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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Luke
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 289,495 words · 388 reading sections
Luke 1:1
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Luke 1:1 INTRODUCTION TO LUKE The writer of this Gospel, Luke, has been, by some, thought, as Origen {a} relates, to be the same with Lucius, mentioned in Ro 16:21, but he seems rather to be, and without doubt is, Luke the beloved physician, who was a companion of the Apos…
1,134 wordsSECTION 2Luke 1:2
Luke 1:2 Ver. 2. Even as they delivered them unto us,.... By whom the evangelist means, as appears from the after description of them, the twelve apostles, and seventy disciples; who handed down to others the accounts of the birth, life, and death of Christ; and according to which the above Christians proposed to writ…
256 wordsSECTION 3Luke 1:3
Luke 1:3 Ver. 3. It seemed good to me also,.... Being moved to it by the Holy Ghost; for he did not undertake this work of himself, merely by the motion of his own will, but was influenced, and directed to it by the Spirit of God, as well as by him assisted in it: having had perfect understanding of all things; relat…
542 wordsSECTION 4Luke 1:4
Luke 1:4 Ver. 4. That thou mightest know the certainty,.... The end the evangelist had in writing this Gospel, and sending it to Theophilus, was, that he might be more strongly assured of and more firmly established in the truths of the Gospel. The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions render it, "that thou might…
238 wordsSECTION 5Luke 1:5
Luke 1:5 Ver. 5. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea,.... This was Herod, the son of Antipater, sometimes called Herod the Great, and is rightly here said to be the king of Judea; for, by deputation from the Roman emperor, he had the government of all Judea, which upon his death was divided among his son…
1,735 wordsSECTION 6Luke 1:6
Luke 1:6 Ver. 6. And they were both righteous before God,.... Not as the Pharisees, only righteous before men, but in the sight of God, who sees the heart, and whose judgment is according to truth; and therefore were not justified by the deeds of the law; for by them no man can be justified in the sight of God; but we…
584 wordsSECTION 7Luke 1:7
Luke 1:7 Ver. 7. And they had no child,.... Son or daughter: and which was accounted a great infelicity: but this was not owing to the judgment of God upon them for any sins they had been guilty of, as the above character of them shows: and it had been the case of some righteous pairs before them for a great while, as…
338 wordsSECTION 8Luke 1:8
Luke 1:8 Ver. 8. And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office,.... To which he was called and ordained, even to offer gifts and sacrifices for men; whilst he was in the way of his duty, when oftentimes God appears to, and in favour of his people; whilst he was performing it, before God; in the temp…
128 wordsSECTION 9Luke 1:9
Luke 1:9 Ver. 9. According to the custom of the priest's office,.... In which, every man took his part in the execution of it by lot; and which was not an original settled law of God; but a custom, which, in process of time, through the number of the priests, took place, and prevailed: the occasion of it was this; "a…
1,582 wordsSECTION 10Luke 1:10
Luke 1:10 Ver. 10. And the whole multitude of the people were praying without,.... In the court of the Israelites, whilst Zacharias was in the holy place; though not in the holy of holies, where only the high priest entered: it looks, as Dr. Lightfoot conjectures, as if this was on a sabbath day, since there was such …
261 wordsSECTION 11Luke 1:11
Luke 1:11 Ver. 11. And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord,.... Gabriel, as seem's manifest from Lu 1:19 the same angel that had appeared to Daniel, about the time of the evening oblation, near five hundred years before, and gave him an account of the time of the Messiah's coming, Da 9:21. The Jews sometimes …
457 wordsSECTION 12Luke 1:12
Luke 1:12 Ver. 12. And when Zacharias saw him,.... The angel; he was troubled, and fear fell upon him; for such appearances of angels were not now so common as formerly: and when they were more usual, generally had such effects on the minds, even of good men; see Jud 6:22.…
53 wordsSECTION 13Luke 1:13
