Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)
Luke 6:36-38
Mercifulness inculcated. God the pattern.
Mercifulness inculcated. God the pattern.
Verse 36. _BE YE THEREFORE MERCIFUL_] Or, _compassionate_; οικτιρμινες, from οικτος, _commiseration_, which etymologists derive from εικω to _give place, yield_, because we readily _concede_ those th...
See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Matt. 5–7. Luke 6:21 THAT HUNGER NOW - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more full...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Son of Man the Lord of the Sabbath. (Luke 6:1)_ 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed. (Luke 6:6) 3. The Twelve Apostles Chosen. (Luke 6:12) 4. Blessing and Woe. ...
THE LOVE OF ENEMIES (Matthew 5:39 *, Matthew 7:12 *). While Mt.'s main point is the contrast between legal and true righteousness, Lk.'s main point is that true righteousness is love; he contrasts the...
THE SERMON ON THE LEVEL PLACE. This is much briefer than Matthew 5-7. The sections in Mt. that illustrate the fulfilment of the Law are omitted; more stress is laid on love and mercy. Other parallels...
THE INCREASING OPPOSITION (Luke 6:1-5)...
Jesus said, "But to you who are listening I say, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who ill-use you. To him who strikes you on one cheek offer...
BE YE. Become ye. MERCIFUL. compassionate. Greek. _oiktirmon._ Occurs only here and James 5:11....
_._ _Be ye therefore merciful_ Rather, BECOME, or PROVE YOURSELVES MERCIFUL (omit οὖν, א BDL). _merciful_ St Matthew has "_perfect_," Matthew 5:48; but that there is no essential difference between th...
ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ ΟἸΚΤΊΡΜΟΝΕΣ. ‘Become,’ or ‘Prove yourselves merciful’ (omit οὖν, אBDL). ΟἸΚΤΊΡΜΩΝ. St Matthew has “_perfect_,” Matthew 5:48; but that there is no essential difference between the two Evangelis...
THE LAWS OF LOVE AND MERCY [27–30. The _manifestations_ of Love. 31. Its formula. 32–35. Its distinctiveness. 35–36. Its model. 37–45. Love as the principle of all judgment. Godet.]...
Ver 32. For if you love them which love you, what thank have you? for sinners also love those that love them. 33. And if you do good to them which do good to you, what thank have you? for sinners also...
ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.), см._ Luke 6:1. ΟΊΚΤΊΡΜΟΝΕΣ _пот. pl. от_ ΟΊΚΤΊΡΜΩΝ (G3629) милостивый, сострадательный (TDNT; NIDNTT)....
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 Magnanimous (Luke 6:27-45) 27 But I say to you that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 29T...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Regulations for Conduct Scripture_ Luke 6:27-38 But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies do good to them that hate you, 28 bless them that curse you, pray for them that d...
_BUT I SAY UNTO YOU WHICH HEAR, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, DO GOOD TO THEM WHICH HATE YOU,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
32-36 Compare Mat_5:44-48. 35 We have here the substance of the new covenant which the Lord will make with Israel when He restores them to their land and to His favor (Jer_31:27-34). After those days,...
GREAT SERMON TO THE DISCIPLES AND IN PART TO THE MULTITUDES. It forms here the ordination address of the Twelve. In what sense it is identical with the Sermon on the Mount is explained on Matthew 5:1....
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE. SERMON IN THE PLAIN 1-5. Plucking the ears of corn (Matthew 12:1; Mark 2:23). See on Mt and Mk....
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 6 HOW TO USE THE *SABBATH 6:1-11 1. THE *DISCIPLES IN THE FIELDS OF CORN 6:1-5 V1 Jesus was walking through some fields of wheat on a *Sabbath. His...
BE YE THEREFORE MERCIFUL. — The form of the sentence is the same as that of Matthew 5:48, but “merciful” takes the place of “perfect,” as being the noblest of the divine attributes, in which all other...
CHAPTER 15 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IN considering the words of Jesus, if we may not be able to measure their depth or to scale their height, we can with absolute certainty discover their drift, and see i...
HOW TO TREAT OUR FELLOW-MEN Luke 6:27-38 Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount differs from that of Matthew, only as each views the great discourse from his own standpoint. By one it is viewed a...
In a synagogue our Lord healed the man with a withered hand, and the religious watchers were filled with anger because, according to their view, our Lord had desecrated the Sabbath. Surely, there is n...
CHAPTER 16 SERMON ON THE MOUNT Matthew 5-7, and Luke 6:20-49. A few days ago it was my privilege to spend two beautiful bright days at the sea of Galilee, sailing over it, and visiting the places of...
2 _d. Luke 6:20-49_. _The Sermon._ The aim, prevailing thought, and plan of this discourse have been understood in many different ways. The solution of these questions is rendered more difficult by th...
THIRD CYCLE: FROM THE ELECTION OF THE TWELVE TO THEIR FIRST MISSION, LUKE 6:12 TO LUKE 8:56. In the following section we shall see the Galilean ministry reach its zenith; it begins with the institutio...
4 _th. The model and source_ of the charity which Jesus has just depicted: Luke 6:35 b and 36. “ _And your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for He is kind to the unt...
(20) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor; for your's is the kingdom of God. (21) Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep n...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_DIVINE PRECEPTS_ ‘Be ye therefore merciful.… Judge not; … Condemn not.… Give.… Cast out first the beam.’ Luke 6:36 Our Lord dwells here on _ what we are to do_, not _ what we are to believe_ (John...
