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Verse Luke 18:13. _THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF_] Not because he
was a _heathen_, and dared not approach the _holy place_; (for it is
likely he was a _Jew_;) but because he was a _true penitent_, a...
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STANDING AFAR OFF - Afar off from the “temple.” The place where
prayer was offered in the temple was the court of women. The Pharisee
advanced to the side of the court nearest to the temple, or near a...
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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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STANDING: i.e. in. position of humility.
AFAR OFF. Compare Psalms 40:12.Ezra 9:6.
NOT... SO MUCH AS. not even. Greek. _ou_ (App-105.) _oude._
UNTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104.
HEAVEN. the heaven. Singul...
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_standing afar off_ The word for standing is not _statheis_ as in the
case of the Pharisee, but merely _hestos._It is not certain whether
the "afar off" means -afar off from the Pharisee," or (as is m...
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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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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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THE DUTY OF HUMBLE PRAYER. THE PHARISEE AND THE TAX-GATHERER...
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ΜΑΚΡΌΘΕΝ ἙΣΤΏΣ. The word for standing is not
σταθεὶς as in the case of the Pharisee, but merely
ἑστώς. It is not certain whether the “afar off” means
‘afar off from the Pharisee,’ or (as is more proba...
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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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DISCOURSE: 1558
THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN
Luke 18:13. _And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so
muck as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God
be merciful t...
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AND THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF,— Impressed with a deep sense of
his sins, the publican appeared so vile in his own sight, that he
would not go up among the people of God, but stood afar off, in t...
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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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And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his
eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful
to me a sinner.
AND THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF - as u...
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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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AFAR OFF] viz. from the Pharisee, whom, in his humility, he thought
far more righteous than himself. WOULD NOT LIFT UP] Since the rabbis
forbade the eyes to be raised to heaven during prayer (see Matt...
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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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THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF. — The words point to a sense of
shame which kept the publican away from the crowd of worshippers who
pressed forward to the ark-end of the outer court of the Temple —...
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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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ὁ τελώνης : the demeanour of the publican is drawn in vivid
contrast to that of the Pharisee; he stands aloof, not in pride but in
acute consciousness of demerit, does not dare to lift his eyes toward...
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_The Pharisee and the publican_....
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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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And the publican, standing (e) afar off, would not lift up so much as
[his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be
merciful to me a sinner.
(e) Far from the Pharisee in a lower p...
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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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_THE PLEA FOR MERCY_
‘God be merciful to me a sinner.’
Luke 18:13
Why is it so hard to repent? Why is it so hard to get back? Does God
repel His wandering sons? Does the wilderness swallow them up?...
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13._The publican standing at a distance. _Here Christ did not intend
to lay down a general rule, as if it were necessary, whenever we pray,
to cast down our eyes to the ground. He merely describes the...
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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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AND THE PUBLICAN STANDING AFAR OFF,.... Not at the outermost porch, or
at the door: for
"a man might not fix his place at the door of the synagogue, but,
ירחיק, "he must go afar off", the space of tw...
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And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as
_his_ eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be
merciful to me a sinner.
Ver. 13. _Smote upon his breast_] In token...
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_And the publican, standing afar off_ 1st, Under a sense of his being
unworthy to be permitted to draw near to God, or to go up among his
people into the court of Israel, though probably a Jew, he sto...
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THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF; at the outer side of the temple, far
from the holy place, as not worthy to approach it.
SMOTE UPON HIS BREAST; in token of his distress in view of his sins....
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The publican:...
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AND THE PUBLICAN, STANDING AFAR OFF, WOULD NOT LIFT UP SO MUCH AS HIS
EYES UNTO HEAVEN, BUT SMOTE UPON HIS BREAST, SAYING, GOD BE MERCIFUL
TO ME, A SINNER!...
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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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Those who fancy the publican stood afar off from the Pharisee, because
the Pharisees would suffer none but those of their sect, at least none
that were under such a notoriety of disrepute as the publi...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
For says [the Scripture], "God be merciful to me a sinner."[87]
Origen Against Celsus Book III
And this is manifest to those who are willing to peruse the Gosp...
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Luke 18:13 And G2532 collector G5057 standing G2476 (G5761) off G3113
would G2309 (G5707) not G3756 as...
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“But the public servant, standing afar off, would not lift up so
much as his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast, saying, ‘God, be
you merciful to me (literally ‘be propitiated towards me') a
sinner....
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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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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 18:13. STANDING. Simply standing, not putting himself into an
attitude or position.
AFAR OFF. Probably, from the sanctuary, thus indicating his humility
before God. Possibly, too, from the Phar...
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STANDING AFAR OFF
(μακροθεν εστως). Second perfect active participle of
ιστημ, intransitive like σταθεις above. But no ostentation
as with the Pharisee in verse Luke 18:11. At a distance from the
P...
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MERCIFUL
Greek, "hilaskomai", used in the Septuagint and New Testament in
connection with the mercy-seat (Exodus 25:17); (Exodus 25:18); (Exodus
25:21); ...
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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; 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;_
Especially, not to faint in prayer, not to become disheartened, or
weary, even if their pra...
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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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BUT THE TAX COLLECTOR STOOD AT A DISTANCE. He was conscious of being
an outcast, and so stayed at a distance from the others. BUT BEAT ON
HIS BREAST. Symbolic of sadness. HAVE PITY ON ME, A SINNER! No...
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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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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 18:13 WOULD NOT EVEN LIFT UP HIS EYES TO HEAVEN...
BEAT HIS BREAST. This was a sign of sorrow and remorse (compare Luke
23:48). God, be
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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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_And the publican, standing afar off._ The publican did not resent the
insult offered by the Pharisee, nay, he admitted it, confessed it, and
sought pardon for it with patience. He was, therefore just...
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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 John 1:8; 1 Timothy 1:15; 2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Chronicles 33:13;...
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Standing [ε σ τ ω ς]. In a timid attitude : merely standing, not
posturing as the Pharisee. See on ver. 11.
Afar off. Some explain, from the sanctuary; others, from the Pharisee.
Lift up his eyes. As...
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The publican standing afar off — From the holy of holies, would not
so much as lift up his eyes to heaven — Touched with shame, which is
more ingenuous than fear....