When the Almighty casts any off, he is said not to know them: in the same manner as a lover of truth may be said not to know how to tell a falsehood, being withheld powerfully from it by his love of truth. (St. Gregory, mor. chap. 8.)
Verse 25. _AND HATH SHUT TO THE DOOR_] See the notes on Matthew 7:22; Matthew 7:23, and Matthew 25:10....
WHEN ONCE THE MASTER ... - The figure here used is taken from the conduct of a housekeeper, who is willing to see his friends, and who at the proper time keeps his doors open. But there is a proper ti...
CHAPTER 13 __ 1. The Necessity of Repentance. (Luke 13:1 .) 2. The Barren Fig Tree. (Luke 13:6) 3. The Healing of a Daughter of Abraham. (Luke 13:10) 4. Parable of the Mustard Seed. ...
THE NARROW ENTRANCE INTO LIFE. Parallels are found in Matthew 7:13 f., Matthew 25:11 f., Matthew 7:21; Matthew 8:11 f;...
Jesus continued to go through towns and villages, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem. "Lord, someone said to him, "are those who are to be saved few in number?" He said to them, "Keep on strivin...
SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)...
WHEN ONCE. From (Greek. _apo._ App-104. _iv)_ whatsoever time. master of the house. App-98. IS RISEN UP. may have risen up (Greek. _an)._ SHUT TO. Occurs only here. LORD, LORD. Note the Figure of s...
_to stand without_, _and to knock at the door_ Matthew 25:10. That the first application of the warning was to Jews who relied on their privileges appears from the fact that the excluded class are not...
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...
THE NARROW DOOR...
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...
ἜΞΩ ἙΣΤΆΝΑΙ ΚΑῚ ΚΡΟΎΕΙΝ ΤῊΝ ΘΎΡΑΝ. Matthew 25:10. That the first application of the warning was to Jews who relied on their privileges appears from the fact that the excluded class are not poor sinner...
Ver 22. And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23. Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said to them, 24. Strive to enter in...
_THE STRAIT GATE AND A MESSAGE FOR HEROD -- LUKE 13:22-35:_ We do not know who it was but someone asked Jesus, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" Jesus told this person that they should...
ΈΓΕΡΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΕΓΕΊΡΩ (G1453) поднимать; _pass._ подниматься, вставать. ΆΠΟΚΛΕΊΣΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΆΠΟΚΛΕΊΩ (G608) запирать, ΆΡΞΗΣΘΕ _aor. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G757) начи...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Repentance is Difficult (Luke 13:22-30) 22 He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23And some one said to him, Lord, wil...
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto y...
25 Compare Mat_25:10-12. 27 Compare 2Ti_2:19. 29 Eastern etiquette is most stringent as to the placing of guests at a banquet. The most honorable must have the first place and the least the last. So...
THE GALILEANS KILLED BY PILATE. THE UNFRUITFUL FIG TREE. LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM 1-9. Three exhortations to repentance, of which the former two are based on recent events, and the third is a parable. A...
ARE THEY FEW THAT BE SAVED? Jesus does not directly reply to the question, but warns His hearers of the difficulty of obtaining salvation, of the danger of delaying repentance, and of the probable rej...
THE MASTER] i.e. our Lord. The 'shutting the door' takes place at Christ's second coming, or perhaps at the death of each individual. LORD, OPEN] see on Matthew 25:10, also Matthew 7:23....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 13 PEOPLE NEED TO TURN TO GOD 13:1-9 Two incidents and a *parable all teach that people need to turn to God. They must do this so that they avoid pun...
WHEN ONCE THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE... — The passage contains elements that are common at once to Matthew 7:22; Matthew 25:10, where see Notes....
Here begins a new parable and a new sentence, though some (Beza, Lachmann, W. and H [115]) connect with what goes before, putting a comma after ἰσχύσουσιν. Against this is not only the change from the...
_Are there few that be saved?_ This section is a mosaic of words found dispersed in the pages of Mt.: the _strait gate_ (Luke 13:24) in Matthew 7:14; _the pleading for admission_ (Luke 13:26-27) recal...
THE PENALTY OF NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY Luke 13:18-30 Notice here the inward movement and the outward effect of the gospel whether in the heart or in the world of men. The garden and the kitchen, the li...
Someone brought to our Lord an account of a happening which seemed to suggest that those who suffered catastrophe are proved to be "sinners above all." He directly contradicted that view, and in that...
ARE THE SAVED FEW? Luke 13:22-29. Our Savior answers the above question in the affirmative _i.e._, that the saved are few certainly a very alarming affirmation of our Infallible Lord. Shall you and I...
“ _Then one said unto Him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And He said unto them_, 24. _Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able...
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the stra...
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...
Luke 13:25._And when the master of the house shall have arisen _Though these words, as I hinted a little before, were spoken on a different and later occasion, I have chosen to pay more regard to the...
Now, at this moment they reminded Him of a terrible judgment that had fallen upon some among them. He declares to them that neither this case, nor another which He recalls to their minds, is exception...