_MERCY_ ‘Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.’ Luke 6:36 That there must be some limitation to the scope of such precepts as those recorded in Luke 6:27 we may admit, that the...
The circumstances related in Luke 6:1-10 have reference to the same truth, and in an important aspect. The sabbath was the sign of the covenant between Israel and God rest after finished works. The Ph...
BE YE THEREFORE MERCIFUL,.... Tenderhearted, kind, beneficent to all men, friends and foes: AS YOUR FATHER ALSO IS MERCIFUL; that is your Father which is in heaven; who is good to all, and his tender...
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Ver. 36. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 5:48 _"_...
_If ye love them which love you, what thank have ye_ What great thanks are due to you on that account? For there are some sentiments of gratitude common even to the worst of men, which incline the mos...
BLESSED BE YE POOR; for the meaning of these beatitudes and their opposite woes, ver Luke 6:20-26, see notes on the beatitudes in Matthew 5:3-12. See sermon on mount. Matthew 5:39-48;...
BE YE THEREFORE MERCIFUL AS YOUR FATHER ALSO IS MERCIFUL....
The measure of mercifulness:...
LORD OF THE SABBATH (vs.1-11) "The second Sabbath after the first" is literally translated the "second-first Sabbath" (JND trans.), an unusual expression. The first Sabbath was that following the Pas...
27-36 These are hard lessons to flesh and blood. But if we are thoroughly grounded in the faith of Christ's love, this will make his commands easy to us. Every one that comes to him for washing in his...
SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 6:35...
1 Clement For thus He spoke: "Be ye merciful, that ye may obtain mercy; forgive, that it may be forgiven to you; as ye do, so shall it be done unto you; as ye judge, so shall ye be judged; as ye are...
Luke 6:36 Therefore G3767 be G1096 (G5737) merciful G3629 as G2531 your G5216 Father G3962 also G2532 is...
GENERAL ATTITUDES WHICH SHOULD RESULT FROM THIS KIND OF LOVE (6:36-37). n Be you merciful, even as your Father is merciful (Luke 6:36). p And judge not, and you shall not be judged (Luke 6:37 a). p...
TRUE LOVE IS ALL IMPORTANT AND MUST BE PRACTICALLY EXPRESSED (6:27-38). (This section is all about loving and giving and proceeds in a 4 4 6 6 4 4 pattern). ‘But I say to you who hear (Luke 6:27 a)....
JESUS PROCLAIMS THE NEW LAW OF THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD (6:20-49). Like Matthew 5-7 this ‘sermon' or ‘address' is carefully put together and patterned, but, in spite of similarities, we would be mistake...
Luke 6:32-36. See on Matthew 5:45-48; where, however, the order is different. In Luke 6:32-33, thank (lit. ‘grace') corresponds with ‘reward' in Matthew. Never despairing ...
ON THE PLAN of the Sermon on the Mount, see the Chapter comments on Matthew 5. The subject both here and in Matthew is the state and duties of a citizen of the kingdom of heaven. Van Oosterzee gives t...
EVEN AS YOUR FATHER (καθως ο πατηρ υμων). In Matthew 5:48 we have ως ο πατηρ υμων. In both the perfection of the Father is placed as the goal before his children. In neither case is it said that th...
Luke 6:36 The Gospel Teaching. I. "Be ye merciful, as your Father also is merciful." And how merciful God is! It is the attribute, the quality, by which He is distinguished. And that mercy of God is...
CONTENTS: Jesus and the Sabbath. Healing of a withered hand. Choosing of the twelve. Sermon on the Mount. Parable of the house built on a rock. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, Pharisees, David, ma...
Luke 6:1. _On the second sabbath after the first._ The Hebrew law is, Leviticus 23:11, on the morrow after the sabbath, the priest shall wave the sheaf east and west, north and south, to denote the un...
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. See notes on Matthew 5:38-48....
_Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful_ THE BLESSING OF MERCY “Mercy” is the one great cry of human nature. We dare not ask for justice, we can only plead for mercy. We, who wan...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 6:12 Jesus appoints 12 apostles, then gives extended teaching to a large group of disciples, including what is often called the “Sermon on the Plain” (vv. Luke 6:20; compare the “Ser...
JESUS TEACHES ABOUT LOVING ENEMIES MATTHEW 5:43-48; LUKE 6:27-36; MATTHEW 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy....
CHAPTER 6 VER. 1. _And it came to pass on the second Sabbath after the first._ On the second Sabbath. The Arabic version. What was this Sabbath? 1. The eighth day of unleavened bread or the last day...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 6:20.—Though various opinions have been held on the subject, the balance of probabilities seems in favour of the supposition that the discourse commonly known as the Sermon on th...
EXPOSITION LUKE 6:1 _The Lord_'_s teaching on the question of the observance of the sabbath._ LUKE 6:1 AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE SECOND SABBATH AFTER THE FIRST. The expression accompanying this n...
Now it came to pass on the second Sabbath (Luke 6:1) Now He is going to deal with a couple of instances on the Sabbath day. We've been introduced now to the Pharisees; they're beginning to really get...
1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 1:16; Ephesians 4:31; Ephesians 5:1; Ephesians 5
Merciful [ο ι κ τ ι ρ μ ο ν ε ς]. See on James 5:11....