Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Luke 18:24
(8) And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
(8) To be both rich and godly is a singular gift of God.
(8) And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
(8) To be both rich and godly is a singular gift of God.
LUKE 18:24 auvto.n o` VIhsou/j @peri,lupon geno,menon# ei=pen {C} On the one hand, the excellent attestation for the shorter text (a B L ¦1 1241 _al_) and the variety of positions of peri,lupon geno,...
Verse Luke 18:24. _HOW HARDLY SHALL THEY THAT HAVE RICHES_, c.] See the notes on this discourse of our Lord, on Matthew 19:21, and Mark 10:30....
See the notes at Matthew 19:13....
CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The Unjust Judge and the Avenging of His Elect. (Luke 18:1)_ 2. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. (Luke 18:9) 3. The Little Children and the Required Lowliness. (Luke 18...
THE GREAT REFUSAL AND THE OBSTACLE OF RICHES (Mark 10:17 *, Matthew 19:16 *). Lk. describes the inquirer as a ruler (probably of the local synagogue), and unlike Mt. keeps Mk.'s words in Luke 18:18 f....
A ruler asked Jesus, "Good teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? There is none good except one God. You know the commandments--do not commit a...
UNWEARIED IN PRAYER (Luke 18:1-8)...
WHEN JESUS SAW THAT HE WAS. Jesus seeing (App-133.) him becoming. HARDLY. with difficulty. SHALL THEY. do they....
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...
_saw that he was very sorrowful_ Several good uncials read merely -when Jesus saw him." _shall they that have riches_ Rather, DO THEY. The striking reading of some MSS. (א, B, &c.) in Mark 10:24, is t...
ἸΔῺΝ ΔῈ ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ. Several good uncials read merely ‘when Jesus saw him.’ The Gospel to the Hebrews as quoted by Origen on Matthew 19:19 has here a weak and prosaic addition, which shews its complete inf...
THE GREAT REFUSAL. THE YOUNG RULER WHO LOVED RICHES MORE THAN CHRIST...
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...
par Ver 24. And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 25. For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye...
ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Luke 18:15. ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΝ _aor. med. (dep.) part., см._ Luke 18:23. ΔΥΣΚΌΛΩΣ (G1423) _adv._ трудно....
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Parsimonious (Luke 18:18-30) 18 And a ruler asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19And Jesus said to him, Why do you call me good? No one is...
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! AND WHEN JESUS SAW THAT HE WAS VERY SORROWFUL - as he "went away," "he...
15-11 Compare Mat_19:13-15; Mar_10:13-16; Mat_18:3. 15 It was customary for rabbis and great teachers to invoke a blessing on those who desired it, especially on children who were not mature enough to...
THE UNJUST JUDGE. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. THE RICH RULER 1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk). There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the Second Advent leads Christ to...
THE RICH YOUNG RULER. THE REWARD OF THOSE WHO FORSAKE ALL (Matthew 19:16; Mark 10:17). See on Mt....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 18 TWO *PARABLES ABOUT PRAYER 18:1-14 1 THE WIDOW AND THE JUDGE 18:1-8 V1 Jesus told his *disciples a *parable. It showed that they should continue...
(24-27) WHEN JESUS SAW THAT HE WAS VERY SORROWFUL. — See Notes on Matthew 19:23; Mark 10:23. The better MSS. give simply, “When Jesus saw him, He said...” HOW HARDLY SHALL THEY THAT HAVE RICHES... —...
CHAPTER 22 THE ETHICS OF THE GOSPEL. WHATEVER of truth there may be in the charge of "other-worldliness," as brought against the modern exponents of Christianity, such a charge could not even be whis...
_Ensuing conversation_ (Matthew 19:23-30; Mark 10:23-31)....
εἰσπορεύονται : present, not future, as in parallels, indicating not what will happen but what is apt to happen from the nature of riches....
SOME SYNOPTICAL INCIDENTS OF THE LATER TIME. Lk., who has for some time followed his own way, now joins the company of his brother evangelists. The section following is skilfully connected with what g...
THE ONE THING NEEDFUL Luke 18:18-30 The young ruler was a man of irreproachable character. He might have said of himself all that the Apostle Paul says in Philippians 3:4, _etc_. But he was restless...
Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of need....
THE RICH YOUNG MAN Matthew 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30. Mark: “And He, traveling along the road, one running and kneeling clown asked Him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit e...
