WERE PRESENT. arrived. AT. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. Not the same word as in Luke 13:24. TOLD HIM. telling Him. OF. about. Greek. _peri._ App-104. GALILAEANS... PILATE. Probably the cause of the enmity of Luke 23:12. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS (App-98. X). Read "He" with [L]. Tr.. WI R. WERE. happened to be. SINNERS. defaulters. Connecting it with Luke 12:58. ABOVE. Greek _para._ App-104. SUFFERED. have suffered.... [ Continue Reading ]
TELL. say to. NAY. Greek. _ouchi._ App-105. EXCEPT YE REPENT. if (App-118) ye repent (App-111) not (App-105).... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. IN. Greek _en._ App-104. Not the same word as in Luke 13:21. SILOAM. See App-68. Compare Nehemiah 3:16; Isaiah 8:6; John 19:7. SLEW. killed. MEN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS PARABLE. Combining the fig tree and the vineyard. See John 15:1. A FIG TREE. The symbol of Israel's _national_ privilege. See notes on Judges 9:8. Here it denotes that special privilege of that generation. Compare Jeremiah 24:3.Hosea 9:10; Matthew 21:19. VINEYARD. Psalms 80:8. Compare Isaiah... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. Greek. _pros.App-104._ DRESSER OF VINEYARD. One word in Greek. Occurs only here. Behold. Figure of speech _Asterismos.App-6._ THESE THREE YEARS. Can refer only to the period of the Lord's ministry. The texts add _aph' hou. from_ which, or since (three years). on. Greek. _en._ App-104. CUT I... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. App-98. THIS: i.e. this third year. ABOUT. Greek. _peri._ App-104. DUNG IT. put manure. Greek. _kopria._ Only here, and Luke 14:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF, &c. App-118. NOT. Greek. _mege,_ compound of _me._ App-105. AFTER THAT in (Greek. _eis._ App-104.) the future. THOU SHALT. Note, not. will.... [ Continue Reading ]
SABBATH. Plural See on Luke 24:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. Greek. _pneuma._ An evil demon. App-101.12. OF. causing. Genitive of Origin. App-17. EIGHTEEN YEARS. A type of the condition of the nation.. long-standing case, as "Signs" "C" and "C". App-176. BOWED TOGETHER. bent double. Occurs only here in N.T. COULD IN NO WISE LIFT. wholly unable to... [ Continue Reading ]
SAW. App-133. LOOSED. Used of disease only here in N.T., because she had been bound with. demoniac band. See note on Mark 7:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE STRAIGHT. set upright again. Greek. _anorthoo._ Occurs only here, Acts 16:16; Hebrews 12:12. Compare _am =_ again, in _analuo_ Luke 12:36 ("return ").... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
HYPOCRITE. See note on Luke 11:44 NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105. LOOSE. Compare note on Luke 13:12, and see the Structure. FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUGHT. The same word as the ruler's, but as an Interrogative. The former was based on ceremonial law; the Lord's, on the necessity of Divine love. DAUGHTER. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6. for descendant. LO. Greek. _idou.App-133._ Same as Behold, Luke 13:7. BOND. See no... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN HE HAD SAID. while He was saying. ASHAMED. put to shame FOR. at. Greek. _epi._ App-104. DONE. coming to pass. BY. Greek. _hupo.App-104._... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SAID HE, &c. Repeated with variations from Matthew 13:31, &c. UNTO WHAT... ? Compare Isaiah 40:18. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. App-114.... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. WAXED. became into _(Greek. eis)._ GREAT. Omit [L]. [Tr. A] WH R. FOWLS. birds. THE AIR. the heaven. Singular. See notes on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. LODGED. nested. Greek. _kataskenoo._ Occurs four times: here; Matthew 13:32.Mark 4:32; Acts 2:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
LEAVEN. See note on Matthew 13:33. IN. Greek. _eis._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THROUGH. Greek. _kata._ App-104. JOURNEYING. progressing. TOWARD. Greek. _eis_. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD. App-98. A. ARE THERE. if (App-118. a) there are. BE. are being.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRIVE. Struggle, literally agonize. Occurs elsewhere only in John 18:36; 1 Corinthians 9:25.Colossians 1:29; Colossians 4:12; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7. AT. through. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Luke 13:1. STRAIT. narrow. GATE. All the texts read "door", as in... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN ONCE. From (Greek. _apo._ App-104. _iv)_ whatsoever time. master of the house. App-98. IS RISEN UP. may have risen up (Greek. _an)._ SHUT TO. Occurs only here. LORD, LORD. Note the Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6), for emphasis. See note on Genesis 22:11. I KNOW. Greek. _oida._ App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
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".... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. unrighteousness. Greek _adikia._ App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]
WEEPING. the weeping. See note on Matthew 8:12. WHEN. Defining the special occasion. SEE. App-133. THRUST OUT. being cast outside. This is the occasion referred to.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL COME. A reference to Isaiah 49:12. AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6. SIT DOWN. recline (at table). Compare Luke 7:36; Luke 12:37.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SAME DAY. In, or on, &c. (Greek. _en._ App-104.). just then. DAY. LT Tr. WH. read" hour". CERTAIN OF THE PHARISEES. certain Pharisees. WILL. wishes: i.e. means to. See App-102.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOX. Figure of speech _Hypocatastasis._ App-6. DEVILS. demons. DO CURES. perform, or effect cures. CURES. Occurs only here AND Acts 4:22; Acts 4:30. I SHALL BE PERFECTED. I come to an end [of My work]: viz. by the miracle of John 11:40. Compare John 19:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
WALK. journey: i.e. _through_ Herod's country. IT CANNOT BE. it is not (App-105.) fitting. Greek. _endechomai._ Occurs only here in N.T. A PROPHET. See next verse. OUT OF: i.e. except in.... [ Continue Reading ]
JERUSALEM, JERUSALEM. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6). See note on Genesis 22:11. Repeated on the second day before the Passover (Matthew 23:37). See App-156. KILLEST THE PROPHETS. See Luke 11:47; Luke 20:14; Luke 23:34. Compare Isaiah 1:21. WOULD. HAVE GATHERED. I desired to gather. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR HOUSE. the Temple. It had been Jehovah's house. Compare John 2:16. Now it was no longer owned as His. Compare Luke 19:46. DESOLATE. Every place is "desolate" where Christ is not. VERILY. See note on Matthew 5:18. NOT. by no means. Greek. _ou me._ App-105. until. Greek. _heos an_ all the text... [ Continue Reading ]