Luke 7:1-50
CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 7 VER.1. _Now when he had ended_ (or fulfilled) _all his sayings_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ready to die_, nigh unto death. Syriac.... [ Continue Reading ]
_He sent to him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant_. S. Luke ascribes the request of the Jews to the Centurion himself, because they asked in his name; but the Centurion sought not that Christ should come unto him, but only that the Lord should be told, "M... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lord, trouble not thyself_, do not incur the fatigue (Syriac) of such a journey, but speak the word only, and heal my servant.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And it came to pass the day after that He went into a city called Nain_. A city of Galilee two miles distant from Mount Tabor, situated on the river Kison, and called Nain, from the Hebrew word which denotes beauty. Thus Naomi says, "Call me not Naomi," _i.e_. fair or beautiful, "call me Mara; for... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold_, _there was a dead man carried out_, &c. "Behold," _i.e._ by accident, humanly speaking, Christ met the bier; but the meeting was foreseen and fore-ordained of Christ, that He might raise the dead to life. He willed, however, that it should see... [ Continue Reading ]
_And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said into her, Weep not._ Nay, rather begin to rejoice, for I will restore your son to life again, mourn not as dead one whom thou shalt soon see brought back again to life. Bede. He forbids her to weep for him, who was, about to rise from the... [ Continue Reading ]
_And He came and touched the bier: and He said Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. The bier_, an open bier surely, as is common amongst the Jews. _Arise._ Elijah, Elisha, and others restored the dead to life by means of prayer to God, but Christ at a word, as Lord of life and death, and therefore ve... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he that was dead sat up and began to speak. Sat up_, raised himself up into a sitting posture, and so returned to life; for to sit up and to begin to speak are sure signs of returning animation. _And He delivered him to his mother_, i.e. He took him by the hand and placed him on his feet, then... [ Continue Reading ]
_And this rumour of Him went forth throughout all Judæa, and throughout all the region round about._ Fear, _i.e._ reverence, and a sacred awe, mixed with admiration and joy. _A great prophet._ The Messiah, of whose coming all were in anxious expectation. _Allegorically._ The widow is the Church who... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the publicans justified God._ Confessed the goodness of God in sending the Baptist, and in offering them salvation :through his baptism and preaching. See verse Luke 35; 1 Timothy 3:16; and S. Matthew 11 :l9. There is a question whether this verse and the one following, give the words of the E... [ Continue Reading ]
_But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves_, either within themselves, _i.e_. in their hearts, because they did not dare openly contravene His words, or as against themselves, _i.e_. for their own condemnation. Bede.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And one of the Pharisees desired that he would eat with him, and He went into the Pharisee's house and sat down to meat._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And behold a woman in the city._ Behold, a wonderful thing, and a wonderful example of penitence. A woman called Mary Magdalene. S. Luke 8:2. It is questioned whether this is the same woman who is mentioned by the two other Evangelists. S. Chrysostom thinks there were two; Origen, Theophylact, and... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now when the Pharisee which had bidden Him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, this man, if He were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth Him: for she is a sinner_, and therefore unfit to touch a holy prophet. This Pharisee was, as S. Augustine says _(S... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Jesus answering_ (the secret thoughts of his heart) _said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. _ S. Augustine, Theophylact, Bede and others, think that this Simon was not Simon, the leper, in whose house the Magdalene again anointed the feet of Jesus. S. John 12:2, S. Matthew 26:... [ Continue Reading ]
_And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most_? (loves him most, Vulg.) _i.e_. "in verity," or "ought" to love him most. For a similar Hebraism, see Amos 5:13. The prudent shall keep silence in that time, _i.e_. they were being s... [ Continue Reading ]
_Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And He said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged._ Christ praises the answer, in order that Simon might the more readily accept the reproof and the lessons to be drawn therefrom. Ver. 44. _And He turned unto the woman, and said unto... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou gavest Me no kiss, but this woman, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss My feet_, "with reverence and godly fear." Titus. Guests were in old times received with a kiss in sign of affection and welcome. But Simon omitted this salutation. Hence "It was thy duty, 0 Simon, to receive... [ Continue Reading ]
_My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed My feet with ointment._ The more valued the guest, the more precious the perfumes wherewith He was anointed. Thou didst not anoint My head, but she hath anointed My feet with very precious ointment. See again how she excelleth the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much_. Greek, _α̉φέωνται_, have been forgiven. At what time, we may ask, were her sins forgiven? 1. Francis Lucas thinks at the time when the Lord said unto her, "Thy sins ate forgiven," v. 48. 2. Others are of opini... [ Continue Reading ]
_And He said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven._ FrancisLucas thinks that the Magdalene's sins were at this time and by these words forgiven. See preceding verse. Christ now turns to the Magdalene, and repeats that which He had said just before to Simon, in order to comfort her grief, to confirm her p... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they that sat at meat with Him began to say within themselves, i.e._ to reason in their hearts, for they did not dare to express their thoughts lest they should be put to rebuke. _Who is this that forgiveth sins also_? Is it the Messiah? Is it God, for God alone can forgive sins! Christ leaves... [ Continue Reading ]