Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Luke 17:21
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is (c) within you.
(c) You look around for the Messiah as though he were absent, but he is amongst you in the midst of you.
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is (c) within you.
(c) You look around for the Messiah as though he were absent, but he is amongst you in the midst of you.
Verse Luke 17:21. _LO HERE! OR, LO THERE!_] Perhaps those Pharisees thought that the Messiah was kept secret, in some private place, known only to some of their rulers; and that by and by he should b...
“Lo here! or, Lo there!” When an earthly prince visits different parts of his territories, he does it with pomp. His movements attract observation, and become the common topic of conversation. The inq...
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Concerning Offenses and Forgiveness. (Luke 17:1)_ 2. Increase of Faith and Lowly Service. (Luke 17:5) 3. The Ten Lepers. (Luke 17:11) 4. Concerning the Kingdom and His Second Coming...
LUKE 17. The chapter illustrates the difficulty experienced by Lk. in using the material at his disposal. He here brings together without any clear connexion of thought a selection of sayings of Chris...
When Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, "The kingdom of God does not come with signs that you can watch for; nor will they say, 'Look here!' or 'Loo...
LAWS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE (Luke 17:1-10)...
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 mark...
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...
_for behold, the kingdom of God is within you intra vos est_, Vulg. As far as the Greek is concerned, this rendering of _entos_is defensible (comp. Matthew 23:26), and the spiritual truth expressed by...
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...
THE ‘WHEN?’ AND ‘WHERE?’ OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD...
ἘΝΤῸΣ ὙΜΩ͂Ν. _Intra vos est_, Vulg[309], i.e. _in animis vestris_. As far as the Greek is concerned, this rendering of ἐντὸς is defensible (comp. Matthew 23:26), and the spiritual truth expressed by s...
VER 20. AND WHEN HE WAS DEMANDED OF THE PHARISEES WHEN THE KINGDOM OF GOD SHOULD COME, HE ANSWERED THEM AND SAID, THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMES NOT WITH OBSERVATION: 21. NEITHER SHALL THEY SAY, LO HERE! OR...
ΈΡΟΎΣΙΝ _fut. ind. act., см._ Luke 17:7. ΈΝΤΌΣ (G1787) с _gen._ внутри, в центре, среди (Arndt; BAGD; Stein; Marshall; Fitzmyer, 1161; Cleon L. Rogers, Jr., "The Davidic Covenant in the Gospels" Bib S...
THE KINGDOM OF GOD COMETH NOT, &C.— While Jesus was in Ephraim, (John 11:54.) the Pharisees asked him, when the _kingdom of God,_ by which they meant the Messiah's kingdom, _was to commence?_ They had...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Guarded (Luke 17:20-37) 20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming he answered them, The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed;...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Coming of the Kingdom Scripture_ Luke 17:20-30 And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not wi...
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. NEITHER SHALL THEY SAY, LO HERE! OR, LO THERE! - shut up within this or that sharply defined or visibl...
1 The Lord is through with the unbelievers and now addresses His own disciples. He anticipates the fact that, even among themselves, there would be much to cause them to stumble and fall. He seeks to...
IS WITHIN YOU] i.e. within your hearts. But since Jesus would hardly say that the Kingdom of God is within the hearts of the Pharisees, the better translation is, 'The Kingdom of God is among you,' bu...
OCCASIONS OF OFFENCE. THE TEN LEPERS. THE SECOND ADVENT 1, 2. On causing others to sin. See on Matthew 18:6; Matthew 18:7. 2, ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES] An affectionate designation of the disciples, e...
LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 17 THE DANGER IF YOU CAUSE OTHER PEOPLE TO *SIN 17:1-2 V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘Things will certainly happen that turn people away from God....
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU. — The marginal reading, “among you.” has been adopted, somewhat hastily, by most commentators. So taken. the words emphatically assert the actual presence of the King...
οὐδὲ ἐροῦσι, nor will they say; there will be nothing to give occasion for saying: _non erit quod dicatur_, Grotius. ὧδε, ἐκεῖ, here, there, implying a visible object that can be located. ἐντὸς ὑμῶν,...
_Concerning the coming of the Kingdom and the advent of the Son of Man_. In this section the words of Jesus are distributed between Pharisees and disciples, possibly according to the evangelist's impr...
μετὰ παρατηρήσεως : there is considerable diversity of opinion in the interpretation of this important expression. The prevailing view is that Jesus meant thereby to deny a coming that could be observ...
THE MAN WHO WAS GRATEFUL Luke 17:11-21 Their common misery drew these poor outcasts together and made them forget the fierce national antipathies of Jew and Samaritan. When bidden to go to the priest...
The thinking of the Master for His disciples is always that they should live in love. He knew, however, that offenses must come. In that connection He uttered the solemn word of warning, "Woe unto him...
_Is within you. It is with you; your Messias is already come. --- He standeth in the midst of you, as John the Baptist told you. (John i. 26.) (Witham)_...
THE KINGDOM OF GOD UNOBSERVABLE Luke 17:20-21. _“And being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God is coming, He responded to them and said, The kingdom of God comes not wit observation; neithe...
1 _st. Luke 17:20-21_. _The Spirituality of the Kingdom._ “ _And when He was demanded of the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come, He answered them, and said, The kingdom of God cometh not wi...
