Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 13:29
They shall sit down in the kingdom of God — Both the kingdom of grace and of glory.
They shall sit down in the kingdom of God — Both the kingdom of grace and of glory.
Verse 29. _THEY SHALL COME_] That is, the _Gentiles_, in every part of the world, shall receive the Gospel of the grace of God, when the _Jews_ shall have rejected it....
See the notes at Matthew 8:11....
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 NARROW ENTRANCE INTO LIFE. Parallels are found in Matthew 7:13 f., Matthew 25:11 f., Matthew 7:21; Matthew 8:11 f;...
Jesus continued to go through towns and villages, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem. "Lord, someone said to him, "are those who are to be saved few in number?" He said to them, "Keep on strivin...
SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)...
THEY SHALL COME. A reference to Isaiah 49:12. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6. SIT DOWN. recline (at table). Compare Luke 7:36; Luke 12:37....
_they shall come from the east_, _and from the west_ There is an obvious reference to Isaiah 49:12; Isaiah 14:6. Nothing more furiously excited the envy of the Jews than the free admission of the Gent...
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...
THE NARROW DOOR...
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...
ἭΞΟΥΣΙΝ�. There is an obvious reference to Isaiah 49:12; Isaiah 45:6. Nothing more furiously excited the envy of the Jews than the free admission of the Gentiles to those privileges of the Kingdom of...
Ver 22. And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23. Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said to them, 24. Strive to enter in...
_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...
ΉΞΟΥΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΉΚ (G2240) приходить, ΆΝΑΤΟΛΏΝ _gen. pl. от_ ΆΝΑΤΟΛΉ (G395) восток, ΔΥΣΜΏΝ _gen. pl._ от ΔΥΣΜΉ (G1424) запад. Об использовании _pl._ с направлениями света _см._ BD, 77-78...
THEY SHALL COME, &C.— This part of the answer was levelled directly against the Jewish prejudice, and is a plain declaration that the salvation of God shall be extended to people of all parts of the w...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Repentance is Difficult (Luke 13:22-30) 22 He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23And some one said to him, Lord, wil...
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. THERE (IN THE PLACE OF SEPAR...
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...
ARE THEY FEW THAT BE SAVED? Jesus does not directly reply to the question, but warns His hearers of the difficulty of obtaining salvation, of the danger of delaying repentance, and of the probable rej...
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...
THERE SHALL BE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH. — See Notes on Matthew 8:11; but notice, as an interesting variation, the addition of the “prophets” to the names of the three patriarchs....
points to an aggravation of the misery of the outcasts: men coming from every quarter of the globe to join the festive company and finding admission. The shut door and the too late arrival are now out...
_Concluding reflections_....
_Are there few that be saved?_ This section is a mosaic of words found dispersed in the pages of Mt.: the _strait gate_ (Luke 13:24) in Matthew 7:14; _the pleading for admission_ (Luke 13:26-27) recal...
THE PENALTY OF NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY Luke 13:18-30 Notice here the inward movement and the outward effect of the gospel whether in the heart or in the world of men. The garden and the kitchen, the li...
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 they shall come from the (g) east, and [from] the west, and from the north, and [from] the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. (g) From all the corners of the world, and the places m...
ARE THE SAVED FEW? Luke 13:22-29. Our Savior answers the above question in the affirmative _i.e._, that the saved are few certainly a very alarming affirmation of our Infallible Lord. Shall you and I...
“ _There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out._ 29. _And they shall come f...
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the stra...
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...
29._And they shall come from the east _He now draws a larger illustration from the fact, that the Jews, who reckoned themselves the only lawful heirs of God, were to be rejected, and that the Gentiles...
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 THEY SHALL COME,.... From all parts the world, from every nation under the heavens; meaning the Gentiles, and which will be a greater aggravation of the punishment of the Jews, and cause still mor...
And they shall come from the east, and _from_ the west, and from the north, and _from_ the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. Ver. 29. _And shall sit down_] As at a sumptuous supper. Wh...
_There shall be weeping_, &c. Here he repeats what he had said when he commended the centurion's faith. See on Matthew 8:11. As if he said, How little soever you may now regard it, the awful word, _De...
SIT DOWN IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD; literally, recline in the kingdom of God, as at a joyous feast. The salvation of men does not depend upon either their outward position or the number or variety of thei...
AND THEY SHALL COME FROM THE EAST, AND FROM THE WEST, AND FROM THE NORTH, AND FROM THE SOUTH, AND SHALL SIT DOWN IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD....
Entering in at the strait gate:...
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...
23-30 Our Saviour came to guide men's consciences, not to gratify their curiosity. Ask not, How many shall be saved? But, Shall I be one of them? Not, What shall become of such and such? But, What sh...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 13:28...
Recognitions of Clement IV But whereas He said also, `Many shall come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and shall recline in the bosom of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob; '[6]...
Luke 13:29 G2532 come G2240 (G5692) from G575 east G395 and G2532 west G1424 G2532 from G
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...
“And they will come from the east and west, and from the north and south, and will sit down (recline) within the Kingly Rule of God.” And even worse for them to see would be those who would flood in f...
Luke 13:28-29. See on Matthew 8:11-12. The connection here is different: the Jews are directly addressed, as those who shall be cast out, while their ancestors and the Gentiles shall enter in. THERE...
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...
SHALL SIT DOWN (ανακλιθησοντα). Future passive indicative third plural. Recline, of course, is the figure of this heavenly banquet. Jesus does not mean that these will be saved in different ways, b...
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...
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 13:6. _He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none._ It was a fig tree, a fruit-bearing tree by profess...
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...
WHEN YOU SEE ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. The "fathers" believed and obeyed. See notes on Matthew 8:11-12....
_When once the Master of the house hath risen up_ FALSE DEPENDENCE ON CHURCH PRIVILEGES In the eyes of Him who “seeth not as man seeth,” who readeth the heart and weigheth actions in the balances of...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 13:29 Many believing Gentiles (people from the EAST, WEST, NORTH, and SOUTH; compare...
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 13:22. WENT THROUGH CITIES, etc.—Not a direct journey. TO JERUSALEM.—The last journey through Peræa to Jerusalem. Luke 13:23. THEN SAID ONE.—Probably a Jew (see Luke 13:28); he...
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...
Acts 28:28; Colossians 1:23; Colossians 1:6; Ephesians 3:6; Genes