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Luke 13:32
And He said unto them, Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
And He said unto them, Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
Verse Luke 13:32. _TELL THAT FOX_] Herod was a very vicious prince, and lived in public incest with his sister-in-law, Mark 6:17: if our Lord meant him here, it is hard to say why the character of _f...
TELL THAT FOX - A fox is an emblem of slyness, of cunning, and of artful mischief. The word is also used to denote a dissembler. Herod was a wicked man, but the “particular thing” to which Jesus here...
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 ENMITY OF HEROD. Peræ a was part of Herod Antipas's territory. It is possible that the Pharisees wished to get Jesus into Judæ a and so nearer the arm of the Sanhedrin. The reference of Jesus to H...
At that hour some Pharisees came to Jesus. "Depart, they said to him, "and get on your way from this place, because Herod is out to kill you." "Go, he said, "and tell that fox, look you, I cast out de...
SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)...
FOX. Figure of speech _Hypocatastasis._ App-6. DEVILS. demons. DO CURES. perform, or effect cures. CURES. Occurs only here AND Acts 4:22; Acts 4:30. I SHALL BE PERFECTED. I come to an end [of My w...
_that fox_ Rather, THIS SHE-FOX, as though Christ saw him actually present, or identified _his_fox-like nature with that which the Pharisees were now displaying. The fact that the word is feminine may...
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...
A MESSAGE TO HEROD ANTIPAS...
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...
ΤΗ͂Ι�. ‘This she-fox,’ as though Christ saw him actually present, or identified _his_ fox-like nature with that which the Pharisees were now displaying. The fact that the word is feminine may be only...
Ver 31. The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying to him, Get you out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill you. 32. And he said to them, Go you, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out...
_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...
ΠΟΡΕΥΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. (сопутств.) от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти, со _знач. imper._ (VANT, 386). ΕΪΠΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act., см._ Luke 13:17. ΆΛΏΠΕΚΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΆΛΏΠΗΞ (G258) лиса. С л...
I DO CURES TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW,— Some apply this to the years of Christ's ministry, supposing that a _day_ is put for a _year;_ but the explication is improper, because if the three days here mention...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 5 Repentance or Doom (Luke 13:31-35) 31 At that very hour some Pharisees came, and said to him, Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you. 32And he said to them, Go a...
And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, GO YE, AND TELL THAT...
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...
Message to Herod Antipas, and lament over Jerusalem. This threat of Herod is peculiar to Lk. 31. Certain of the Pharisees] Probably they wished to frighten Jesus out of the dominions of Herod, where H...
THAT FOX] The fox is an emblem of cunning, not of cruelty. BEHOLD] i.e. 'I perform My ministry today and tomorrow (i.e. for the time appointed), and on the third day (i.e. when My hour is come) I shal...
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...
GO YE, AND TELL THAT FOX... — The word was eminently descriptive of the character both of the Tetrarch individually, and of the whole Herodian house. The fact that the Greek word for “fox” is always u...
_Warning against Herod by Pharisees_, peculiar to Lk., but Mk. (Mark 3:6; Mark 8:15) has prepared us for combined action of court and religious coteries against Jesus similar to that against Amos (Luk...
τῇ ἀλώπεκι ταύτῃ, this fox; the fox revealed in this business, ostensibly the king, but in a roundabout way the would-be friends may be hit at (Euthy. Zig.). The quality denoted by the name is doubtle...
THE LAMENT FOR THOSE WHO “WOULD NOT” Luke 13:31-35; Luke 14:1-6 Our Lord was at that time in Perea, in the jurisdiction of Herod, who probably desired to get rid of Him, lest His presence should intr...
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...
And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that (h) fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures (i) to day and to morrow, and the third [day] I shall be (k) perfected. (h) That deceitful and treachero...
It is rather surprising that Christ should make use of these opprobrious words, which could be of no service to himself, but which would only serve to irritate king Herod, should they come to his ears...
HE IS THREATENED WITH HEROD Luke 13:31-33. “ _In the same hour certain Pharisees came to Him_, _saying_, _Go out_, _and depart hence_, _because Herod wishes to kill Thee. And He Said to them_, _Going_...
“ _The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto Him, Get thee out, and depart hence; for Herod will kill thee._ 32. _And He said unto them, Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out...
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils,...
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...
32._Go, tell that fox _It is certain, that the person here spoken of is Herod Antipas. Though he had throughout the character of a _fox, _and was as remarkable for servility as for cunning, I do not t...
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...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, GO YE AND TELL THAT FOX,.... Herod, who it may be sent them, of which Christ was not ignorant, nor of his design in it; and who, as Nero, for his cruelty, is compared to a lion,...
And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third _day_ I shall be perfected. Ver. 32. _Today and tomorrow_] _i.e._ As lon...
_The same day there came certain of the Pharisees_ Who pretended friendship, and a great concern for his safety; _saying, Get thee out and depart hence_ Withdraw from this country into the territories...
THAT FOX; sly, subtle, mischievous man. TO - DAY AND TO - MORROW; a short time. I SHALL BE PERFECTED; shall have completed my work....
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...
31-35 Christ, in calling Herod a fox, gave him his true character. The greatest of men were accountable to God, therefore it became him to call this proud king by his own name; but it is not an examp...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I Wherefore I have laboured to bring forward, and make clearly manifest, the utterly ill-conditioned carcase of this miserable little fox.[330] Irenaeus Against Heresi...
Luke 13:32 And G2532 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 Go G4198 (G5679) tell G2036 (G5628) that...
‘And he said to them, “Go and say to that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am perfected.' ” But Jesus replies without fear. As in His reply to...
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR REJECTION (13:28-35). The parable having been completed the actual facts are now described. Having been refused entry through the door of salvation they will suffer the deepe...
Luke 13:32. THAT FOX. A figure of cunning and mischief. Herod deserved the name. As the Greek word for ‘fox' is feminine, it is possible that the term points to Herod's loss of manliness through the i...
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...
THAT FOX (τη αλωπεκ ταυτη). This epithet for the cunning and cowardice of Herod shows clearly that Jesus understood the real attitude and character of the man who had put John the Baptist to death a...
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,...
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...
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...
GO TELL THAT FOX. A fox is symbolic of sly cunning. This described the character of Herod, It may be that Herod himself sent the Pharisees to try to scare Jesus. He could not kill Jesus because of his...
_Go ye and tell that fox_ “THAT FOX” The attempt of the Pharisees to frighten Jesus Christ out of Perea drew from Him a prompt and sharp rejoinder. The answer was to the effect that no such threats...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 13:32 FOX. A metaphor for deceitful cunning. THIRD DAY. The day of Jesus’ resurrection (see Luke 9:22)....
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 13:31. THE SAME DAY.—A better reading is, “In that very hour” (R.V.). PHARISEES, SAYING, etc.—We are certainly led to understand that these Pharisees had been sent by Herod to in...
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...
Ezekiel 13:4; Hebrews 2:10; Hebrews 5:9; John 10:32; John 11:8;...
That fox. Herod. Describing his cunning and cowardice. Cures [ι α σ ε ι ς]. Used by Luke only. I shall be perfected [τ ε λ ε ι ο υ μ α ι]. The present tense : "the present of the certain future" (Me...
And he said, Go and tell that fox — With great propriety so called, for his subtilty and cowardice. The meaning of our Lord's answer is, Notwithstanding all that he can do, I shall for the short time...