WHEN ONCE THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE IS RISEN UP,.... From table, or off of his couch, the entertainment being over: and so here, the Gospel feast, or dispensation, being at an end, and all the guests co...
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto yo...
_When once the master of the house is risen up_ Christ is the master of the house, that will take cognizance of the character and conduct of all that belong to it, or occasionally have a place in it....
THE MASTER-SHUT TO THE DOOR; the reference is to the shutting of the door at a feast, after which none can be admitted. Compare Matthew 25:10-12. The meaning is, that the day of grace is limited, and...
WHEN ONCE THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE IS RISEN UP AND HATH SHUT TO THE DOOR, AND YE BEGIN TO STAND WITHOUT AND TO KNOCK AT THE DOOR, SAYING, LORD, LORD, OPEN UNTO US; AND HE SHALL ANSWER AND SAY UNTO YOU,...
Entering in at the strait gate:...
REPENT OR PERISH (vs.1-9) This chapter shows that righteousness by itself provides no hope for man, but presses upon us the solemn lesson of repentance. Thus it prepares the way for Chapter s 14 and...
23-30 Our Saviour came to guide men's consciences, not to gratify their curiosity. Ask not, How many shall be saved? But, Shall I be one of them? Not, What shall become of such and such? But, What sh...
Ver. 25-27. Our Saviour in these verses doth represent himself by a man, who, having invited guests to his supper, stays till all those who were invited, and accepted the invitation, were Come in; the...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV How often has He already displayed Himself as a Judge, and in the Judge the Creator? How often, indeed, has He repelled, and in the repulse condemned? In the presen...
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THE PARABLE OF THE CLOSED DOOR (13:25-27). The thought of the failure to enter through the doorway into life now issues in a parable. But there is a change in thought here to a crisis point in the fut...
“When once the master of the house is risen up, and has shut to the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us', and he will answer and say to you, “I do...
Luke 13:25. WHEN ONCE. The motive urged is, a time will come when it will be _altogether impossible to enter. _ THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE. The figure is that of an entertainment made by a householder...
TIME. We identify the journey here spoken of (Luke 13:22), with the last journey from Perea to Jerusalem, and accept the order of Luke in the following Chapter s as accurate. Some think that it is the...
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...
WHEN ONCE (αφ' ου αν). Possibly to be connected without break with the preceding verse (so Westcott and Hort), though Bruce argues for two parables here, the former (verse Luke 13:24) about being in...
Luke 13:18. _Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?_ For men learn much by resemblances, and the things which are seen are frequently helpful to us in...
Luke 13:6. _He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none._ It was a fig tree, a fruit-bearing tree by profess...
Luke 13:11. _And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him,...
CONTENTS: Parable of barren fig tree. Woman loosed from her infirmity. Parable of mustard seed and leaven. Jesus teaching on way to Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Galileans, Pilate, infirm woman, rule...
Luke 13:1. _There were some present at that season_ of the passover, _that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their_ _sacrifices._ Though this might be blood for blood, yet...
AND CLOSE THE DOOR. The time of opportunity will expire. If we continue to say "no" to God, we may find the door shut when we decide to enter....
_When once the Master of the house hath risen up_ FALSE DEPENDENCE ON CHURCH PRIVILEGES In the eyes of Him who “seeth not as man seeth,” who readeth the heart and weigheth actions in the balances of...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 13:25 “WE ATE AND DRANK IN YOUR PRESENCE, AND YOU TAUGHT IN OUR STREETS.” Listening to Jesus’ teachings and sharing fellowship with his people are not by themselves any guarantee of...
CHAPTER 13 VER. 1. _Whose blood Pilate mingled._ That is, whom while they were sacrificing in Mount Gerizim in Samaria, Pilate slew. He slew them that their blood might be mingled with the blood of th...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 13:22. WENT THROUGH CITIES, etc.—Not a direct journey. TO JERUSALEM.—The last journey through Peræa to Jerusalem. Luke 13:23. THEN SAID ONE.—Probably a Jew (see Luke 13:28); he...
EXPOSITION LUKE 13:1 _Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree._ LUKE 13:1 There were present at that season some that told...
Now there were present at that season (Luke 13:1) And, of course, now Luke may have gone on in a period of time. We don't know how much time elapsed between verse Luke 13:59 of chapter 12, and Luke 13...
2 Corinthians 6:2; Genesis 7:16; Hebrews 12:17; Hebrews 3:7; Hebrews 3:
When once [α φ ο υ]. Lit., from the time that. Compare ver. 7. Some editors connect this with the previous sentence : "Shall not be able when once," etc. Whence [π ο θ ε ν]. Of what family. Ye do not...
And even agonizing will not avail, after the door is shut. Agonize, therefore, now by faith, prayer, holiness, patience. And ye begin to stand without — Till then they had not thought of it! O how new...
Our Saviour having exhorted all his followers, in the foregoing verses, to make sure of heaven and salvation to themselves, while the door of hope and salvation is open to them, by this parable of. ma...