Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Luke 7:22
To the poor the Gospel is preached — Which is the greatest mercy, and the greatest miracle of all.
To the poor the Gospel is preached — Which is the greatest mercy, and the greatest miracle of all.
Verse Luke 7:22. See these verses explained at large on Matthew 11:4....
See this passage explained in Matthew 11:2. Luke 7:29 THE PEOPLE - The common people. THAT HEARD HIM - That heard “John.” THE PUBLICANS - The tax-gatherers, the
CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The Centurion's Servant Healed. (Luke 7:1 .)_ 2. The Widow's Son Raised from the Dead. (Luke 7:11) 3. John's Questions and the Answer. (Luke 7:18) 4. The Testimony Concerning John. ...
JOHN THE BAPTIST (Matthew 11:1 *). According to Lk., John's disciples have access to him, and Jesus is engaged in works of healing in the very hour of the embassy. Luke 7:21 looks as if Lk. were bent...
A SOLDIER'S FAITH (Luke 7:1-10)...
John's disciples told him about all these things; so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord saying, "Are you he who is to come, or, are we to look for another?" When they arrived,...
JESUS. Omit [LIT Tr.. WH R. SEEN AND HEARD. The evidence was not that they were miracles _(qua_ miracles), but that the miracles were those that had been prophesied. See Isaiah 29:18. Isa 85:4-6. Isai...
_what things ye have seen_ Our Lord wished His answer to be the announcement of facts not the explanation of difficulties. His enumeration of the miracles involves an obvious reference to Isaiah 29:18...
Ἃ ΕἼΔΕΤΕ. Our Lord wished His answer to be the announcement of facts, not the explanation of difficulties. His enumeration of the miracles involves an obvious reference to Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:4-6;...
THE MESSAGE FROM THE BAPTIST...
Ver 18. And the disciples of John showed him of all these things. 19. And John calling to him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you he that should come? or look we for another? 20....
ΆΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать. О семитском использовании _см._ МН, 453. ΠΟΡΕΥΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part., см._ Luke 7:6. _Сопутств. part._ со _знач. imper._...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 The Suffering (Luke 7:18-23) 18 The disciples of John told him of all these things. 19And John, calling to him two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, Are yo...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _About John the Baptist Scripture_ Luke 7:18-35 And the disciples of John told him of all these things. 19 And John called unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, sa...
And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. For the circumstances of the Baptist's imprisonment, see the notes at Mark 6:17. He had now lain in prison probably a full year, far away...
19 As the form of the Greek word for different or "another" is indefinite as to gender, it may be rendered "a different thing" or "another thing". That is, John may have hoped that Christ was about to...
A DEPUTATION FROM JOHN THE BAPTIST. See on Matthew 11:2....
RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON. THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER 1-10. Healing of the centurion's servant. See on Matthew 8:5....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 7 THE *FAITH OF AN ARMY OFFICER 7:1-10 V1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people, he went to Capernaum. V2 In that town, an of...
GO YOUR WAY. — The exact agreement of the answer as reported in the two Gospels is significant as to the impression which they made at the time on those who heard them....
(18-23) AND THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN SHEWED HIM. — See Notes on Matthew 11:2. The fact, mentioned by St. Luke only, that the “disciples of John” reported these things, suggests some interesting coinciden...
CHAPTER 16 THE MIRACLES OF HEALING. IT is only natural that our Evangelist should linger with a professional as well as a personal interest over Christ's connection with human suffering and disease,...
contains the verbal answer, pointing the moral = go and tell your master what ye saw and heard (aorist, past at the time of reporting), and leave him to draw his own conclusion. νεκροὶ ἐγείρονται : th...
_The Baptist's message_ (Matthew 11:2-19)....
“GOD HATH VISITED HIS PEOPLE” Luke 7:11-23 Nain lay near the plain of Esdraelon, on the slopes of Little Hermon. Two confluent streams met there-those with Christ and those with death, Luke 7:11-12....
Here our Lord passed over the national boundary to bring blessing to the household of a Roman centurion. Of that man the elders said, "He is worthy." The man said, "I am not worthy." Jesus Said, "I ha...
Then addressing himself to these disciples of John the Baptist, he ordered them to go and relate to their master all they had seen and heard; and to tell him, that he declared all those to be happy, w...
DID JOHN THE BAPTIST OR HIS DISCIPLES DOUBT THE CHRISTHOOD OF JESUS? Matthew 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23. We answer the above question unhesitatingly in the negative. Neither John nor his disciples had any d...
4. _The Deputation from John the Baptist: Luke 7:18-35_. This incident, related only by Matthew (chap. 11) and Luke, and by them differently placed, is in both accounted for in the same manner. The fa...
1 _st. Luke 7:18-23_: _The Question and the Reply. _ VERS. 18 AND 19. _The Question._ Thus far, according to Holtzmann (pp. 135, 143), Luke had followed the first of his sources, the proto-Mark (_A....
