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Luke 6:28
bless them that curse you,. and pray for them which despitefully use you.
bless them that curse you,. and pray for them which despitefully use you.
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. ...
THE LOVE OF ENEMIES (Matthew 5:39 *, Matthew 7:12 *). While Mt.'s main point is the contrast between legal and true righteousness, Lk.'s main point is that true righteousness is love; he contrasts the...
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)...
BLESS. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 6:20; Luke 6:21; Luke 6:22. pray. See App-134. FOR. on behalf of. Greek. _huper._ App-104....
_pray for them which despitefully use you_ The Greek word implies the coarsest insults, and is found in 1 Peter 3:16. St Luke alone records our Lord's prayer for His murderers, Luke 23:34, from which...
27-38. 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.]...
ΠΡΟΣΕὙΧΕΣΘΕ ΠΕΡῚ ΤΩ͂Ν ἘΠΗΡΕΑΖΌΝΤΩΝ ὙΜΑ͂Σ. The Greek word implies the coarsest insults, and is found in 1 Peter 3:16. St Luke alone records our Lord’s prayer for His murderers, Luke 23:34, from which S...
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.]...
VER 27. BUT I SAY TO YOU WHICH HEAR, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, DO GOOD TO THEM WHICH HATE YOU, 28. BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU, AND PRAY FOR THEM WHICH DESPITEFULLY USE YOU. 29. AND TO HIM THAT SMITES YOU ON T...
ΕΥΛΟΓΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΕΝΛΟΓΈΩ (G2127) благословлять. Уступать или признавать силу, которая приводит к успеху. Здесь в основном имеется в виду доброе отношение к врагам (NIDNTT; TDNT; EDNT)...
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...
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...
_BUT I SAY UNTO YOU WHICH HEAR, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, DO GOOD TO THEM WHICH HATE YOU,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
6 Jewish tradition carried sabbath observance to ridiculous lengths. They gravely discussed whether it is lawful to put out one's hand to give to a beggar, and how far! They disagreed as to whether it...
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....
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....
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...
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. — See Notes on Matthew 5:44. It should be noted that the great command of the gospel is set forth in the Sermon on the Plain in its width and universality, without being formally co...
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 law of love_ (Matthew 5:38-48)....
_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...
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...
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...
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. 27, 28. “ _But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you._ 28. _Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you._ ” There is a break in...
(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...
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...
BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU;.... In common discourse, or anathematize you in their synagogues: AND PRAY FOR THEM WHICH DESPITEFULLY USE YOU: so Christ himself did; Matthew 5:44....
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. Ver. 28. See Matthew 5:44; Romans 12:20 ....
_But I say unto you which hear_ You who hear me now, and you who in future ages shall hear my gospel. Hitherto our Lord had spoken only to particular sorts of persons; now he begins speaking to all in...
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;...
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...
27-36 These are hard lessons to flesh and blood. But if we are thoroughly grounded in the faith of Christ's love, this will make his commands easy to us. Every one that comes to him for washing in his...
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First Apology of Justin But I say unto you, Pray for your enemies, and love them that hate you, and bless them that curse you, and pray for them that despitefully use you."[23] Tertullian Against Ma...
Luke 6:28 bless G2127 (G5720) curse G2672 (G5740) you G5213 and G2532 pray G4336 (G5737) for...
LOVE IS DEFINED AND COMMANDED (6:27-28). g Love your enemies (Luke 6:27 b), h Do good to those who hate you (Luke 6:27 c), g Bless those who curse you (Luke 6:28 a), h Pray for those who use you ba...
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)....
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...
THAT DESPITEFULLY USE YOU (των επηρεαζοντων υμας). This old verb occurs here only in the N.T. and in 1 Peter 3:16, not being genuine in Matthew 5:44....
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...
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. See notes on Matthew 5:38-48....
_But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies_ THE IDEAL OF CHRISTIANITY This passage is in earnest. You are to do this. Why? In order that you may come into the family of God. Here is not simpl...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 6:28 The ability to bless THOSE WHO CURSE YOU depends on trust in God’s care and direction of life’s events. ⇐...
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 LOVING ENEMIES MATTHEW 5:43-48; LUKE 6:27-36; MATTHEW 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy....
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...
_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...
1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Peter 3:9; Acts 14:5; Acts 7:60; Ezekiel 25:15;...