THEN SAID HE, &c. verses: Luke 17:1 contain matter which had been spoken by the Lord on. former occasion (Matthew 18:6; Matthew 18:7; Mark 9:42) and repeated here with. variation of certain words; verses: Luke 17:3; Luke 17:4 also had been spoken before, and recorded in Matthew 18:21; Matthew 18:22... [ Continue Reading ]
BETTER. well. Greek. _lusiteleo._ Occurs only here. THAT. if. App-118. MILLSTONE. See note on Matthew 18:6. ABOUT. round. Greek. _peri._ App-104. CAST. hurled (with violence). INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. OFFEND. be. cause of stumbling to. This was spoken with reference to the traditions of th... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. Marking. possible contingency (App-118. b). Not the same condition as in Luke 17:6. TRESPASS. sin. Greek. _hamartano._ App-128. As the Pharisees did. AGAINST. Greek. _eis._ App-104. REBUKE HIM. As the Lord had done (Luke 16:15). REPENT. See App-111.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN. On the former occasion "seventy" (Matthew 18:21; Matthew 18:22). No discrepancy. See App-97. TO. unto. Greek. _epi._ App-104.; but the texts read _pros._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. App-98. INCREASE OUR FAITH. Give us more faith.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. Assuming the condition. See App-118. YE MIGHT SAY. ye might, with Greek. _an,_ marking it as being purely hypothetical. THIS SYCAMINE TREE. On. former occasion (Matthew 17:20) the Lord said "this mountain" (of the Transfiguration); and also on. later occasion (Mark 11:23), referring to Olivet.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. from among. Greek _ek._ App-104. As in Luke 17:15, but not the same as in verses: Luke 17:20. SERVANT. bondman. FEEDING CATTLE. shepherding. BY AND BY... GO. Come at once. FROM. out of. Greek. _ek._ App-104. SIT DOWN TO MEAT. recline at table.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WILL NOT RATHER. But will he not (App-105). TILL. while. I HAVE, &c.. I eat and drink. AFTERWARD. after (Greek. _meta._ App-104.) these things.... [ Continue Reading ]
I TROW NOT. I think not. NOT. Greek. _ou._ App-105.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO LIKEWISE YE. Thus ye also. SHALL. may. SAY, WE. say that (Greek. _hoti)_ we. UNPROFITABLE. not needed, no use for. This may be for various reasons. Occurs only here and in Matthew 25:30, where the reason maybe for having done wickedly. Not the same word as in 2 Timothy 3:9; 2 Timothy 3:9; Phil... [ Continue Reading ]
IT CAME TO PASS. A Hebraism. AS HE WENT. as He was on (Greek. _en._ App-104.) His way. TO. unto. Greek. _eis._ App-104. THE MIDST OF: i.e. between them. GALILEE. See App-169.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENTERED. was about to enter. TEN. Compare 2 Kings 7:3, and note on Exodus 4:6. MEN. Greek. Plural of _aner._ App-123. AFAR OFF. As required by Leviticus 13:45; Leviticus 13:46. The Talmudical law prescribed 100 paces.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS. See App-98. Master. See App-98. MERCY. compassion.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS THEY WENT. in (App-104.) their going.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104. GOD. App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON. _Greek. epi._ App-104. AT. beside. Greek. _para.App-104._ SAMARITAN. See 2 Kings 17:29, Compare Luke 10:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE THERE NOT. ?. Were not (Greek. _ouchi._ App-105.) the ten cleansed? but the nine, where [are they]?... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE ARE NOT. Were there not? STRANGER. alien. Greek. _allogenes. of_ another race. Occurs only here, but frequently in the Septuagint. Used by the Romans in the Inscription discovered by Clermont-Ganneau in 1871 (now in the Imperial New Museum in Constantinople). It was put up on the marble barri... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN HE WAS DEMANDED. having been asked. OF. by. Greek. _hupo._ App-104. THE PHARISEES. Who were watching Him with hostile intent (Luke 6:7; Luke 14:1; Luke 20:20; Mark 3:2), THE KINGDOM OF GOD. See App-114. SHOULD COME. is coming. OBSERVATION. hostile watching. Greek. _parateresis._ Occurs only... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Greek. _idou._ App-133. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), for emphasis. App-133. WITHIN. in the midst of, or, among: i.e. already there in the Person of the King (whose presence marks. kingdom). Greek _entos,_ the same meaning as Greek. _en_ (App-104.), with the plural rendered "a... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DISCIPLES. Note the change. one of the days, &c. Such as they were then seeing, i.e. have another opportunity. the Son of man. See App-98.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEE. Same as "Lo" in Luke 17:21. GO NOT. go not forth. NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. NOR. Greek. _mede._... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHTENETH. flasheth. Greek. _astrapto._ Occurs only here and in Luke 24:4. OUT OF. Greek _ek._ App-104. UNDER. Greek. _hupo.App-104._ HEAVEN. Sing, without Art. Compare Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. UNTO. Greek _eis._ App-104. ALSO THE SON OF MAN. the Son of man also. HIS DAY. Described in the A... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRST MUST HE SUFFER. Compare the _four_ announcements: Luke 9:22; Luke 9:44; Luke 17:25; Luke 18:31, and the Structure on p. 1461. REJECTED. This was the subject of the _third_ period of the Lord's ministry. See App-119. OF. on the part of. Greek _apo._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Lu... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS. came to pass, as in Luke 17:11; Luke 17:14. THE DAYS OF NOE. See Genesis 6:4; Genesis 6:11. App-117. NOE. Noah. ALSO IN THE DAYS. in the days also.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY DRANK. they were drinking (and so the Imperfect tense throughout the verse). Note the Figure of speech _Asyndeton_ in this verse (App-6), to emphasize the crisis of the flood.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO. even. THE DAYS OF LOT. See Genesis 19:15.Isaiah 13:19. Isa 16:46-56. Amos 4:11.Jude 1:7. App-117.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104. DESTROYED. Greek. _apollumi._ Compare Luke 4:34. &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN THUS. according to (Greek. _kata._ App-104.) these things; or, according to the Texts, the same things. REVEALED. Greek. _apokalupto._... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON. _Greek. epi._ App-104. HOUSETOP. Compare Luke 12:3; Luke 5:19. STUFF. vessels, or goods. Compare Matthew 12:29. Eng. "stuff" is from Low Latin. _stupa_ and O. Fr. _estoffe._ let him not, &c. This was repeated later on the Mount of Olives (Matthew 24:17; Mark 13:14), come down. By the stairca... [ Continue Reading ]
REMEMBER, &c. Figure of speech _Exemplum._ See Genesis 19:26, Ind App-117.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE. Greek. _psuche._ See App-110. HIS LIFE. it. PRESERVE IT. preserve it alive. Greek. _zoogoneo._ Occurs only here and in Acts 7:19. Repeated from Luke 9:24; Luke 9:25. Matthew 10:39; Mark 8:35,... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO MEN: i.e. two persons. IN. upon. _Greek. epi._ App-104. AND. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version omitted this "and". other. Greek _heteros._ App-124.... [ Continue Reading ]
GRINDING, &c. Referring to the morning. together (Greek. _epi to auto). to_ the same (end). Compare Matthew 22:34.Acts 14:1 _(kata to auto)._... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO, &c. The texts omit this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHERE, LORD? The question repeated in Matthew 24:28, as well as the answer. LORD. App-98. WHERESOEVER, &c. Figure of speech _Parcemia._ App-6. BODY. carcass. EAGLES. vultures. See Job 39:30. Compare Habakkuk 1:8; Hosea 8:1.Revelation 19:17.... [ Continue Reading ]