Luke 1:13 Ver. 13. But the angel said unto him, fear not, Zacharias,.... He calls him by his name; for holy men are known to angels in person, and by name; to whom they are ministering spirits, and for whose good they are concerned; and bid him not be afraid, as the angel also said to the women at Christ's sepulchre, …
312 wordsSECTION 14Luke 1:14
Luke 1:14 Ver. 14. And thou shalt have joy and gladness,.... Not only because of his having a son; but because this his son would be the prophet of the Highest; would go before the Lord, and prepare his ways; give knowledge of salvation to many, and light to them that were in darkness, and guide their feet in the way …
19,243 wordsSECTION 15Luke 2:1
Luke 2:1 Ver. 1. And it came to pass in those days,.... When John the Baptist was born, and Christ was conceived, and his mother pregnant with him, and the time of his birth drew on. The Ethiopic version reads, "in that day"; as if it was the same day in which John was circumcised, and Zacharias delivered the above so…
638 wordsSECTION 16Luke 2:2
Luke 2:2 Ver. 2. And this taxing was first made,.... Or "this was the first enrolment, or taxing" in the Jewish nation; for there was another afterwards, when Judas the Galilean arose, and drew many after him, Ac 5:38. When Cyrenius was governor of Syria; or "of Cyrenius" "governor of Syria"; that is, it was the firs…
314 wordsSECTION 17Luke 2:3
Luke 2:3 Ver. 3. And all went to be taxed,.... Throughout Judea, Galilee, and Syria; men, women, and children; every one into his own city; where he was born, and had any estate, and to which he belonged.…
39 wordsSECTION 18Luke 2:4
Luke 2:4 Ver. 4. And Joseph also went up from Galilee,.... Where he now lived, and worked at the trade of a carpenter; having for some reasons, and by one providence or another, removed hither from his native place: out of the city of Nazareth; which was in Galilee, where he and Mary lived; and where he had espoused …
278 wordsSECTION 19Luke 2:5
Luke 2:5 Ver. 5. To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife,.... Whom also he had married, though he had not known her in a carnal way; she came along with him to be taxed and enrolled also, because she was of the same family of David, and belonged to the same city: being great with child; very near her time, and yet, t…
112 wordsSECTION 20Luke 2:6
Luke 2:6 Ver. 6. And so it was, that while they were there,.... At Bethlehem, waiting to be called and enrolled in their turn; the days were accomplished that she should be delivered; her reckoning was up, the nine months of her going with child were ended, and her full time to bring forth was come.…
57 wordsSECTION 21Luke 2:7
Luke 2:7 Ver. 7. And she brought forth her firstborn son,.... At Bethlehem, as was predicted; and the Jews themselves own, that the Messiah is already born, and born at Bethlehem. They have a tradition, that an Arabian should say to a Jew {k} "Lo! the king Messiah is born; he said to him, what is his name? Menachem: …
615 wordsSECTION 22Luke 2:8
Luke 2:8 Ver. 8. And there were in the same country shepherds,.... For Bethlehem was a place of pasture: near to Ephrata, the same with Bethlehem, were the fields of the wood, Ps 132:6 and the tower of Edar or the tower of the flock, Ge 35:21 and here David kept his father's sheep, 1Sa 17:15 so that we need not wonder…
732 wordsSECTION 23Luke 2:9
Luke 2:9 Ver. 9. And lo, the angel of the Lord,.... It may be Gabriel, who had brought the tidings of the conception of the Messiah to the virgin, and now the birth of him to the shepherds: came upon them; on a sudden, unexpectedly, at once, and stood by them, as some versions read; or rather, stood over them, over t…
171 wordsSECTION 24Luke 2:10
Luke 2:10 Ver. 10. And the angel said unto them; fear not,.... For he was not a messenger of bad, but of good tidings: for behold, I bring you good tidings; tidings, that were both wonderful and amazing, and therefore a "behold" is prefixed to them, as well as to excite to attention; and which were good news, and gla…
320 wordsSECTION 25Luke 2:11
Luke 2:11 Ver. 11. For unto you is born this day,.... Day is here put for a natural day, consisting both of night and day; for it was night when Christ was born, and the angels brought the tidings of it to the shepherds. The particular day, and it may be, month and year, in which Christ was born, cannot be certainly k…
526 wordsSECTION 26Luke 2:12
