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Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)

Luke 13:26

Luke 13:26. We did eat and drink in thy presence. The plea is previous acquaintanceship. As applied to those then addressed, it refers to actual participation in ordinary meals with our Lord. More generally it refers to external connection with Christ, without actual communion with Him. Undoubtedly we may accept here an allusion to the Lord's supper.

Didst teach in our streets. The figure is dropped for a moment here: the householder represents our Lord. The clause had a literal application then, but it also refers to all among whom the gospel is preached. Notice the earnestness is not that of those seeking for mercy, but of those claiming a right, and basing their claim on something merely external. It is the mistake of Phariseeism to the very last.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WE HAVE EATEN ... - Compare Matthew 7:22. To have eaten with one is evidence of acquaintanceship or friendship. So the sinner may allege that he was a professed follower of Jesus, and had some evidenc...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 13 __ 1. The Necessity of Repentance. (Luke 13:1 .) 2. The Barren Fig Tree. (Luke 13:6) 3. The Healing of a Daughter of Abraham. (Luke 13:10) 4. Parable of the Mustard Seed. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE NARROW ENTRANCE INTO LIFE. Parallels are found in Matthew 7:13 f., Matthew 25:11 f., Matthew 7:21; Matthew 8:11 f;...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Jesus continued to go through towns and villages, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem. "Lord, someone said to him, "are those who are to be saved few in number?" He said to them, "Keep on strivin...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    SUFFERING AND SIN (Luke 13:1-5)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IN THY PRESENCE. before Thee. THOU HAST TAUGHT, &c. This shows to whom these words are addressed, and thus limits the interpretation to "this generation"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _then shall ye begin to say_ All excuse shall be cut short at once, Luke 3:8. _thou hast taught in our streets_ Here again (see Luke 13:28) we see how our Lord discouraged all notions of any privilege...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

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  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 22. And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23. Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said to them, 24. Strive to enter in...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE STRAIT GATE AND A MESSAGE FOR HEROD -- LUKE 13:22-35:_ We do not know who it was but someone asked Jesus, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" Jesus told this person that they should...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WE HAVE EATEN AND DRUNK IN THY PRESENCE,— "Over and above the privileges which you have enjoyed by the Mosaic dispensation, you shall plead on that occasion the peculiar favour which I shewed you in t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. THEN SHALL YE BEGIN TO SAY, WE HAVE EATEN AND DRUNK IN THY PRESENCE, AND THOU HAST TAUGHT...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This v. specially applies to the Jews....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WE HAVE EATEN AND DRUNK... — Better, _we ate and drank_..., and _Thou didst teach._ The words differ slightly from those in Matthew 7:22, which put higher claims into the mouths of the speakers, “Did...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    This verse is viewed by many as the apodosis of a long sentence beginning with ἀφʼ οὗ (Luke 13:25), and the emotional character of the passage, in which parable and moral are blended, goes far to just...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Here begins a new parable and a new sentence, though some (Beza, Lachmann, W. and H [115]) connect with what goes before, putting a comma after ἰσχύσουσιν. Against this is not only the change from the...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Are there few that be saved?_ This section is a mosaic of words found dispersed in the pages of Mt.: the _strait gate_ (Luke 13:24) in Matthew 7:14; _the pleading for admission_ (Luke 13:26-27) recal...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Now, at this moment they reminded Him of a terrible judgment that had fallen upon some among them. He declares to them that neither this case, nor another which He recalls to their minds, is exception...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THEN SHALL YE BEGIN TO SAY, WE HAVE EATEN AND DRUNK IN THY PRESENCE, AND THOU HAST TAUGHT IN OUR STREETS....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 13:25...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    First Apology of Justin By their works ye shall know them. And every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down and cast into the fire."[32] Origen Against Celsus Book II And in another...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 13:26 then G5119 begin G756 (G5698) say G3004 (G5721) ate G5315 (G5627) and G2532 drank...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 13:6. _He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none._ It was a fig tree, a fruit-bearing tree by profess...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 13:11. _And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Bible Study New Testament

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 13:25 “WE ATE AND DRANK IN YOUR PRESENCE, AND YOU TAUGHT IN OUR STREETS.” Listening to Jesus’ teachings and sharing fellowship with his people are not by themselves any guarantee of...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 13 VER. 1. _Whose blood Pilate mingled._ That is, whom while they were sacrificing in Mount Gerizim in Samaria, Pilate slew. He slew them that their blood might be mingled with the blood of th...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 13:22. WENT THROUGH CITIES, etc.—Not a direct journey. TO JERUSALEM.—The last journey through Peræa to Jerusalem. Luke 13:23. THEN SAID ONE.—Probably a Jew (see Luke 13:28); he...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LUKE 13:1 _Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree._ LUKE 13:1 There were present at that season some that told...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now there were present at that season (Luke 13:1) And, of course, now Luke may have gone on in a period of time. We don't know how much time elapsed between verse Luke 13:59 of chapter 12, and Luke 13...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Timothy 3:5; Isaiah 58:2; Titus 1:16...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    In thy presence [ε ν ω π ι ο ν σ ο υ]. Not as beloved and familiar guests. Compare with you [μ ε θ υ μ ω ν], Matthew 26:29....

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