George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Luke 6:38
Here all solicitude of diffidence, all delay of avarice, is cut off; for what truth promises to repay, humility may safe expend. (St. Leo, Serm. vi.)
Here all solicitude of diffidence, all delay of avarice, is cut off; for what truth promises to repay, humility may safe expend. (St. Leo, Serm. vi.)
Verse 38. _GIVE, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN_] "Christian charity will make no difficulty in _giving_ that which eternal truth promises to _restore_. Let us _give_, neither out of mere human generosity, no...
See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Matt. 5–7. Luke 6:21 THAT HUNGER NOW - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more full...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Son of Man the Lord of the Sabbath. (Luke 6:1)_ 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed. (Luke 6:6) 3. The Twelve Apostles Chosen. (Luke 6:12) 4. Blessing and Woe. ...
AGAINST JUDGING (Matthew 7:1 *). Lk. skips Matthew 6 and connects these sayings with love of enemies. It is not clear whether the reference is to law-courts or to general behaviour. Note the different...
THE SERMON ON THE LEVEL PLACE. This is much briefer than Matthew 5-7. The sections in Mt. that illustrate the fulfilment of the Law are omitted; more stress is laid on love and mercy. Other parallels...
Jesus said, "But to you who are listening I say, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who ill-use you. To him who strikes you on one cheek offer...
THE INCREASING OPPOSITION (Luke 6:1-5)...
MEN. [they] the professional measurers. mete. Anglo-Saxon. to measure....
_into your bosom_ Pockets were unknown to the ancients. All that was necessary was carried in the fold of the robe (Heb. _Cheyk., Psalms 35:13_, &c.; Lat. _sinus)_or in the girdle. _with the same meas...
THE LAWS OF LOVE AND MERCY [27–30. The _manifestations_ of Love. 31. Its formula. 32–35. Its distinctiveness. 35–36. Its model. 37–45. Love as the principle of all judgment. Godet.]...
ΔΏΣΟΥΣΙΝ. ‘Shall they give.’ Who? The A.V[141] supplies “men.” Euthymius says ‘those whom you have benefited’ for God will seem to give in their behalf. But St Luke was probably thinking of _angels_,...
VER 37. JUDGE NOT, AND YOU SHALL NOT BE JUDGED: CONDEMN NOT, AND YOU SHALL NOT BE CONDEMNED: FORGIVE, AND YOU SHALL BE FORGIVEN: 38. GIVE, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU: GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, AND...
ΔΊΔΟΤΕ _praes. imper. act., см._ Luke 6:30. ΔΟΘΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. pass._, _см._ Luke 6:30. Imper. с последующ, FUT. _ind._ указывает на семитский тип _conj._ (Beyer, 238). ΠΕΠΙΕΣΜΈΝΟΝ _perf. pass. p...
GOOD MEASURE, &C.— Our Lord makes use of three phrases to express all the different kinds of good measure, according to the different natures of the things measured. Some of them, to make the measure...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Magnanimous (Luke 6:27-45) 27 But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29T...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Regulations for Conduct Scripture_ Luke 6:27-38 But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies do good to them that hate you, 28 bless them that curse you, pray for them that d...
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: JUDGE NOT, AND YE SHALL NOT BE JUDGED: CONDEMN NOT ... FORGIVE ... GIVE, AND IT...
32-36 Compare Mat_5:44-48. 35 We have here the substance of the new covenant which the Lord will make with Israel when He restores them to their land and to His favor (Jer_31:27-34). After those days,...
6:38 given (b-21) Lit. 'they shall give.' in ver. 44, 'they gather not' and 'they vintage not.' An example of Luke's use of the third person active of a verb impersonally with a passive sense. Also ch...
GREAT SERMON TO THE DISCIPLES AND IN PART TO THE MULTITUDES. It forms here the ordination address of the Twelve. In what sense it is identical with the Sermon on the Mount is explained on Matthew 5:1....
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE. SERMON IN THE PLAIN 1-5. Plucking the ears of corn (Matthew 12:1; Mark 2:23). See on Mt and Mk....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 HOW TO USE THE *SABBATH 6:1-11 1. THE *DISCIPLES IN THE FIELDS OF CORN 6:1-5 V1 Jesus was walking through some fields of wheat on a *Sabbath. His...
GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN. — The imagery clearly points to a measure of grain, so pressed and shaken that it could hold no more. INTO YOUR BOSOM. — The large fold of an Eastern dress over the chest,...
