Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 6:26
Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you — But who will believe this?
Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you — But who will believe this?
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 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...
THE INCREASING OPPOSITION (Luke 6:1-5)...
Jesus lifted up his eyes upon his disciples and said, "Happy are you poor, because yours is the Kingdom of God. Happy are you who are hungry now because you will be filled. Happy are you who weep now...
THE FALSE PROPHETS. Compare Jeremiah 5:31. 1Ki 18:19, 1 Kings 18:22; 1 Kings 22:11.Isaiah 30:10....
_Woe unto you_ Omit _unto you_with א, A, B, E, &c. _when all men shall speak well of you_ "Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?" James 4:4. "If ye were of the world, the w...
20-26. BEATITUDES AND WOES. This section of St Luke, from Luke 6:20 to Luke 9:6, resembles in style the great Journey Section, Luke 9:51....
BEATITUDES AND WOES This section of St Luke, from Luke 6:20 to Luke 9:6, resembles in style the great Journey Section, Luke 9:51 to Luke 18:34....
ΟΥ̓ΑῚ. Omit unto you with אABE, &c. ὍΤΑΝ ΚΑΛΩ͂Σ ὙΜΑ͂Σ ΕἼΠΩΣΙΝ ΠΆΝΤΕΣ. “Know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?” James 4:4. “If ye were of the world, the world would love his...
VER 24. BUT WOE TO YOU THAT ARE RICH! FOR YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR CONSOLATION. 25. WOE TO YOU THAT ARE FULL! FOR YOU SHALL HUNGER. WOE TO YOU THAT LAUGH NOW! FOR YOU SHALL MOURN AND WEEP. 26. WOE TO YO...
ΕΪΠΩΣΙΝ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. _Conj._ в indef. _temp. прид._ ΈΠΟΊΟΥΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 6:23....
DISCOURSE: 1495 TRUE HAPPINESS STATED Luke 6:20. And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall...
WOE UNTO YOU, WHEN ALL MEN SHALL SPEAK WELL OF YOU!— "Woe unto you, ifby propagating such doctrines or sentiments as encourage and nourish the vain spirit of the world, you shall gain to yourselves th...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Moral (Luke 6:20-26) 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you that hunger now, f...
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. WOE UNTO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SHALL SPEAK WELL OF YOU! FOR SO DID THEIR FATHERS TO THE FALSE PROPHETS...
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....
A warning to all Christian ministers and teachers not to court popularity by speaking smooth words, and saying 'Peace, when there is no peace.' Plutarch relates of Phocion the Athenian, 'Once while he...
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....
FOUR WOES (peculiar to Lk). The 'woes' refer chiefly to future punishment in the world to come, but not exclusively, for in the siege of Jerusalem they received a literal fulfilment....
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...
SO DID THEIR FATHERS TO THE FALSE PROPHETS. — The words are of very wide application, but it is probable that there is a special reference in them to the time of Hezekiah and the later kings of Judah....
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...
_First part of the discourse: Beatitudes and Woes_ (Matthew 5:1-12)....
This woe is addressed, not to the rich and full without, but to the disciples within, and points out to them that to be free from the evils enumerated in Luke 6:22 is not a matter of congratulation, b...
_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...
πλὴν, but, used here adversatively, a favourite word with Lk., suggesting therefore the hypothesis that he is responsible for the “woes” following, peculiar to his version of the sermon. ἀπέχετε, ye h...
NEW LEADERS AND NEW PRINCIPLES Luke 6:12-26 There are three circles here: _First,_ Christ and His Apostles-the men who were to be sent into all the world to preach the gospel and to lay the foundati...
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...
_Woe to you, when men shall bless you. The ministers of the gospel must not value themselves, when they are applauded by men; for so did the fore-fathers of the Jews, formerly commend the false prophe...
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...
“ _But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation._ 25. _Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep._ 26. _Woe unt...
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...
First part: Luke 6:20-26. _The Call._ This solemn invitation describes: (1 _st._) Those who are qualified to become members of the order of things inaugurated by Jesus (Luke 6:20-23); (2 _d._) Their a...
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...
