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Verse Luke 18:12. _I GIVE TITHES OF ALL THAT I POSSESS._] Or, _of all
I_ _acquire_, κτωμαι. _Raphelius_ has well observed, that this
verb, in the _present tense_, signifies to _acquire _- in the
_pre...
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I FAST TWICE ... - This was probably the Jewish custom. The Pharisees
are said to have fasted regularly on the second and fifth days of
every week in private. This was “in addition” to the public days...
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CHAPTER 18
_ 1. The Unjust Judge and the Avenging of His Elect. (Luke 18:1)_
2. The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican. (Luke 18:9)
3. The Little Children and the Required Lowliness. (Luke 18...
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PARABLE OF THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN (Lk. only). In Luke 18:9 we
should perhaps translate concerning those who trusted, etc. The
parable, not necessarily spoken on the same occasion as the precedi...
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Jesus spoke this parable to some who were self-confidently sure that
they were righteous and who despised others. "Two men went up to the
Temple to pray. The one was a Pharisee, the other a tax-collec...
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UNWEARIED IN PRAYER (Luke 18:1-8)...
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TWICE IN THE WEEK. The law prescribed only one in the year (Leviticus
16:29; Numbers 29:7). By the time of Zechariah 8:19 there were _four_
yearly fasts. In our Lord's day they were bi-weekly (Monday...
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_Ifast twice in the week_ This practice had no divine sanction. The
Law appointed only a single fast-day in the year, the Day of Atonement
(Leviticus 16:29). By the time of Zechariah there seem to hav...
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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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THE DUTY OF HUMBLE PRAYER. THE PHARISEE AND THE TAX-GATHERER...
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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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ΝΗΣΤΕΎΩ ΔῚΣ ΤΟΥ͂ ΣΑΒΒΆΤΟΥ. Mark 2:18. This
practice had no divine sanction. The Law appointed only a single
fast-day in the year, the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:29). By the
time of Zechariah there...
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par
Ver 9. And he spoke this parable to certain which trusted in
themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10. Two men
went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the oth...
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ΝΗΣΤΕΎΩ (G3522) _praes. ind. act._ поститься (TDNT;
SB, 2:241ff, 4:77-144; Μ, Taanith; DJG, 233). _Praes._
указывает на постоянный образ жизни,
ΔΙΣ ΤΟΎ ΣΑΒΒΆΤΟΥ (G1364; G4521) дважды в
неделю, по пон...
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I FAST TWICE, &C.— The _sins_ which the Pharisee mentioned, being
such as were severally charged on the publicans, and the _duties_ such
as that sort of men were supposed to neglect, it shewed to what...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
Proud (Luke 18:9-14)
9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that
they were righteous and despised others: 10Two men went up into the
temple to pray...
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I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
I FAST TWICE IN THE WEEK, I GIVE TITHES (OR THE TENTH) OF ALL THAT I
POSSESS, [ ktoomai (G2932)] - or 'acquire;' 'of all my gains' or...
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22-25 Compare Luk_5:35; Mat_24:23-27; Mar_13:21-23; Joh_13:33.
25 Compare Luk_9:22.
26-27 Compare Mat_24:37-39; Gen. 7.
26 The unexpected suddenness of the coming of the Son of Mankind is
further en...
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18:12 gain. (e-11) See Notes at Luke 21:19 and 1 Thessalonians 4:4 ....
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TWICE IN THE WEEK] viz. on Mondays and Thursdays: see on Matthew 6:16.
OF ALL THAT I POSSESS] RV 'of all that I get.' The Pharisee prided
himself on his works of supererogation, i.e. works done over a...
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THE UNJUST JUDGE. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. THE RICH RULER
1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk).
There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the
Second Advent leads Christ to...
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THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN AT PRAYER (peculiar to Lk). This parable
is apparently addressed not to the Pharisees themselves, but to
certain of the disciples of Jesus who were proud of their spiritu...
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LUKE’S GOOD NEWS
LUKE
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 18
TWO *PARABLES ABOUT PRAYER 18:1-14
1 THE WIDOW AND THE JUDGE 18:1-8
V1 Jesus told his *disciples a *parable. It showed that they should
continue...
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I FAST TWICE IN THE WEEK. — From the negative side of his
self-analysis the Pharisee passes to the positive. The Stoic Emperor
is a little less systematic, or rather groups his thanksgiving after a
di...
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Luke 18:1
CHAPTER 11
CONCERNING PRAYER.
WHEN the Greeks called man ό ανθρωπος, or the "uplooking
one," they did but crystallize in a word what is a universal fact, the
religious instinct of humanit...
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_The Pharisee and the publican_....
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δὶς τ. σ., twice in the week: voluntary fasts on Mondays and
Thursdays, ultra-legal in his zeal. ἀποδεκατ - ῶ (- εύω,
W. and H [141]) = δεκατεύω in Greek writers: tithing a typical
instance of Pharisa...
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THOSE WHOM GOD ACCEPTS
Luke 18:9-17
We are taught here the spirit in which we should pray. Too many pray
“with themselves.” The only time that we may thank God for not
being as others is when we attr...
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Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its
necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the
secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of
need....
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See how the Pharisee here, by pride, lays open to the enemy his heart,
which he had in vain shut against him by fasting and prayer. It is in
vain to defend a city, if you leave the enemy a single pass...
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HUMILITY AND PRIDE
Luke 18:9-14. _“And He spoke this parable also to certain ones,
having confidence in themselves that they are righteous, and treat
others with contempt: Two men went up into the tem...
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3. _The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican: Luke 18:9-14_.