THIRD CYCLE: THE LAST SCENES OF THE JOURNEY, LUKE 17:11 TO LUKE 19:27. This third section brings us to Bethany, to the gates of Jerusalem, and to the morning of Palm Day. It seems to me evident that L...
(20) And when he was demanded of the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them, and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: (21) Neither shall they say, Lo, here; o...
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...
_THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM_ ‘And when He was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, He answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall t...
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...
NEITHER SHALL THEY SAY,.... Or shall it be said by any, making their observations, and pointing to this, or that place: LO HERE, OR LO THERE; in this, or that place, country or city, the kingdom of G...
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Ver. 21. _The kingdom of God is within you_] It is spiritual, Romans 14:17. Or, it is among you, but that...
_When he was demanded of the Pharisees_ It is uncertain whether what is here mentioned took place while our Lord was on his journey, or after he came to Jerusalem; _when the kingdom of God should come...
WITHIN YOU; the true reign of Christ is in the hearts of men, and it had already begun among them....
NEITHER SHALL THEY SAY, LO HERE! OR, LO THERE! FOR, BEHOLD, THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU....
CONCERNING THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE COMING OF CHRIST. Of the coming of the kingdom:...
GRACE IN VIEW OF OFFENSES (vs.1-4) We have seen the grace of God clearly and beautifully declared, yet the world rejecting it. The Lord Jesus then spoke to His disciples. What should be their attitud...
WITHIN YOU: Or, among you...
20-37 The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. It was a spiritual kingdom, set up in the heart by the power of Divine grace. Observe how it had been with sinners formerly...
OLBGrk; The latter words of this verse seem fairly to admit of a double interpretation, as _you_ here may signify the disciples of Christ, who had received Christ as their Lord, over whom he exercised...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV This means, "Neither in this place nor that place is the kingdom of God; for, behold, it is within you."[1423] Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V But the...
Luke 17:21 nor G3761 say G2046 (G5692) See G2400 (G5628) here G5602 or G2228 See G2400 ...
‘And being asked by the Pharisees, when the Kingly Rule of God is coming, he answered them and said, “The Kingly Rule of God is not coming with observation, nor will they say, Lo, here! or, There! for...
CHRONOLOGY. We connect this discourse with that ending in Luke 17:10, placing the whole in Perea, just before the final departure for Jericho and Jerusalem. Chap, Luke 18:15-34, contains incidents to...
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...
Luke 17:21. LO HERE! OR, THERE! Men have no right to point to anything as a proof of the speedy coming of this kingdom. They can never know the definite time, though they should ever pray: ‘Thy kingdo...
WITHIN YOU (εντος υμων). This is the obvious, and, as I think, the necessary meaning of εντος. The examples cited of the use of εντος in Xenophon and Plato where εντος means "among" do not bear that...
WITHIN YOU in the midst of. (Greek, "entos", means "in the midst"). It could not be said of a self-righteous, Christ rejecting pharisee, that the kingdom of God, as to its spiritual content, was wit...
Luke 17:21 Let us consider the kingdoms which are not material, but of a finer substance than matter, and whose forces and powers are represented by other than materialistic ones. Of these kingdoms w...
Luke 17:20 God's Kingdom Invisible. The true character of God's kingdom is ghostly and inward. It has its seat in the hearts of men, in their moral habits, in their thoughts, actings, and affections,...
Luke 17:11. _And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers whi...
CONTENTS: Instruction in forgiveness. Parable of service. Ten lepers healed. Second coming of Jesus foretold. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, ten lepers, Pharisees, Noah, Lot, Lot's wife. CONCLUSION:...
Luke 17:1. _It is impossible but that offences will come._ Such as the disciples had just seen, the contempt and derision evinced by the pharisees; but woe to the man, and woe to the nation which shal...
WHEN THE KINGDOM OF GOD WOULD COME. These Pharisees, and the Jewish people, expected a political kingdom with the power and glory of David's kingdom restored to Israel. Compare note on Acts 1:6. IN SU...
_The kingdom of God is within you_ THE KINGDOM OF GOD It is a kingdom of the mind, the will, the feeling, and the conduct. “My kingdom is not of this world,” formed in a material fashion, resting on...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 17:21 The KINGDOM OF GOD is IN THE MIDST OF YOU, in the person of Jesus and in the reign of God shown in those who are already following Jesus....
CHAPTER 17 VER. 5. _And the Apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith._ The Apostles said this, when, from their little faith, they had been unable to cast out the devil from the lunatic. They the...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 17:20. DEMANDED OF THE PHARISEES.—We can scarcely think that they had any good end in view in asking this question; it is probable they expected to get some answer which might be...
EXPOSITION LUKE 17:1 _The_ _Master_'_s teaching on the subject of the injury worked on the souls of others by our sins. The disciples pray for an increase of faith that they may be kept from such sin...
Now He turns again to His disciples. Then said he unto his disciples, It is impossible but that offenses will come (Luke 17:1): You cannot help if you're living in this world, you're going to have of...
Colossians 1:27; John 1:26; Luke 10:9; Luke 21:8; Mark 13:21;...
Within. Better, in the midst of. Meyer acutely remarks that "you refers to the Pharisees, in whose hearts nothing certainly found a place less than did the ethical kingdom of God." Moreover, Jesus is...
Neither shall they say, Lo here, or lo there — This shall not be the language of those who are, or shall be sent by me, to declare the coming of my kingdom. For behold the kingdom of God is within or...