2 _d. Luke 18:24-27_. _The Conversation regarding the Rich Man._ It is not the fact of proprietorship which hinders the soul from taking its flight to spiritual blessings; it is the feeling of securit...
5. _The Rich Young Man: Luke 18:18-30_. In the three Syn. this piece immediately follows the preceding (Matthew 19:16; Mark 10:17). Oral tradition had connected the two, perhaps because there existed...
(18) And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (19) And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is God. (20) Thou...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
Grace is the spring of the Christian's walk, and furnishes directions for it. He cannot with impunity (chapter 17) despise the weak. He must not be weary of pardoning his brother. If he have faith but...
AND WHEN JESUS SAW THAT HE WAS VERY SORROWFUL,.... As he might, by his looks and gestures; and perceived that he was determined not to part with his possessions, and follow him: HE SAID TO HIS DISCIP...
And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! Ver. 24. See Matthew 19:23 ....
_And a certain ruler_ The following account is given us both by Matthew and Mark; from whom we learn, that he was a young man, and very rich: but only Luke informs us that he was _a ruler_, or magistr...
Children brought to Christ; the rich ruler. Matthew 19:13-30....
AND WHEN JESUS SAW THAT HE WAS VERY SORROWFUL, HE SAID, HOW HARDLY SHALL THEY THAT HAVE RICHES ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD!...
The lesson of the incident:...
GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER (vs.1-8) This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in the believer...
18-30 Many have a great deal in them very commendable, yet perish for lack of some one thing; so this ruler could not bear Christ's terms, which would part between him and his estate. Many who are lo...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 18:18...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V Again, "Don't sail on land" is a Pythagorean saw, and shows that taxes and similar contracts, being troublesome and fluctuating, ought to be declined. Wherefore...
Luke 18:24 And G1161 Jesus G2424 saw G1492 (G5631) he G846 became G1096 (G5637) sorrowful G4036 said...
‘And Jesus seeing him said, “How hard it will be for those who have riches to enter into the Kingly Rule of God!” So Jesus pointed out to him how hard it was for someone who had riches to come under t...
THE WEALTHY YOUNG RULER AND THE USE OF POSSESSIONS (18:18-30). Following on the delightful response of these children we have a classic example of one who was not ready to receive the Kingly Rule of...
FROM this point on, Luke's account is strictly parallel with those of Matthew and Mark. He does not, however, mention the locality (Perea). We group the rest of the chapter together, as the events suc...
SHALL THEY ENTER (εισπορευοντα). Present middle indicative, futuristic present....
Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;_ Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or weary, even if their pra...
CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of Pharisee and publican. Little children blessed. Rich young ruler. Death and resurrection foretold. Blind man healed near Jericho. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Luke 18:1. _Men ought always to pray, and not to faint._ We have continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord alwa...
A JEWISH LEADER ASKED JESUS. See notes on Matthew 19:16-30. He was probably leader of a synagogue (see note on Luke 13:14)....
_Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?_ THE RICH YOUTH’S ADDRESS TO CHRIST I. THE FAVOURABLE TRAITS OF CHARACTER EXHIBITED IN THE QUESTION PROPOSED BY THIS YOUNG MAN. 1. The questio...
JESUS SPEAKS TO THE RICH YOUNG MAN MATTHEW 19:16-30; MARK 10:17-31; LUKE 18:18-30; MATTHEW 19:16 And, behold, one came and
CHAPTER 18 VER. 1. _He spake a parable unto them to the end that._ Christ had said, at the end of the last chapter, that the Apostles and the faithful should suffer persecutions, in which they should...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 18:15. ALSO INFANTS.—Rather, “their babes” (R.V.). In Matthew and Mark we read “little children.” TOUCH THEM.—Matthew has “that He should put His hands on them and pray.” Luke 1...
EXPOSITION LUKE 18:1 _The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer_—_the importunate widow, and the Pharisee and publican._ LUKE 18:1 AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT ALW...
Shall we turn tonight to Luke, chapter 18. Luke tells us that Jesus now spoke a parable to them to this end (Luke 18:1), In other words, the purpose of the parable was to encourage people to pray an...
1 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9;...
(CF. MARK 10:17-31; LUKE 18:18-30)— If Jesus was God, why did He seem to rebuke the rich young ruler for calling Him good? PROBLEM: The rich young ruler called Jesus “Good Teacher,” and Jesus rebuked...
Our holy Lord takes occasion from the rich man's departure from him, to discourse concerning the danger of riches, and the difficulties that attend rich men in their way to heaven. From whence we may...