Luke 6:1._On the second-first Sabbath _It is beyond all question that this Sabbath belonged to some one of the festival-days which the Law enjoined to be observed once every year. Some have thought that there were two festival-days in immediate succession; but as the Jews had arranged their festival... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:8._But he knew their thoughts _If Matthew states the truth, they had openly declared by their language what was in their minds; and therefore Christ replies not to _their secret thoughts, _but to express words. But both may be true, that they spoke plainly, and yet that Christ discerned their... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:13._Whom also he named Apostles. _This may be explained in two ways: either that, at a subsequent period, when he introduced them into their office, he gave them this name, — or that, with a view to their future rank, he bestowed on them this title, in order to inform them why they were separ... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:24._Woe to you that are rich. _As Luke has related not more than four kinds of _blessings, _so he now contrasts with them four _curses, _so that the clauses mutually correspond. This contrast not only tends to strike terror into the ungodly, but to arouse believers, that they may not be lulle... [ Continue Reading ]
25._Woe to you who are filled. Woe to you who laugh now _In the same sense, he pronounces a curse on those who are _satiated and full: _because they are lifted up by confidence in the blessings of the present life, and reject those blessings which are of a heavenly nature. A similar view must be tak... [ Continue Reading ]
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, in order to guard his disciples against such a course, he points out to them that the favor of men... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:30._To every one that asketh of thee. _The same words, as we shall presently see, are found in Matthew: for it may readily be inferred from the context, that Luke does not here speak of a request to obtain assistance, but of actions at law, which bad men raise for the purpose of carrying off... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:35._Lend, expecting nothing again. _It is a mistake to confine this statement to usury, as if Christ only forbade his people to be usurers. The preceding part of the discourse shows clearly, that it has a wider reference. After having explained what wicked men are wont to do, — to love their... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:37._Forgive, and it shall be forgiven to you. Give, and it shall be given to you. _This promise, which is added by Luke, means, that the Lord will cause him, who is indulgent, kind, and just to his brethren, to experience the same gentleness from others, and to be treated by them in a generou... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:39._And he spake to them a parable. _Luke relates this saying without mentioning any occurrence, but states generally, that Christ made use of this _parable; _as in recording many of Christ’s discourses he says nothing as to the occasion on which they were delivered. It is no doubt possible t... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:40._The disciple is not above his master, but every one shall be conformed to his master _Luke gives this sentence without any connection, as if it had been spoken abruptly in the midst of other discourses; but as Matthew explains very clearly, in this passage, to what it relates, I have chos... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:43._For the tree is not good _This statement, as related by Luke, appears to be a general instruction given by Christ, that by the _fruits _our opinion of every man ought to be formed, in the same manner as _a tree is known by its fruit _After having inserted the reproof to hypocrites, who “_... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 6:45._A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good _Such is the statement with which Luke concludes the discourse; and I have no doubt that he intended to describe, without a figure, the kind of judgment which Christ orders us to make from the _fruits _Believers ought... [ Continue Reading ]