Luke 22:15 The Passover greatly desired. I. We cannot enter into the Divine intensity of this desire, but it would seem that the longing Christ had to eat this Passover with His disciples before He suffered arose, (1) from the consciousness that, in that hour and in that act He would for ever put... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 22:27 We find in these words a double reference: (1) To the character, and (2) to the office, of the Son of Man; to His character as the Lowly One, to His office as a servant. For the purpose of bringing both these things before His disciples He makes use of those marvellous words: "I am among... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 22:31 These words contain a warning, a comforting assurance and a solemn charge. Note: I. The warning. We must remember that the word "you" is not used here in the sense of our common language that is, to express a single person. Our Lord does not say that Satan had desired to have Peter only... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 22:32 I. In this world of sin and sorrow, we have our work to do, and the question is What work, and how do we do it? Let us take the world of sin, and plainly and practically, with earnest consideration, ask what we can and what we ought to do. On all sides of us we see life blighted and ruine... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 22:36 St. Luke alone records this saying. No other like it is to be found in any Gospel. Once, indeed, in commissioning the Twelve, Christ used the startling expression, "I came not to send peace, but a sword;" but there the whole context shows that He speaks not of the purpose, but of the res... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 22:44 I. The text expresses a deep mystery, of which we should try to give some account. It is a mystery; for what reason can be assigned for this intensity of suffering? Was the anticipation of that which awaited Him desertion, ignominy, a death of torture enough to cause all the agony which H... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 22:51 I. By one act, in a moment, Christ made Himself the repairer of the breach. The evil which His follower had done was cancelled; and through the kind interposition of a special act, the injured man was none the worse, but rather the better; and the harm, of which a Christian had been the... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 22:61 Peter's Repentance a Type of True Sorrow. Observe: I. That Peter's sorrow did not arise from the fact that his guilt was known. II. It was not simply the suffering of remorse. III. The Divine power of Peter's sorrow is shown by three facts. (1) It rose from the sense of Christ's love... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 22:62 Only a Fall. It is very difficult to define a fall. It has boundaries; you go into it and you come out of it. Some conditions of sin have no boundaries. Therefore, till the issue we cannot absolutely pronounce upon any wrong state and tell it is a fall. It rests with you, so to get up a... [ Continue Reading ]