CHAPTER 15 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IN considering the words of Jesus, if we may not be able to measure their depth or to scale their height, we can with absolute certainty discover their drift, and see i...
_The Sermon_ (Matthew 5-7). That it is the same sermon as Mt. reports in Chapter s 5 7 may be regarded as beyond discussion. How, while the same, they came to be so different, is a question not quite...
_Mercifulness inculcated. God the pattern_....
δίδοτε : this form of mercy is suggested by Matthew 7:2, ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, etc.: be giving, implying a constant habit, and therefore a generous nature. μέτρον καλὸν, good, generous measure; these w...
HOW TO TREAT OUR FELLOW-MEN Luke 6:27-38 Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount differs from that of Matthew, only as each views the great discourse from his own standpoint. By one it is viewed a...
In a synagogue our Lord healed the man with a withered hand, and the religious watchers were filled with anger because, according to their view, our Lord had desecrated the Sabbath. Surely, there is n...
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, (k) pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be m...
CHAPTER 20 CRITICISM Luke 6:37; Matthew 7:1. _“Criticize not, in order that you may not be criticized; for with whatsoever criticism you criticize, you shall be criticized; and with whatsoever measur...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
5 _th. Love, the principle of all beneficent moral action on the world: Luke 6:37-45_. The disciples of Jesus are not only called to practise what is good themselves; they are charged to make it preva...
THIRD CYCLE: FROM THE ELECTION OF THE TWELVE TO THEIR FIRST MISSION, LUKE 6:12 TO LUKE 8:56. In the following section we shall see the Galilean ministry reach its zenith; it begins with the institutio...
2 _d. Luke 6:20-49_. _The Sermon._ The aim, prevailing thought, and plan of this discourse have been understood in many different ways. The solution of these questions is rendered more difficult by th...
VERS. 37 AND 38. “ _And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; forgive, and ye shall be forgiven._ 38. _Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure,...
(20) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor; for your's is the kingdom of God. (21) Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep n...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_JUDGMENT_ ‘For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.’ Luke 6:38 I. GOD’S JUDGMENT.—Those words must surely seem to us some of the most awful words in the Bi...
_DIVINE PRECEPTS_ ‘Be ye therefore merciful.… Judge not; … Condemn not.… Give.… Cast out first the beam.’ Luke 6:36 Our Lord dwells here on _ what we are to do_, not _ what we are to believe_ (John...
The circumstances related in Luke 6:1-10 have reference to the same truth, and in an important aspect. The sabbath was the sign of the covenant between Israel and God rest after finished works. The Ph...
GIVE, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU,.... Give liberally of your worldly substance to indigent persons, as you have an opportunity, according to your ability, and as cases require: and it shall be ret...
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measu...
_Judge not_, &c. See notes on Matthew 7:1; Matthew 6:14. _Give_ Liberally to those that need your assistance; _and it shall be given unto you_ For your kindness and liberality will naturally gain you...
BLESSED BE YE POOR; for the meaning of these beatitudes and their opposite woes, ver Luke 6:20-26, see notes on the beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-12. See sermon on mount. Matthew 5:39-48;...
GIVE, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU; GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, AND SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER, SHALL MEN GIVE INTO YOUR BOSOM. FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YE METE WITHAL IT SHALL BE MEASU...
The measure of mercifulness:...
LORD OF THE SABBATH (vs.1-11) "The second Sabbath after the first" is literally translated the "second-first Sabbath" (JND trans.), an unusual expression. The first Sabbath was that following the Pas...
37-49 All these sayings Christ often used; it was easy to apply them. We ought to be very careful when we blame others; for we need allowance ourselves. If we are of a giving and a forgiving spirit,...
To let us know how God favoureth acts of charity and justice we shall observe, that there are no good deeds that God so rewardeth by retaliation, as such which are the products of these habits; nor an...
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again;[19] Clementine Homily XVIII and neither themselves entered nor allowed those who wished to enter,...
Luke 6:37 G2532 Judge G2919 (G5720) not G3361 and G2532 shall G2919 not G3364 judged G2919 ...
JESUS PROCLAIMS THE NEW LAW OF THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD (6:20-49). Like Matthew 5-7 this ‘sermon' or ‘address' is carefully put together and patterned, but, in spite of similarities, we would be mistake...