Luke 2:12 Ver. 12. And this shall be a sign unto you,.... When they should come to Bethlehem, and to the inn where Joseph and Mary were: ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger; for though there might be many other children, in the inn, yet none else in swaddling clothes, at least lying…
163 wordsSECTION 27Luke 2:13
Luke 2:13 Ver. 13. And suddenly there was with the angel,.... That brought the tidings of Christ's birth to the shepherds: a multitude of the heavenly host: who being caused to fly swiftly, were at once with him, by his side, and about him; and which was a further confirmation of the truth of his message to them: thes…
321 wordsSECTION 28Luke 2:14
Luke 2:14 Ver. 14. Glory to God in the highest,.... Which with the following words, are not to be considered as a wish, that so it might be, but as an affirmation, that so it was; for the glory of God is great in the salvation, peace, and reconciliation of his people by Jesus Christ, even the glory of all his perfecti…
1,132 wordsSECTION 29Luke 2:15
Luke 2:15 Ver. 15. And it came to pass, as the angels,.... The Persic version reads in the singular number, "the angel: were gone away from them into heaven", from whence they came, and which was the place of their abode and residence; and therefore they are called the angels of heaven, where they always behold the fa…
13,521 wordsSECTION 30Luke 3:1
Luke 3:1 Ver. 1. Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,.... Emperor of Rome, and the third of the Caesars; Julius was the first, and Augustus the second, in whose time Christ was born, and this Tiberius the third; he was the son of Livia, the wife of Augustus, but not by him; but was adopted by him…
801 wordsSECTION 31Luke 3:2
Luke 3:2 Ver. 2. Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests,.... Some difficulty here arises, how these two could be both high priests; when according to the law of God, and the usages of the Jewish nation, there was to be, and was but one high priest at a time: many things are observed by writers, to solve this diffic…
1,373 wordsSECTION 32Luke 3:3
Luke 3:3 Ver. 3. And he came into all the country about Jordan,.... He came out of the wilderness of Judea, where he first began his ministry, to some parts of the country that bordered on Jordan, and was near unto it, on either side the river; sometimes he was at Bethabara, and sometimes at Aenon, near Salim; for he …
167 wordsSECTION 33Luke 3:4
Luke 3:4 Ver. 4. As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet,.... Isa 40:3 saying, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths straight; See Gill on "Mt 3:3".…
48 wordsSECTION 34Luke 3:5
Luke 3:5 Ver. 5. Every valley shall be filled,.... Luke cites more out of the same prophecy, as relating to the times of John the Baptist, and the Messiah, than the other Evangelists Matthew and Mark do: in the prophet it is, "every valley shall be exalted"; which is done, by filling it up; the metaphor is persisted i…
545 wordsSECTION 35Luke 3:6
Luke 3:6 Ver. 6. And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. "By the salvation of God" is meant, the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of God's appointing and sending; and who is the author of that salvation which God resolved on, contrived, and approved of; and is his ordinance for salvation, unto the end…
223 wordsSECTION 36Luke 3:7
Luke 3:7 Ver. 7. Then said he to the multitude,.... That is, John, as the Ethiopic version reads; and the multitude to whom he spake the following words, were many of the Pharisees and Sadducees, as appears from Mt 3:7 That came forth to be baptized of him; who came out of their houses, towns, and cities, round about…
140 wordsSECTION 37Luke 3:8
Luke 3:8 Ver. 8. Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance,.... Or "meet" for it, such as will show it to be true and genuine: "and begin not to say within yourselves": in one of Beza's copies, and in another of Stephens's, it was read, "think not", as in Mt 3:9. the sense is the same. The Vulgate Latin and Et…
157 wordsSECTION 38Luke 3:9
Luke 3:9 Ver. 9. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees,.... Not only to Jesse's family, which as a root in a dry ground, and to Jerusalem, the metropolis of the nation; but to the root of the vain boasting of every Jew; their descent from Abraham, the covenant made with him, their ecclesiastical stat…
124 wordsSECTION 39Luke 3:10
