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 7:1, Luke 7:11), John’s testimony about Jesus (vv. Luke 7:18), and another example of Jesus forgiving sins (vv. Luke 7:36). ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:2 CENTURION. A Roman officer in charge of a hundred men. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:3 ELDERS OF THE JEWS. Local Jewish officials. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:9 NOT EVEN IN ISRAEL foreshadows the entry of Gentiles into the kingdom of God. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:11 This miracle, involving a widow’s son, recalls a similar miracle by Elijah (1 Kings 17:17). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:12 THE ONLY SON OF HIS MOTHER... A WIDOW reveals the woman’s desperate economic situation. Without a husband or a son, she has little financial support. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:14 BIER. A plank that served as an open coffin to carry the dead body outside the city to its burial place. Jesus is not made unclean when he touches the dead. Instead, the dead man comes to life. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:15 SAT UP AND BEGAN TO SPEAK. This is proof of Jesus’ miracle. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:16 GOD HAS VISITED HIS PEOPLE. God is making known his presence in Jesus (see Luke 1:68). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:18 ALL THESE THINGS refers to Jesus’ miracles and his teaching. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:19 ARE YOU THE ONE... TO COME indicates John’s doubt as to whether Jesus was the promised Messiah. Perhaps this was because it did not appear that Jesus was going to overthrow the Roman rulers or immediately bring judgment on evildoers. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByT... [ Continue Reading ]
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 4:18; Luke 18:35); LAME WALK (Luke 5:17); LEPERS ARE CLEANSED (Luke 5:12; Luke 17:11 [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:23 Jesus’ word of encouragement is surely directed to John and his disciples. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:28 NONE IS GREATER. John’s greatness comes from his role as the one who prepared people for Jesus the Messiah. Therefore THE ONE WHO IS LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD (one who has believed in Jesus and has become a member of the new covenant kingdom) is actually GREATER THAN John, f... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:29 Those among Jesus’ hearers who had been BAPTIZED by John rightly took Jesus’ words in vv. Luke 7:24 as praising John, and therefore they DECLARED GOD JUST. Those who had NOT been BAPTIZED by John (that is, THE PHARISEES AND THE LAWYERS) had a more negative response. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:31 THIS GENERATION refers to the leaders and others dominant in the culture. They reject both Jesus and John. They are like CHILDREN who do not want to play with anyone. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:35 WISDOM (God’s way, v. Luke 7:29) IS JUSTIFIED (shown to be right) BY ALL HER CHILDREN (the followers of John and Jesus). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:36 The PHARISEES were the most influential of the three major Jewish sects (see note on John 1:24). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:37 A WOMAN. Unnamed; see note on Mark 14:3–5. ALABASTER is a soft stone frequently used as a perfume container. RECLINING toward a low center table(s), the feet of the participants would have faced outward like spokes from a hub. Her TEARS are tears both of thankfulness and also... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:39 Jesus knew what Simon SAID TO HIMSELF, showing that he was indeed a PROPHET. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:41 FIVE HUNDRED DENARII. About 20 months’ wages. FIFTY denarii. About two months’ wages. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:42 CANCELLED THE DEBT. For the comparison of sin with debt, see Luke 11:4; Matthew 6:12; Matthew 18:21. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:47 FOR SHE LOVED MUCH refers not to the reason the woman is forgiven but the result of being forgiven (see note on v. 50; see also “which of them will love him more,” v. Luke 7:42). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:48 YOUR SINS ARE FORGIVEN. As in Luke 5:20, Jesus is exercising the divine role of forgiving sins. WHO IS THIS, WHO EVEN FORGIVES SINS? Luke includes this question to allow his readers to think about who Jesus is. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var... [ Continue Reading ]
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 7:50 YOUR FAITH HAS SAVED YOU. Compare Luke 8:48; Luke 17:19; Luke 18:42. See note on 7:47. Her faith is shown in the way she honored Jesus by washing his feet. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = d [ Continue Reading ]