VERS. 9-14. This parable is peculiar to Luke. Who are those
τινές, _certain_, to whom it is addressed? They cannot be
Pharisees. Luke w...
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(9) And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in
themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others: (10) Two
men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other
a...
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The last chapter gave in the judgment of present things, another world
and eternal things in good and evil, the Lord's instruction for the
disciples after the dealings of grace in Luke 15:1-32, and th...
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12._I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
_This is equivalent to saying that he performed more than the law
required; just as the Popish monks talk loftily of their works of
_...
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Grace is the spring of the Christian's walk, and furnishes directions
for it. He cannot with impunity (chapter 17) despise the weak. He must
not be weary of pardoning his brother. If he have faith but...
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I FAST TWICE IN THE WEEK,.... Not "on the sabbath", as the words may
be literally rendered, and as they are in the Vulgate Latin and
Ethiopic versions; for the sabbath was not a fasting, but a feastin...
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I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Ver. 12. _I fast twice a week_] Cardinal Bellarmine did more, for he
fasted thrice a week, saith he that writes his life. John, Archbish...
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_The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself_ The original clause,
σταθεις προς εαυτον ταυτα προσηυχετο,
it seems, should rather be rendered, _standing by himself prayed these
things._ Read thus,...
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TITHES; a tenth part....
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THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN.
The Pharisee:...
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I FAST TWICE IN THE WEEK, I GIVE TITHES OF ALL THAT I POSSESS.
During the last journey of Jesus, representatives of the Pharisees
were present almost continually. It is probable that some of these had...
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GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER
(vs.1-8)
This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in
the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in
the believer...
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9-14 This parable was to convince some who trusted in themselves that
they were righteous, and despised others. God sees with what
disposition and design we come to him in holy ordinances. What the
P...
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Twice in the sabbath, saith the Greek, but that is ordinary, to
denominate the days of the week from the sabbath; the meaning is,
twice between sabbath and sabbath. Those learned in the Jewish Rabbins...
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Luke 18:12 fast G3522 (G5719) twice G1364 week G4521 tithes G586
(G5719) all G3956 that G3745 possess...
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THE PARABLE OF THE ONE WHO TRUSTED IN HIMSELF THAT HE WAS SUPREMELY
ACCEPTABLE TO GOD, AND WAS NOT, AND THE ONE WHO WAS DOUBTFUL ABOUT HIS
ACCEPTABILITY WITH GOD WHO WAS MADE FULLY ACCEPTABLE (18:9-14...
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“I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I get.”
It was customary among the Pharisees to tithe even the smallest thing
that they received ‘from God', even when it was not required by the
L...
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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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CONNECTION. This section belongs to the same period as the preceding
one; the first parable has a close connection of thought with the
predictions concerning the coming of the Son of man, while the se...
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Luke 18:12. I FAST TWICE IN THE WEEK. His acts, he affirms, surpass
the requirements of God's law. But one fast was commanded in the law,
namely, on the great day of atonement (Leviticus 16:29; Number...
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TWICE IN THE WEEK
(δις του σαββατου). One fast a year was required by the
law (Leviticus 16:29; Numbers 29:7). The Pharisees added others, twice
a week between passover and pentecost, and between t...
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Luke 18:10
There are five points in which the Pharisee and the publican agree;
there are five points in which they differ, and there are five special
lessons which the incident urges upon the attenti...
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Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint;_
Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or
weary, even if their pra...
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Luke 18:1. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a
judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and there was...
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Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint;_
An old writer says that many of Christ's parables need a key to unlock
them. Here, the key...
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Luke 18:1. _And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint;_
«Not to faint» in their expectation of answers to their
supplications, and therefore give u...
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CONTENTS: Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of Pharisee and
publican. Little children blessed. Rich young ruler. Death and
resurrection foretold. Blind man healed near Jericho.
CHARACTERS: God, Je...
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Luke 18:1. _Men ought always to pray, and not to faint._ We have
continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must
always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord
alwa...
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THE PHARISEE STOOD APART BY HIMSELF. So everyone would be sure to see
him. The Pharisees liked to _impress people_ by showing off their
_goodness._ LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. The Pharisees thought they had...
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_Two men went up into the temple to pray._
WHOM THE LORD RECEIVES
Observe, from the parable--
I. HOW GOD LOOKS UPON THE HEART, RATHER THAN UPON THE OUTWARD
APPEARANCE. It is not the spoken service...
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CHAPTER 18 VER. 1. _He spake a parable unto them to the end that._
Christ had said, at the end of the last chapter, that the Apostles and
the faithful should suffer persecutions, in which they should...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 18:9. UNTO CERTAIN.—This parable is not addressed to Pharisees,
but to some of His own followers who were Pharisaical at heart.
DESPISED.—Or “set at nought” (R.V.). OTHERS.—Rath...
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EXPOSITION
LUKE 18:1
_The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer_—_the importunate widow,
and the Pharisee and publican._
LUKE 18:1
AND HE SPAKE A PARABLE UNTO THEM TO THIS END, THAT MEN OUGHT ALW...
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Shall we turn tonight to Luke, chapter 18.
Luke tells us that Jesus now
spoke a parable to them to this end (Luke 18:1),
In other words, the purpose of the parable was to encourage people to
pray an...
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1 Corinthians 1:29; 1 Samuel 15:13; 1 Timothy 4:8; 2 Kings 10:16;...
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Twice in the week. The law required only one fast in the year, that on
the great day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:29; Numbers 29:7); though
public memorial fasts were added, during the Captivity, on the...
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I fast twice in the week — So did all the strict Pharisees: every
Monday and Thursday. I give tithes of all that I possess — Many of
them gave one full tenth of their income in tithes, and another ten...