Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 18:13
The publican standing afar off — From the holy of holies, would not so much as lift up his eyes to heaven — Touched with shame, which is more ingenuous than fear.
The publican standing afar off — From the holy of holies, would not so much as lift up his eyes to heaven — Touched with shame, which is more ingenuous than fear.
Verse Luke 18:13. _THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF_] Not because he was a _heathen_, and dared not approach the _holy place_; (for it is likely he was a _Jew_;) but because he was a _true penitent_, a...
STANDING AFAR OFF - Afar off from the “temple.” The place where prayer was offered in the temple was the court of women. The Pharisee advanced to the side of the court nearest to the temple, or near a...
CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The Unjust Judge and the Avenging of His Elect. (Luke 18:1)_ 2. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. (Luke 18:9) 3. The Little Children and the Required Lowliness. (Luke 18...
PARABLE OF THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN (Lk. only). In Luke 18:9 we should perhaps translate concerning those who trusted, etc. The parable, not necessarily spoken on the same occasion as the precedi...
Jesus spoke this parable to some who were self-confidently sure that they were righteous and who despised others. "Two men went up to the Temple to pray. The one was a Pharisee, the other a tax-collec...
UNWEARIED IN PRAYER (Luke 18:1-8)...
STANDING: i.e. in. position of humility. AFAR OFF. Compare Psalms 40:12.Ezra 9:6. NOT... SO MUCH AS. not even. Greek. _ou_ (App-105.) _oude._ UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. HEAVEN. the heaven. Singul...
_standing afar off_ The word for standing is not _statheis_ as in the case of the Pharisee, but merely _hestos._It is not certain whether the "afar off" means -afar off from the Pharisee," or (as is m...
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...
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...
THE DUTY OF HUMBLE PRAYER. THE PHARISEE AND THE TAX-GATHERER...
ΜΑΚΡΌΘΕΝ ἙΣΤΏΣ. The word for standing is not σταθεὶς as in the case of the Pharisee, but merely ἑστώς. It is not certain whether the “afar off” means ‘afar off from the Pharisee,’ or (as is more proba...
par Ver 9. And he spoke this parable to certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10. Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the oth...
ΜΑΚΡΌΘΕΝ (G3113) издали, далеко. Вероятно, внутри двора Израиля (Fitzmyer, 1188). ΈΣΤΏΣ _perf. act. part. (сопутств.)_, _см._ Luke 18:11. ΉΘΕΛΕΝ _impf. ind. act., см._ Luke 18:4. ΈΠΆΡΑΙ _aor. act. in...
DISCOURSE: 1558 THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN Luke 18:13. _And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so muck as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful t...
AND THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF,— Impressed with a deep sense of his sins, the publican appeared so vile in his own sight, that he would not go up among the people of God, but stood afar off, in t...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Proud (Luke 18:9-14) 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: 10Two men went up into the temple to pray...
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. AND THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF - as u...
22-25 Compare Luk_5:35; Mat_24:23-27; Mar_13:21-23; Joh_13:33. 25 Compare Luk_9:22. 26-27 Compare Mat_24:37-39; Gen. 7. 26 The unexpected suddenness of the coming of the Son of Mankind is further en...
THE UNJUST JUDGE. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. THE RICH RULER 1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk). There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the Second Advent leads Christ to...
THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN AT PRAYER (peculiar to Lk). This parable is apparently addressed not to the Pharisees themselves, but to certain of the disciples of Jesus who were proud of their spiritu...
AFAR OFF] viz. from the Pharisee, whom, in his humility, he thought far more righteous than himself. WOULD NOT LIFT UP] Since the rabbis forbade the eyes to be raised to heaven during prayer (see Matt...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 18 TWO *PARABLES ABOUT PRAYER 18:1-14 1 THE WIDOW AND THE JUDGE 18:1-8 V1 Jesus told his *disciples a *parable. It showed that they should continue...
THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF. — The words point to a sense of shame which kept the publican away from the crowd of worshippers who pressed forward to the ark-end of the outer court of the Temple —...
Luke 18:1 CHAPTER 11 CONCERNING PRAYER. WHEN the Greeks called man ό ανθρωπος, or the "uplooking one," they did but crystallize in a word what is a universal fact, the religious instinct of humanit...
ὁ τελώνης : the demeanour of the publican is drawn in vivid contrast to that of the Pharisee; he stands aloof, not in pride but in acute consciousness of demerit, does not dare to lift his eyes toward...
_The Pharisee and the publican_....
THOSE WHOM GOD ACCEPTS Luke 18:9-17 We are taught here the spirit in which we should pray. Too many pray “with themselves.” The only time that we may thank God for not being as others is when we attr...
Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of need....
And the publican, standing (e) afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. (e) Far from the Pharisee in a lower p...
HUMILITY AND PRIDE Luke 18:9-14. _“And He spoke this parable also to certain ones, having confidence in themselves that they are righteous, and treat others with contempt: Two men went up into the tem...
3. _The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican: Luke 18:9-14_. VERS. 9-14. This parable is peculiar to Luke. Who are those τινές, _certain_, to whom it is addressed? They cannot be Pharisees. Luke w...
(9) And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others: (10) Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other a...
The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
_THE PLEA FOR MERCY_ ‘God be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13 Why is it so hard to repent? Why is it so hard to get back? Does God repel His wandering sons? Does the wilderness swallow them up?...