(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 DANGERS OF POPULARITY_ ‘Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!’ Luke 6:26 It is more than probable that, if men speak well of you, their judgment of you is fallacious. Men are fal...
26._Woe to you when all men shall applaud you _The last woe is intended to correct ambition: for nothing is more common than to seek the applauses of men, or, at least, to be carried away by them; and...
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...
WOE UNTO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SHALL SPEAK WELL OF YOU!.... The word "all", is left out in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic; Persic: and Ethiopic versions, and is wanting in many copies, though it is in t...
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. Ver. 26. _When all men shall speak well_] What evil have I done, said Aristides, when one told him...
_Wo unto you_ Miserable are you; _when all men speak well of you_ Because such universal applause is not to be gained without sinful compliances. “For,” as Dr. Whitby observes, “he that will be pleasi...
WHEN ALL MEN SHALL SPEAK WELL OF YOU; on account of your conformity to this world in your teaching and conduct....
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;...
A threefold woe:...
WOE UNTO YOU WHEN ALL MEN SHALL SPEAK WELL OF YOU! FOR SO DID THEIR FATHERS TO THE FALSE PROPHETS. Woe unto you rich people! for you have your solace in advance. This is spoken, as often in Scripture,...
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...
20-26 Here begins a discourse of Christ, most of which is also found in Luke 6:5; Luke 6:7. But some think that this was preached at another time and place. All believers that take the precepts of th...
A good report of all, even those that are without, is a desirable thing, and what all good men ought to labour for, both by avoiding any just occasion of their speaking ill of them, and by doing all t...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV "In the like manner," says He,[501] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV "Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false pr...
Luke 6:26 Woe G3759 you G5213 when G3752 all G3956 men G444 speak G2036 (G5632) well G2573 you...
BLESSINGS AND WOES ON ISRAEL (6:20-26). ‘And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, a Blessed are you poor, for yours is the Kingly Rule of God (Luke 6:20). b Blessed are you who hunger...
“But woe to you who are rich! for you have received your consolation. Woe to you, you who are full now! for you shall hunger. Woe to you, you who laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep. Woe to you...
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...
Luke 6:24-26. Peculiar to Luke. The difficulty of inserting them in Matthew's report of the sermon, is one great argument against the identity of the two discourses. Some think they were uttered on 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...
Luke 6:26. When all men shall speak well of you _. _ This may be addressed, either to the rich, etc., or to the disciples. The former agrees best with what goes before, but the latter is favored by th...
IN THE SAME MANNER DID THEIR FATHERS (τα αυτα εποιουν ο πατερες αυτων). Literally, their fathers did the same things to the false prophets. That is they spoke well (καλως), finely of false prophets...
Luke 6:26 The Dangers of Praise. I. It is more than probable that, if men speak well of you, their judgment of you is fallacious; you do not deserve it. "In the like manner did their fathers unto th...
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...
BUT HOW TERRIBLE FOR YOU WHO ARE RICH NOW. Matthew does not give these. Jesus lists four "horrors" which are the exact opposite of the beatitudes he had just given, and the meaning will be found in th...
_Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you_ THE DANGERS OF PRAISE _“ _Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you. ” 1. First of all, it is more than probable that, if they do so, t...
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...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 6:26 FALSE PROPHETS were well spoken of, for they prophesied what people wanted to hear. This is a warning against seeking the approval of the world rather than being faithful to God...
JESUS GIVES THE BEATITUDES MATTHEW 5:1-12; LUKE 6:17-26; MATTHEW 5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:...
_Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you_, &c.When men, who for the most part are carnally minded, speak well of you as setters forth of that which is pleasing to their ears, for they hate t...
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 John 4:5; 1 John 4:6; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Peter 2:18; 2 Peter 2:19;...
Well [κ α λ ω ς]. Handsomely, fairly....
Is a good name a blessing or a curse? PROBLEM: In this text, Jesus told His disciples that people would speak evil of them, as they had of the prophets before them. On the other hand, Solomon taught t...
Our Saviour's design in these words, is not to condemn any of his disciples or ministers, who have, by doing their duty, gained. fair reputation amongst the men of the world, but to let us understand...