TRUE LOVE IS ALL IMPORTANT AND MUST BE PRACTICALLY EXPRESSED (6:27-38). (This section is all about loving and giving and proceeds in a 4 4 6 6 4 4 pattern). ‘But I say to you who hear (Luke 6:27 a)....
“Give, and it shall be given to you, Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure you mete, It shall be measured to you again.”...
THE GENEROSITY THAT SHOULD RESULT FROM THIS KIND OF LOVE AND THE ASSURANCE OF GOD'S RECIPROCAL GENEROSITY (6:38-40). q Give, and it shall be given to you (Luke 6:38 a), r Good measure, pressed down,...
Luke 6:37-38. See on Matthew 7:1-2. The idea is more fully expressed here. PRESSED DOWN, SHAKEN TOGETHER, RUNNING OVER, as when one is measuring grain or some dry thing. There is no allusion to liqu...
ON THE PLAN of the Sermon on the Mount, see the Chapter comments on Matthew 5. The subject both here and in Matthew is the state and duties of a citizen of the kingdom of heaven. Van Oosterzee gives t...
PRESSED DOWN (πεπιεσμενον). Perfect passive participle from πιεζω, old verb, but here alone in the N.T., though the Doric form πιαζω, to seize, occurs several times (John 7:30; John 7:32; John 7:44...
GIVE See (Proverbs 28:27). (_ See Scofield) - (2 Corinthians 8:1). _...
Luke 6:38 This is one of those keen-edged, far-reaching sayings of our Lord's which make us understand the testimony of the Apostle who knew Him best: "He needed not that any should testify of man, fo...
Luke 6:36 The Gospel Teaching. I. "Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful." And how merciful God is! It is the attribute, the quality, by which He is distinguished. And that mercy of God is...
CONTENTS: Jesus and the Sabbath. Healing of a withered hand. Choosing of the twelve. Sermon on the Mount. Parable of the house built on a rock. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, Pharisees, David, ma...
Luke 6:1. _On the second sabbath after the first._ The Hebrew law is, Leviticus 23:11, on the morrow after the sabbath, the priest shall wave the sheaf east and west, north and south, to denote the un...
DO NOT JUDGE OTHERS. See notes on Matthew 7:1-2....
_Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down_ ON CHRISTIAN GIVING I. GET, GATHER. Are there not many persona of a very careless and prodigal disposition? II. GIVE. Begin to giv...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 6:37 JUDGE NOT... CONDEMN NOT. Literally, “Stop judging... condemning.” Jesus is not ruling out the legitimate use of discernment, church discipline, and law courts. Rather, he is te...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 6:12 Jesus appoints 12 apostles, then gives extended teaching to a large group of disciples, including what is often called the “Sermon on the Plain” (vv. Luke 6:20; compare the “Ser...
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT CRITICIZING OTHERS MATTHEW 7:1-6; LUKE 6:37-42; MATTHEW 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. Luke 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not b
CHAPTER 6 VER. 1. _And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after the first._ On the second Sabbath. The Arabic version. What was this Sabbath? 1. The eighth day of unleavened bread or the last day...
_Give, and it shall be given unto you._ Many are lavish of their promises, few are liberal in their gifts. Hence Antigonus as Plutarch tells us, was commonly called Doson, because he was always ready...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 6:20.—Though various opinions have been held on the subject, the balance of probabilities seems in favour of the supposition that the discourse commonly known as the Sermon on th...
EXPOSITION LUKE 6:1 _The Lord_'_s teaching on the question of the observance of the sabbath._ LUKE 6:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SECOND SABBATH AFTER THE FIRST. The expression accompanying this n...
Now it came to pass on the second Sabbath (Luke 6:1) Now He is going to deal with a couple of instances on the Sabbath day. We've been introduced now to the Pharisees; they're beginning to really get...
2 Corinthians 8:14; 2 Corinthians 8:15; 2 Corinthians 9:6; Deuteronomy 15:10;...
Pressed down [π ε π ι ε σ μ ε ν ο ν]. Only here in New Testament. A common medical term for pressing strongly on a part of the body, and opposed to yauein, to touch gently. Shaken together, running o...
Into your bosom — Alluding to the mantles the Jews wore, into which a large quantity of corn might be received. With the same measure that ye mete with, it shall be measured to you again — Amazing goo...
I think there is not one text of scripture that declares the bounty of God more fully in rewarding acts of charity and mercy than this before us.. how liberal. paymaster is God! How sure and bountiful...