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Verse Luke 16:17. _FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO PASS_] Matthew 5:17,
Matthew 5:17; _"_Matthew 5:18_"_....
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See the notes at Matthew 5:18....
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CHAPTER 16
_ 1. The Unjust Steward. (Luke 16:1)_
2. The Impossible Service. (Luke 16:13)
3. The Deriding Pharisees Answered. (Luke 16:14)
4. Concerning Divorce. ...
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WORDS TO PHARISEES.
Luke 16:14 f. Lk. only. The verses seem introduced by Lk. to indicate
that the preceding and succeeding parables were directed against
Pharisees. They also illustrate his antipathy...
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When the Pharisees, who were characteristically fond of money, heard
these things, they derided Jesus. So he said to them, "You are those
who make yourselves look righteous before men, but God knows y...
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A BAD MAN'S GOOD EXAMPLE (Luke 16:1-13)...
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HEAVEN. Singular with Art. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.
EARTH. Greek. _ge_. App-129.
TITTLE. See note on Matthew 5:18 and App-93....
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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...
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_than one tittle of the law_ The word for -tittle" is _keraia,_the tip
or horn of a letter, such as that which distinguishes ב from כ or ה
from ח Thus the Jews said that the letter Yod prostrated itse...
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DIVES AND LAZARUS: A PARABLE TO THE COVETOUS, PRECEDED BY REBUKES TO
THE PHARISEES...
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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...
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ΜΊΑΝ ΚΕΡΑΊΑΝ. The tip or horn of a letter, such as that
which distinguishes ב from כ or ה from ח. Thus the Jews said that
the letter Yod prostrated itself before God, because Solomon had taken
it from...
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Ver 14. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these
things: and they derided him. 15. And he said to them, you are they
which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: f...
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_THE PHARISEES RIDICULED JESUS -- LUKE 16:14-18:_ The Pharisees who
had been listening to Jesus professed to trust God. Sadly, these
Pharisees really loved money. When they heard the things that Jesus...
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ΕΎΚΟΠΏΤΕΡΟΝ _сотр. от_ ΕΎΚΟΠΟΣ (G2123)
легкий; _сотр._ легче,
ΠΑΡΕΛΘΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΑΡΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G3928)
идти мимо, проходить. _Inf._ объясняет,
что именно является более легким,
ΚΕΡΑΊΑ (G2762...
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THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS WERE UNTIL JOHN:— Our Lord having in the
preceding verse developed the specious and hypocritical pretences of
the Pharisees, observes to them, with respect to his own conduct,...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_The Parable of the Unrighteous Steward
Scripture_
Luke 16:1-18 And he said unto the disciples, There was a certain rich
man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Be Sanctified (Luke 16:14-18)
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they
scoffed at him. 15But he said to them, You are those who justify
yours...
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the
law to fail.
AND IT IS EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO PASS, THAN ONE TITTLE OF THE
LAW TO FALL. See the notes at Matthew 5:17....
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THE UNJUST STEWARD. THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS
1-13. Parable of the Unjust Steward (peculiar to Lk). The details of
this somewhat difficult parable are probably not significant. It is
intended to illust...
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THE PHARISEES MOCK JESUS. HIS REPLY. The connexion of Luke 16:16; Luke
16:18 is difficult, and it may be that they do not properly belong
here, but it is also possible that our Lord's discourse is abr...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 16
THE *PARABLE OF THE UNJUST MANAGER 16:1-8
V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘A rich man had a servant who
managed his property. The rich man heard...
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IT IS EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO PASS. — See Notes on Matthew
5:18. Our first impression on reading the words here is that there is
less logical sequence in their position. They seem unconnected w...
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= Matthew 5:18, substantially. Luke 16:18 = Matthew 5:32. Its bearing
here is very obscure, and its introduction in a connection to which it
does not seem to belong is chiefly interesting as vouching...
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Luke 16:14-18 form a “somewhat heavily built bridge” (H. C.)
between the two parables, which set forth the right and the wrong use
of riches....
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A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
Luke 16:14-31
Here was a flagrant case of heartless indifference, amid luxuries of
every kind, to the daily spectacle of abject need. Most of us have at
least one Lazarus at t...
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The Master had a lesson to teach His disciples on the subject of
earthly wealth, and He made use of this unjust steward for purposes of
illustration only. The element in the action of the steward whic...
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Luke 16:16-18. _“The law and the prophets were till John; since that
time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one passeth into
it.”_ These Pharisees hung on His track like lig...
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2 _d. Luke 16:14-31_. _The Wicked Rich Man._
The introduction (Luke 16:14-18) is composed of a series of sayings
which at first sight appear to have no connection with one another.
Holtzmann thinks th...
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This piece contains: 1 _st._ The parable of the unjust steward, with
accompanying reflections (Luke 16:1-13); 2 _d._ Reflections forming an
introduction to the parable of the wicked rich man, and the...
