ALSO UNTO HIS DISCIPLES. unto His disciples also. Note the Structure. and R, p. 1479, which gives the scope of the two Chapter s: both peculiar to this gospel. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. A CERTAIN RICH MAN. Compare Luke 16:19. MAN. Greek. _anthropos._ App-123. STEWARD. A house manager, or age... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW IS IT... ? = What is this.. ? OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104. Not the same word as in Luke 16:9. GIVE. render. AN. the. STEWARDSHIP. the office of the steward (Luke 16:1). MAYEST. canst. NO. Greek. _ou_. App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHIN. in. Greek. _en._ App-104. LORD. master, as in Luke 16:13. App-98. A. TAKETH AWAY. is taking away. FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104. I CANNOT DIG, &c.. to dig,. am not (Greek. _ou._ App-105) strong enough. BEG. Greek. _epaiteo._ Compare App-134. Occurs only here in Authorized Version, but See... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM RESOLVED, &c.; or,. haveit! I KNOW, &c. App-132. TO DO. I will do. WHEN. AM PUT OUT OF. when. shall have been removed from. THEY: i.e. the debtors. INTO. Greek. _eis.App-104._ THEIR. their own.... [ Continue Reading ]
CALLED. Separately. EVERY. each.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEASURES. Greek. p1. of _batos._ the Hebrew _bath._ App-51. (11) (7). Not the same word as in Luke 16:7. TAKE. Take back. THY BILL. writings, i.e. agreement. SIT. WRITE. sitting down, QUICKLY write, QUICKLY. It was. secret and hurried transaction.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOTHER. Greek. _heteros._ App-124. THOU. Note the emphasis: "And thou, How much owest thou? " MEASURES. Greek. Plural of _koros._ App-51. (11) (8). Not the same word as in Luke 16:6... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. his master. WISELY. shrewdly. Occurs only here. CHILDREN. sons. App-108. WORLD. age. App-129. IN THEIR GENERATION WISER, &c. these two clauses should be transposed. IN. to; i.e. with reference to. Greek. _eis._ App-104. THEIR. their own. WISER. more shrewd. THAN. above. Greek. _hup... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. And, Do say unto you? &c. Is this what. say to you? In verses: Luke 16:10 the Lord gives the reason why He does not say that; otherwise these verses are wholly inconsequent, instead of being the true application of verses: Luke 16:1 (Z, above). For this punctuation see App-94.Luke 16:3. OF. ou... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT IS FAITHFUL, &c. This is the Lord's own teaching, which gives the reason why "No! "is the true answer to His question in Luke 16:9. FAITHFUL. App-150. IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. ALSO IN MUCH. in much also.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. Assuming it as. fact. App-118. not. Greek. _ou_. App-105. COMMIT TO YOUR TRUST. entrust to you. App-150. true. App-175.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOTHER MAN'S. a foreigner's. Compare Acts 7:6 and Hebrews 11:9 ("strange "), and Matthew 17:25; Matthew 17:26 ("stranger "). Greek. _allotrios_ (App-124.) YOUR OWN. Greek. _humeteros._ But, though all themodern critical texts (except WH and Rm) read it thus, yet the primitive text must have read _h... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANT. domestic household servant. Greek. _oiketes._ Occurs only here; Acts 10:7. Rom 14:4. 1 Peter 2:18. CAN. isable to. SERVE. do bondservice. Greek. _douleuo._ As in Luke 15:29. MASTERS. lords, as in verses: Luke 16:3; Luke 16:5; Luke 16:5; Luke 3:8. THE OTHER. Same as "another" in Luke 1 [ Continue Reading ]
THE PHARISEES. See App-120. WERE. being then. Greek. _huparcho,_ as in Luke 16:23, and see on Luke 7:25. COVETOUS. money-lovers (referring to _mammon, verses:_ 11, 13); Occurs only here, and 2 Timothy 3:2. DERIDED. were turning up their noses at. Occurs only here and Luke 23:35. Found in the LXX.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THEM. Addressed to the Pharisees. See the Structure "R" and "R", p. 1479. JUSTIFY YOURSELVES. See notes on Luke 15:7; Luke 15:29. and Compare Luke 7:39; Matthew 23:25. AMONG. Greek. _en._ App-104. abomination. In contrast with their derision. IN THE SIGHT OF. Same word as "before" in precedi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAW. See note on Matthew 5:17. SINCE THAT TIME. since (Greek. _apo._ App-104.) then. THE KINGDOM OF GOD. See App-114. PREACHED. Greek. _euangelizo._ See App-121. EVERY MAN. Greek. _pas,_ all. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the _Genus),_ App-6, for many. "But not ye! " PRESSETH. Se... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAVEN. Singular with Art. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. EARTH. Greek. _ge_. App-129. TITTLE. See note on Matthew 5:18 and App-93.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSOEVER, &c. This verse is not "loosely connected", or "out of any connexion" with what precedes, as alleged. The Structure above shows its true place, in C1, how the Pharisees made void the law (as to divorce); and C2, how they made void the prophets (verses: Luke 16:16; Luke 16:17) and the rest... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WAS, &C. = But there was. This commences the second part of the Lord's address to the Pharisees, against their tradition making void God's word as to the dead, which may be seen in Psalms 6:5; Psalms 30:9; Psalms 31:17; Psalms 88:11; Psalms 115:17; Psalms 146:4.Ecclesiastes 9:6; Ecclesi [ Continue Reading ]
BEGGAR. poor man. App-127. LAZARUS.. common Talmudic contraction of the Hebrew Eleazar; but introduced by the Lord to point to His own closing comment in Luke 16:31. LAID. cast down. AT. Greek. _pros._ App-104. FULL OF SORES. Greek. _helkoo._ Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
DESIRING. eagerly desiring; but in vain, as in Luke 15:16 ("would fain "). WITH. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. THE CRUMBS. Some texts read "the things". moreover, &c.. but [instead of finding food] even the dogs, &c. LICKED. licked off; i.e. licked clean. Greek. _apoleicho._ Occurs only here. The... [ Continue Reading ]
BY. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. THE ANGELS. The Pharisees taught that there were three sets of angels for wicked men; and others for good men. See Luke 16:18. and Lightfoot, _Works,_ vol. _xii,_ pp. 159-61. ABRAHAM'S BOSOM. The Pharisees taught that there were three places: (1) Abraham's bosom; (2) "u... [ Continue Reading ]
HELL. Greek. _Hades_. the grave. See App-131. LIFT UP. having lifted up. Compare similar imagery in Judges 9:7.Isaiah 14:9. BEING. being there. See note on "were", Luke 16:14. TORMENTS. Greek. _basanos._ Occurs only here, Luke 16:28, and Matthew 4:24. AFAR OFF. from (Greek. _apo._ App-104.) afar... [ Continue Reading ]
HE CRIED AND SAID. crying out, he said. The Pharisees gave long stories of similar imaginary conversations and discourses. See Lightfoot, vol. xi, pp. 165-7. Father Abraham. Compare Matthew 3:9; John 8:39. COOL. Greek. _katapsucho._ Occurs only here.. medical word. tormented distressed. Greek. _odu... [ Continue Reading ]
SON. Child. Greek. _teknon._ App-108. LIFETIME. life. Greek. _zoe,_ as being the opposite of death. See App-170. RECEIVEDST. didst receive back, or had all. EVIL THINGS. See App-128.... [ Continue Reading ]
BESIDE. Greek. _epi._ App-104. IS. has been. GULF. chasm.. transliteration of the Greek _chasma,_ from _chasko,_ to gape.. medical word for an open wound. FIXED. set fast, established. Compare Luke 9:51 (set His face). Rom 1:11. 2 Peter 1:12. WOULD. desire to. Greek _thelo._ App-102. TO. Greek... [ Continue Reading ]
I PRAY. I entreat. Greek. _erotao._ App-134. TO. unto. Greek. _eis._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
TESTIFY. earnestly testify. LEST THEY ALSO. that they also may not (Greek. _me._ App-105).... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES AND THE PROPHETS. The latter including the historical books. See App-1. Referring to Luke 16:16. Compare John 1:45; John 5:39; John 5:46. MOSES. See note on Luke 5:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAY. Greek _ouchi._ App-105. IF. Implying. contingency. See App-118. FROM. away from. App-104. Contrast the Lord's _ek_ (App-104 in next clause). THE DEAD. No Art. See App-139. REPENT. See App-111.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND, &c. The lesson of the parable. From these final words of the Lord (Luke 16:31, _B)_ Lightfoot says "it is easy to judge what was the design and intention of this parable" (vol. xii, p. 168). The Lord's words were proved to be true, by the results of the resurrection of another Lazarus (John 12:... [ Continue Reading ]