Luke 19:1
And (1) [Jesus] entered and passed through Jericho. (1) Christ especially guides by his grace those who seem to be furthest from it.... [ Continue Reading ]
And (1) [Jesus] entered and passed through Jericho. (1) Christ especially guides by his grace those who seem to be furthest from it.... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, [there was] a man named Zacchaeus, which was the (a) chief among the publicans, and he was rich. (a) The overseer and head of the publicans who were there together: for the publicans were divided into companies, as we may gather from many places in the orations of Cicero.... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. (2) The world forsakes the grace of God, and yet is unwilling that it should be bestowed upon others.... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by (b) false accusation, I restore [him] fourfold. (3) The example of true repentance is known by the effect. (b) By falsely accusing any man: and this... [ Continue Reading ]
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a (c) son of Abraham. (c) Beloved of God, one that walks in the steps of Abraham's faith: and we gather that salvation came to that house because they received the blessing as Abraham had. (Ed.)... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. (4) We must patiently wait for the judgment of God which will be revealed in his time.... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. (5) There are three sorts of men in the Church: the one sort fall from Christ whom they do not see; the other, according to their God given position, bestow the gifts which they have received... [ Continue Reading ]
Then came the first, saying, Lord, (d) thy pound hath gained ten pounds. (d) This was a piece of money which the Greeks used, and was worth about one hundred pence, which is about ten crowns.... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: (6) Against those who idly spend their life in deliberating and in contemplation.... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the (e) bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? (e) To the bankers and money changers. Usury or loaning money at interest is strictly forbidden by the Bible, (Exodus 22:25; Deuteronomy 23:19). Even a rate as low as one per cent... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he had thus spoken, (f) he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. (f) The disciples were staggered and stopped by what Christ said, but Christ goes on boldly even though death was before his eyes.... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called [the mount] of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, (7) Christ shows in his own person that his kingdom is not of this world.... [ Continue Reading ]
(8) And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. (8) When those linger who ought to preach and set forth the kingdom of God the most, he will extraordinarily raise up others in spite of them.... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, (9) Christ is not delighted with destruction, no not even of the wicked.... [ Continue Reading ]
(g) Saying, (h) If thou hadst known, even thou, (i) at least in this (k) thy day, the things [which belong] unto thy (l) peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. (g) Christ stops his speech, which partly shows how moved he was with compassion over the destruction of the city that was surely to... [ Continue Reading ]
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not (m) the time of thy visitation. (m) That is, this very instant in which God visited you.... [ Continue Reading ]
(10) And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; (10) Christ shows after his entry into Jerusalem by a visible sign that it is his duty, given and admonished unto him by his Father, to purge the temple.... [ Continue Reading ]