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“ _The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the
kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it._ 17. _But
it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than for one tittle of...
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(16) The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the
kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. (17) And
it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than one tittle...
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The ninth chapter opens with the mission not the setting apart, but
the circuit of the twelve sent out by the Lord, who therein was
working after a fresh sort. He communicates power in grace to men,
c...
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In chapter 16, the effect of grace on conduct is presented, and the
contrast that exists (the dispensation being changed) between the
conduct that Christianity requires with regard to the things of th...
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AND IT IS EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO PASS,.... This is said by
Christ, lest it should be thought by his saying, that the law and the
prophets were until John, that they were no longer, nor of any...
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And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the
law to fail.
Ver. 17. See Matthew 5:18 ....
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_The law and the prophets were_ in force _until John: since that time
the kingdom of God is preached_ The gospel dispensation takes place,
and humble, upright men, receive it with inexpressible earnes...
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ONE TITTLE OF THE LAW TO FAIL; he shows that the gospel-the kingdom of
heaven which he has come to establish-does not relax the strictness of
the divine law. Of this he gives, in the next verse, an in...
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A lesson concerning covetousness....
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AND IT IS EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO PASS THAN ONE TITTLE OF THE
LAW TO FAIL....
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A PARABLE AS TO THE USE OF THE MASTER'S GOODS
(vs.1-13)
Now the Lord turned to address His disciples. For though it is pure
grace that saves and finds deep delight in the repentance of a sinner,
yet...
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13-18 To this parable our Lord added a solemn warning. Ye cannot
serve God and the world, so divided are the two interests. When our
Lord spoke thus, the covetous Pharisees treated his instructions w...
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Neither do you scandalize me, as if I came to teach a new doctrine,
contrary to the law and the prophets. I tell you the quite contrary;
heaven and earth shall pass away, before one tittle of the law...
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Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV "More easily, therefore, may heaven
and earth pass away-as also the law and the prophets-than that one
tittle of the Lord's words should fail."[1316]...
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Luke 16:17 And G1161 is G2076 (G5748) easier G2123 heaven G3772 and
G2532 earth G1093 away G3928 ...
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“But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one
tittle of the law to fall.”
But all this does not mean that the Instruction of God (the Law) has
been superseded, for nothing in that...
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JESUS REPLIES TO THE MOCKERY OF THE PHARISEES DIRECTED AT HIS IDEAS
ABOUT WEALTH (16:14-18).
The Pharisees had been listening in to his advice to His disciples and
they derided Him. For in their eyes...
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Luke 16:16-17. These verses may be thus paraphrased : ‘I have said
that you are not justified in the sight of God, but are an
abomination; and the standard of this judgment is one that you
acknowledge...
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The response of the Pharisees (Luke 16:14) called forth another
parable, in which another phase, of the same great truth is brought
out, namely, that _neglect_ of the proper application of wealth
beco...
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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...
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ONE TITTLE
(μιαν κερεαν). See on Matthew 5:18....
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Luke 16:17
I. My text is true of the Bible as a Book divinely inspired. Since
John wrote in his cell at Patmos, and Paul preached in his own hired
house at Rome, the world has been turned upside down...
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CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust steward. Jesus answers Pharisees. Rich
man and Lazarus in the spirit world.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, John the Baptist, rich man,
Lazarus, Abraham, five broth...
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Luke 16:1. _A certain rich man had a steward accused that he had
wasted his goods._ After the parable of the prodigal son, we have a
second, of a prodigal steward, who had wasted his lord's property....
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BUT IT IS EASIER. See note on Matthew 5:17-18....
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_Than one tittle of the law to fall_
POWER AND PERPETUITY OF LAW
If you have read the Pentateuch, and especially the books of Exodus
and Leviticus, with care, you have perhaps wondered why a system...
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_The Pharisees also, who were covetous_
LOVERS OF MONEY
Those “lovers of money” heard what things?
As rulers of the people they heard the parable of the “unjust
steward,” and their own doom as men...
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CHAPTER 16 VER. 1. _And He said also unto His disciples, There was a
certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto
him that he had wasted his goods._ Having rebuked in three par...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 16:14. In this section, the connection of which with the
preceding and following parables is not at first sight apparent, we
have evidently the heads of a discourse addressed to...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 16:1
The _Lord_'_s teaching on the right use of earthly possessions with
regard to the prospect of another world, in the form of the two
parables of the unjust steward, and Dives and...
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Jesus speaks on two unpleasant subjects, to a lot of people. Not
unpleasant to me, but to a lot of people. Talks about hell. That's not
unpleasant to me, not worried about it at all.
Now Jesus is at a...
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1 Peter 1:25; 2 Peter 3:10; Isaiah 40:8; Isaiah 51:6; Luke 21:33;...
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Tittle. See on Matthew 5:18.
THE PARABLE OF DIVES AND LAZARUS.
Peculiar to Luke. 19 - 31....
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Not that the Gospel at all destroys the law. Matthew 5:18....