_The Reply._ As Matthew does not mention the miracles which were wrought, according to Luke, in the presence of John's messengers, criticism has suspected the latter of having invented this scene hims...
(18) And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. (19) And John calling unto him two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? (2...
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...
Hence, after this, we find the Spirit acting in the heart of a Gentile (chapter 7). That heart manifested more faith than any among the children of Israel. Humble in heart, and loving the people of Go...
THEN JESUS ANSWERING SAID UNTO THEM,.... "To the disciples", as the Persic; to both, as the Arabic: when he had wrought these cures, he turned himself to the disciples of John, and made answer to thei...
Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised,...
_And John, calling unto him two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus_, &c. See this whole paragraph explained in the notes on Matthew 11:2. _To the poor the gospel is preached_ Which is the greatest m...
Disciples of John sent to Jesus-Christ's testimony of John. Matthew 11:2-19....
Christ's reference to the prophecy:...
THEN JESUS, ANSWERING, SAID UNTO THEM, GO YOUR WAY, AND TELL JOHN WHAT THINGS YE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD; HOW THAT THE BLIND SEE, THE LAME WALK, THE LEPERS ARE CLEANSED, THE DEAF HEAR, THE DEAD ARE RAISED...
A CENTURION'S SERVANT HEALED (vs.1-10) The Lord then came to Capernaum and there was appealed to by a Gentile, a Roman centurion, by means of the mediatorship of Jewish elders. In contrast to this a...
19-35 To his miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this in the kingdom of grace, To the poor the gospel is preached. It clearly pointed out the spiritual nature of Christ's kingdom, that the...
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Luke 7:22 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5679) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 Go G4198 ...
‘And he answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are ra...
JOHN THE BAPTISER SENDS AN APPEAL TO JESUS (7:17-23). Meanwhile, while all this was going on, John the Baptiser was languishing in prison. But he was regularly being visited by some of his brave disc...
CHRONOLOGY. The order is correct. There is no record of anything which occurred during the interval between the raising of the young man at Nain and the message from John. See on Matthew 8:18; Matthew...
WHAT THINGS YE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD (α ειδετε κα ηκουσατε). In Matthew 11:4, present tense "which ye do hear and see." Rest of verse Luke 7:22; Luke 7:23 as in...
Luke 7:22 The description of His own work which Jesus returned for the instruction and encouragement of the Baptist presents these three features: (1) it is a ministry of abundant charity to the temp...
Luke 7:18. _And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things._ John was in prison, and, possibly, troubled in spirit. Luke 7:19. _And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to...
CONTENTS: Centurion's servant healed. Widow's son raised. Questions from John the Baptist in prison and Jesus' testimony. Jesus annointed in the Pharisee's house. Parable of the creditor and two debto...
Luke 7:2. _A certain centurion's servant._ As soon as this officer heard of Christ, he believed in him, having been assured of the miracles by competent witnesses. Being a gentile, he sent the rulers...
AND SENT THEM TO THE LORD TO ASK HIM. John the Baptist had already identified Jesus as the Messiah (John 1:31-34). But the Jews expected a political Messiah, and John wonders why Jesus does not overth...
_Art Thou He that should come, or look we for another?_ JOHN’S DOUBTING MESSAGE TO JESUS 1. Much discussion has taken place concerning John’s doubt, whether it was real or affected; and if real, wha...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:22 TELL JOHN. Jesus does not answer John’s question directly but gives evidence demonstrating that he is the “coming one”: BLIND RECEIVE... SIGHT (see...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:1 Luke helps his readers answer the question “Who is this...?” (v. Luke 7:49) by recounting two healing miracles (vv. Luke
JESUS EASES JOHN'S DOUBT MATTHEW 11:2-19; LUKE 7:19-35; MATTHEW 11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,...
CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 7:19.—The message sent by John the Baptist to Jesus has been the subject of much discussion. Though in form questions, his words are virtually an appeal to Christ to declare Hims...
EXPOSITION LUKE 7:1 The _servant _(_or slave_)_ of the centurion of Capernaum is healed._ LUKE 7:1 NOW WHEN HE HAD ENDED ALL HIS SAYINGS. This clearly refers to the sermon on the mount. That great...
Let's turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 7. At this point in Luke's gospel he is going to give us series of events, miracles that transpired in the life of Jesus. When he ended these say...
Acts 14:8; Acts 26:18; Acts 3:2; Acts 8:7; Isaiah 29:18;...
The blind receive, etc. Better, are receiving, are walking, even while Jesus is speaking and John is in doubt....
The poor hear and receive the gospel. Matthew 11:5 Note, that all along, in our Saviour's time and since, the poor of the world have been more disposed to hear and embrace the gospel than other men;...