What I have here introduced from Luke belongs, perhaps, to another time; but I saw no necessity for separating what he has placed in immediate connection. First, he says that the _twelve _apostles _preached the kingdom of God _along with Christ; from which we infer that, though the ordinary office o... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 8:3._Joanna, the wife of Chuza _It is uncertain whether or not Luke intended his statement to be applied to those women in the same manner as to Mary To me it appears probable that she is placed first in order, as a person in whom Christ had given a signal display of his power; and that _the wi... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 8:19._And his mother and his brethren came to him. _There is an apparent discrepancy here between Luke and the other two Evangelists; for, according to their arrangement of the narrative, they represent Christ’s mother and cousins as having come, while he was discoursing about _the unclean spir... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 8:26._There met him a certain man out of the city _It is uncertain whether Luke means that he was a citizen of Gadara, or that he came out of it to meet Christ. For, when he was ordered to go home and proclaim among his friends the grace of God, Mark says, that he did this in Decapolis, which w... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 8:38._And the men requested _The Gadarenes cannot endure to have Christ among them but he who has been delivered from the devil is desirous to leave his own country and follow him. Hence we learn how wide is the difference between the knowledge of the _goodness, _and the knowledge of the _power... [ Continue Reading ]
39._Relate those things which God hath done for thee_. He bids him _relate _not his own work, but the work of _God _His design in doing so is, that he may be acknowledged to be the true minister and prophet of God, and may thus acquire authority in teaching. In this gradual manner it was proper to i... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 8:45._Who is it that touched me, _Mark expresses it still more clearly, when he says that Christ _looked around to see _who she was. It does appear to be absurd that Christ should pour out his grace without knowing on whom he was bestowing a favor. There is not less difficulty in what he shortl... [ Continue Reading ]
Luke 8:52._And all were weeping. _The Evangelists mention the lamentation, that the resurrection may be more fully believed. _Matthew _expressly states that _musicians _were present, which was not usually the case till the death had been ascertained, and while the preparations for the funeral were g... [ Continue Reading ]