13._The publican standing at a distance. _Here Christ did not intend to lay down a general rule, as if it were necessary, whenever we pray, to cast down our eyes to the ground. He merely describes the...
Grace is the spring of the Christian's walk, and furnishes directions for it. He cannot with impunity (chapter 17) despise the weak. He must not be weary of pardoning his brother. If he have faith but...
AND THE PUBLICAN STANDING AFAR OFF,.... Not at the outermost porch, or at the door: for "a man might not fix his place at the door of the synagogue, but, ירחיק, "he must go afar off", the space of tw...
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as _his_ eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. Ver. 13. _Smote upon his breast_] In token...
_And the publican, standing afar off_ 1st, Under a sense of his being unworthy to be permitted to draw near to God, or to go up among his people into the court of Israel, though probably a Jew, he sto...
THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF; at the outer side of the temple, far from the holy place, as not worthy to approach it. SMOTE UPON HIS BREAST; in token of his distress in view of his sins....
The publican:...
AND THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF, WOULD NOT LIFT UP SO MUCH AS HIS EYES UNTO HEAVEN, BUT SMOTE UPON HIS BREAST, SAYING, GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME, A SINNER!...
GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER (vs.1-8) This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in the believer...
9-14 This parable was to convince some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others. God sees with what disposition and design we come to him in holy ordinances. What the P...
Those who fancy the publican stood afar off from the Pharisee, because the Pharisees would suffer none but those of their sect, at least none that were under such a notoriety of disrepute as the publi...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians For says [the Scripture], "God be merciful to me a sinner."[87] Origen Against Celsus Book III And this is manifest to those who are willing to peruse the Gosp...
Luke 18:13 And G2532 collector G5057 standing G2476 (G5761) off G3113 would G2309 (G5707) not G3756 as...
THE PARABLE OF THE ONE WHO TRUSTED IN HIMSELF THAT HE WAS SUPREMELY ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, AND WAS NOT, AND THE ONE WHO WAS DOUBTFUL ABOUT HIS ACCEPTABILITY WITH GOD WHO WAS MADE FULLY ACCEPTABLE (18:9-14...
“But the public servant, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast, saying, ‘God, be you merciful to me (literally ‘be propitiated towards me') a sinner....
Luke 18:13. STANDING. Simply standing, not putting himself into an attitude or position. AFAR OFF. Probably, from the sanctuary, thus indicating his humility before God. Possibly, too, from the Phar...
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...
CONNECTION. This section belongs to the same period as the preceding one; the first parable has a close connection of thought with the predictions concerning the coming of the Son of man, while the se...
STANDING AFAR OFF (μακροθεν εστως). Second perfect active participle of ιστημ, intransitive like σταθεις above. But no ostentation as with the Pharisee in verse Luke 18:11. At a distance from the P...
MERCIFUL Greek, "hilaskomai", used in the Septuagint and New Testament in connection with the mercy-seat (Exodus 25:17); (Exodus 25:18); (Exodus 25:21); ...
Luke 18:10 There are five points in which the Pharisee and the publican agree; there are five points in which they differ, and there are five special lessons which the incident urges upon the attenti...
Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;_ Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or weary, even if their pra...
Luke 18:1. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was...
Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;_ An old writer says that many of Christ's parables need a key to unlock them. Here, the key...
CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of Pharisee and publican. Little children blessed. Rich young ruler. Death and resurrection foretold. Blind man healed near Jericho. CHARACTERS: God, Je...
Luke 18:1. _Men ought always to pray, and not to faint._ We have continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord alwa...
BUT THE TAX COLLECTOR STOOD AT A DISTANCE. He was conscious of being an outcast, and so stayed at a distance from the others. BUT BEAT ON HIS BREAST. Symbolic of sadness. HAVE PITY ON ME, A SINNER! No...
_Two men went up into the temple to pray._ WHOM THE LORD RECEIVES Observe, from the parable-- I. HOW GOD LOOKS UPON THE HEART, RATHER THAN UPON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE. It is not the spoken service...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 18:13 WOULD NOT EVEN LIFT UP HIS EYES TO HEAVEN... BEAT HIS BREAST. This was a sign of sorrow and remorse (compare Luke 23:48). God, be
CHAPTER 18 VER. 1. _He spake a parable unto them to the end that._ Christ had said, at the end of the last chapter, that the Apostles and the faithful should suffer persecutions, in which they should...
_And the publican, standing afar off._ The publican did not resent the insult offered by the Pharisee, nay, he admitted it, confessed it, and sought pardon for it with patience. He was, therefore just...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 18:9. UNTO CERTAIN.—This parable is not addressed to Pharisees, but to some of His own followers who were Pharisaical at heart. DESPISED.—Or “set at nought” (R.V.). OTHERS.—Rath...
EXPOSITION LUKE 18:1 _The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer_—_the importunate widow, and the Pharisee and publican._ LUKE 18:1 AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT ALW...
Shall we turn tonight to Luke, chapter 18. Luke tells us that Jesus now spoke a parable to them to this end (Luke 18:1), In other words, the purpose of the parable was to encourage people to pray an...
1 John 1:8; 1 Timothy 1:15; 2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Chronicles 33:13;...
Standing [ε σ τ ω ς]. In a timid attitude : merely standing, not posturing as the Pharisee. See on ver. 11. Afar off. Some explain, from the sanctuary; others, from the Pharisee. Lift up his eyes. As...