are! Will you not ask whether Christ has ever kindled you with His divi...
Watching the Master at prayer, His disciples were inspired with a desire to pray, and requested that they be taught. He responded to them in a fourfold statement. First, He gave them a model. Then He...
Sepulchres that appear not. This comparison is partly different from that of Matthew xxiii. 27. For there Christ compares hypocrites to whitened sepulchres, which may be seen and avoided; here he comp...
WOES PRONOUNCED ON THE PHARISEES & THEOLOGIANS Luke 11:42-54. _“But woe unto you Pharisees, because you tithe mint, anise, and every herb, and you pass by judgment and the love of God; it behooveth yo...
1 _st. To the Pharisees: Luke 11:37-44_. VERS. 37 AND 38. _The Occasion._ This Pharisee had probably been one of the hearers of the previous discourse; perhaps one of the authors of the accusation ra...
(42) But, woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue, and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgement, and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (43...
The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men, c...
The prayer which He taught His disciples (chapter 11) has respect also to the position into which they came before the gift of the Holy Ghost. [32] Jesus Himself prayed, as the dependent man on earth....
WOE UNTO YOU SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES,.... As they are all along called by Matthew; though only here by Luke. The Vulgate Latin only reads, "woe unto you", leaving out all the rest: but the w...
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over _them_ are not aware _of them_. Ver. 44. _For ye are as graves_] As the deep grave k...
Luke 11:44. "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites," etc. The Jewish church was now in its apostatized state, being become a hypocritical, superstitious, corrupt, haughty, persecuting church...
_Wo unto you, for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues_, &c. Here he denounces the judgment of God against them for their pride, which was so excessive, that it appeared in their carriage in...
AS GRAVES WHICH APPEAR NOT; so that men walking over them are polluted without knowing it. In Matthew 23:27-28, there is a contrast between a fair outward appearance and inward abomination. Here the p...
A threefold woe:...
WOE UNTO YOU., SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! FOR YE ARE AS GRAVES WHICH APPEAR NOT, AND THE MEN THAT WALK OVER THEM ARE NOT AWARE OF THEM. The Lord proceeds to characterize Pharisaism by bringing...
VALUABLE INSTRUCTION AS TO PRAYER (vs.1-13) As this chapter opens the Lord Jesus was exemplifying the character of dependent communion with His Father (that character that He commended in Mary). His...
37-54 We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, we must not neglect the smallest matter God ha...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 23:27", where our Saviour compares the Pharisees to whited sepulchres: here he compares them to sepulchres, but not as there to denote their hypocrisy, appearing white, but havin...
Luke 11:44 Woe G3759 you G5213 scribes G1122 and G2532 Pharisees G5330 hypocrites G5273 For G3754 are G2075 ...
“Woe to you! for you are as the tombs which are not visible, and the men who walk over them are not aware of it.” The third woe is that they cause others to stumble. To touch a tomb or grave rendered...
THE WOEFUL STATE OF THOSE WHOSE LIGHT IS DARKNESS, AND WHO THEREFORE COME UNDER HIS WOES (11:37-52). But sadly there are those whose eyes turn away from the light. Instead of their eyes being fixed on...
Luke 11:44. AS THE TOMBS WHICH APPEAR NOT. See on Matthew 23:27. The ‘whited sepulchres' were those of the rich, and the application is to external beauty covering inner corruption; here humbler tombs...
THIS discourse closely resembles the great denunciation of the Pharisees (Matthew 23); but the circumstances of the two are entirely different; the one was uttered just before our Lord departed solemn...
THIS division of the Gospel of Luke, embracing nearly one third of the whole, contains for the most part matter peculiar to this Evangelist. A number of the incidents probably belong to an earlier per...
THE TOMBS WHICH APPEAR NOT (τα μνηνεια τα αδηλα). These hidden graves would give ceremonial defilement for seven days (Numbers 19:16). Hence they were usually whitewashed as a warning. So in Matthew...
Luke 11:14. _And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake and the people wondered. But some of them said, He casteth out devils thr...
CONTENTS: Jesus' doctrine of prayer. Jesus charged with casting out demons by Beelzebub, and His answer. Woes denounced upon the Pharisees and lawyers. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Satan, Jonah, Sol...
Luke 11:1. _Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples._ The disciples of John were eminent for fasting and prayer; and though the prayers of the jews were good, yet they were not exact...
SO THE LORD SAID TO HIM. Jesus may have said this more than once. See notes on a similar lesson in Matthew 23:1-36; Luke 11:41 is only given by Luke. The Jewish leaders hated everybody who was not a p...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 11:42 Jesus directs three woes against the Pharisees (see note on Matt. 23:13). The woes are a combination of criticism and sorrow. TITHE... EVERY HERB. Such spe
CHAPTER 11 VER. 2. _When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name_. S. Matthew adds this prayer to the sermon on the mount, whilst S. Luke places it at a later period. Either...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 11:37. BESOUGHT.—Simply, “asked” (R.V.). TO DINE.—Rather, “that He would _breakfast_ with him.” The word used means a noon-day meal = our late breakfast or luncheon. Luke 11:38....
EXPOSITION LUKE 11:1 The _Lord_'_s teaching on the_ _subject of prayer. _Again the scene is far away from Jerusalem; no special note of _time _or _place _enables us to fix the scene or date with any...
Tonight, chapter 11 in the gospel according to Luke. Again, as Luke is pointing out the human side of Jesus, though He was God, He became man. He is the God-man. He is divine, and yet, He is human. Th...
Acts 23:3; Hosea 9:8; Matthew 23:27; Matthew 23:28; Numbers 19:16;...
Tombs which appear not [τ α μ ν η μ ε ι α τ α α δ η λ α]. Lit., the tombs, the unseen ones. The word adhlov, unapparent, occurs only here and 1 Corinthians 14:8, of the trumpet giving an uncertain sou...
For ye are as graves which appear not — Probably in speaking this our Lord fixed his eyes on the scribes. As graves which appear not, being overgrown with grass, so that men are not aware, till they s...
Another woe is here denounced against the Pharisees, for cheating and deceiving the people with an outward show and appearance of piety and religion. They were like graves and sepulchres grown over wi...