LUKE CHAPTER 19 LUKE 19:1 Christ visiteth Zacchaeus the publican. LUKE
19:11 The parable of a nobleman who left money with his servants to
trade with in his absence. LUKE 19:28 Christ rideth in triumph into
Jerusalem. LUKE 19:41 He weepeth over the city, LUKE 19:45,46 driveth
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We have had frequent occasions to hint, that the publicans were the
gatherers of the public revenue for the Romans. Amongst them there was
an order of superior and inferior officers: Zacchaeus was the chief of
them that were in that commission. _And he was rich; _ which is not to
be wondered at, con... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver. 3,4. All this was but curiosity; he saw a great crowd passing by,
and asks what was the matter. The people tell him, that it was Jesus
of Nazareth, that famous Prophet, whose fame had filled Judea as well
as Galilee. He hath a great curiosity to see him, and runs before to
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I see no ground for their opinion who think that before this time
Zacchaeus's heart was touched with any love or affection to Christ.
The evangelist seemeth to represent Zacchaeus before this as a mere
stranger to Christ, _he sought to see who he was._ But Christ's looks
are healing looks, there wen... [ Continue Reading ]
Curiosity carried Zacchaeus up, but love to Christ bringeth him down;
he therefore makes haste to come down, and he receiveth Christ
joyfully, glad to entertain such a guest. When Christ cometh to any
soul, he never brings any sorrow to it, nor any thing but glad
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ALL here must not be taken for every individual person, that is not to
be presumed either of all the inhabitants of Jericho, or, much less,
of all that were in Christ's company: amongst others Mary Magdalene
was at this time in his company, who had no reason to murmur at that.
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See here the first effects of Christ's saving looks upon any soul. The
soul presently begins to cry out with the prophet, ISAIAH 6:5, _Woe is
me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell
in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the
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Ver. 9,10. It is the opinion of some, that by HOUSE is here to be
understood Zacchaeus and his whole family. Nor can it be denied, but
that God, when he poureth out the oil of grace upon the head of a
family, maketh some of it to run down to the skirts of his garments.
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We noted before, that Jericho was but a hundred and fifty furlongs
from Jerusalem, (which were not twenty miles), and probably this
discourse was upon the way when he was come nearer to it. But the
principal occasion of the following parable was, his discerning of the
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Ver. 12-27. The parable of the talents, which we had, MATTHEW 25:14,
is of great cognation to this parable, and the doctrine of it in many
things is the very same; but the circumstances of that and this
relation are so differing, as I cannot think that both Matthew and
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Jerusalem (as we before noted) stood upon a hill; those that went to
it therefore ascended. This going before the company was noted by MARK
10:32; here again Luke taketh notice of it; to let us know certainly
with what alacrity our Saviour managed the business of man's
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Ver. 29-34. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 21:1", and following verses to
MATTHEW 21:6. SEE POOLE ON "MARK 11:1", and following verses to MARK
11:6. We have discoursed there of Bethphage and Bethany, and whatever
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Ver. 35-38. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 21:7" and following verses to
MATTHEW 21:9. SEE POOLE ON "MARK 11:7" and following verses to MARK
11:10. Both which evangelists (Mark most fully) describe this great
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Ver. 39,40. How peevish were these wretched Pharisees, to envy our
Saviour this little triumph, of coming into the city upon an ass's
colt, with garments under him instead of a saddle, or any stately
furniture and trappings, and attended by a company of poor people
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Those who of old blotted out this sentence, as thinking that weeping
was not becoming Christ's perfection, seem to have forgotten that he
was perfect man, and a sharer in all the natural infirmities of human
nature (if weeping upon the prospect of human miseries deserveth no
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Speeches which are the products of great passion, are usually abrupt
and imperfect: IF THOU HADST KNOWN, that is, Oh that thou hadst known,
or, I wish that thou hadst known. We are said in Scripture not to know
more than we believe, are affected with, and live up to the knowledge
of. They had heard... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver. 43,44. It is a plain prophecy of the final destruction of
Jerusalem by the Roman armies, which came to pass within less than
forty years after. The cause of that dreadful judgment is assigned,
BECAUSE THOU KNEWEST NOT THE TIME OF THY VISITATION. God's visitations
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Ver. 45,46. We have met with this before more fully: SEE POOLE ON
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Ver. 47,48. This our Saviour's preaching _daily_ must be understood of
a very few days, for it appeareth from 1 THESSALONIANS 12:1, that he
came to Bethany but six days before the passover; now upon the
passover day he died; but for the intermediate time, it is plain from
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