Luke 3:10 Ver. 10. And the people asked him,.... Not the same as in Lu 3:7 the Sadducees and Pharisees, for they seemed not to be at all affected with, and wrought upon, by the ministry of John; but rather were displeased with him, and turned their backs on him, and rejected him and his baptism; but the common people,…
203 wordsSECTION 40Luke 3:11
Luke 3:11 Ver. 11. He answereth and saith unto them,.... By telling them what they should do; and he does not put them upon ceremonial observances, nor severe exercises of religion, nor even the duties of the first table of the law, and others of the second, though necessary to be done; but upon acts of beneficence an…
380 wordsSECTION 41Luke 3:12
Luke 3:12 Ver. 12. Then came also publicans to be baptized,.... Being convinced under John's ministry of the evils of their past life, and desirous of being admitted to baptism, to which they understood repentance, and fruits meet for the same, were pre-requisite: these came nearer to John, and said unto him, master,…
143 wordsSECTION 42Luke 3:13
Luke 3:13 Ver. 13. And he said unto them,.... Not by advising them to quit their employments, as if it was a thing unlawful to impose pay, and collect taxes, but by directing them to perform their office aright: exact no more than that which is appointed you; by the government: there were two sorts of publicans; ther…
730 wordsSECTION 43Luke 3:14
Luke 3:14 Ver. 14. And the soldiers likewise demanded of him,.... Or "asked him": why our translators have rendered it, "demanded of him", I know not, unless they thought that such language best suited persons of a military character. Some think these were Gentile soldiers, since it does not look so likely that the Ro…
411 wordsSECTION 44Luke 3:15
Luke 3:15 Ver. 15. And as the people were in expectation, of the coming of the Messiah; Daniel's seventy weeks being now accomplished, the sceptre being departed from Judah, and the Romans having the government in their hands, from whom they hoped for a deliverance by Christ; and all men mused in their hearts of John…
248 wordsSECTION 45Luke 3:16
Luke 3:16 Ver. 16. John answered, saying unto them all,.... For some of them might not only so think in their hearts, but express with their mouths the apprehension they had of him; and might put the question to him, as the priests and Levites from Jerusalem afterwards did; or he might know the secret thoughts of thei…
2,948 wordsSECTION 46Luke 4:1
Luke 4:1 Ver. 1. And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost,.... The Spirit of God having descended on him at his baptism, and afresh anointed, and filled his human nature with his gifts, whereby, as man, he was abundantly furnished for the great work of the public ministry, he was just about to enter upon; yet must first…
229 wordsSECTION 47Luke 4:2
Luke 4:2 Ver. 2. Being forty days tempted of the devil,.... The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read the phrase, "forty days", in connection with the latter part of the preceding verse; according to which the sense is, that Jesus was led by the Spirit forty days in the wilderness, before he was te…
297 wordsSECTION 48Luke 4:3
Luke 4:3 Ver. 3. And the devil said unto him,.... Who now visibly appeared, and spoke unto him with an articulate voice: if thou be the Son of God; as has been just now declared by a voice from heaven; or seeing thou art in such a relation to God, and so equal to him, and possessed of all divine perfections, and amon…
164 wordsSECTION 49Luke 4:4
Luke 4:4 Ver. 4. And Jesus answered him, saying, it is written,.... In De 8:3 that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God; suggesting hereby, that when it is the will of God, human nature may be maintained by the influence of divine power, without the use of ordinary means; and that bread itself,…
538 wordsSECTION 50Luke 4:5
Luke 4:5 Ver. 5. And the devil taking him up into an high mountain,.... Somewhere near Jerusalem, but what mountain is not certain. The Evangelist Luke makes this to be the second temptation, which, with Matthew, is the third and last; and whose order seems to be more proper and natural than this, and to be the true a…
438 wordsSECTION 51Luke 4:6
Luke 4:6 Ver. 6. And the devil said unto him, all this power will I give thee,..... That is, all the kingdoms of the world, and all the government and jurisdiction over them: and the glory of them; the riches, honours, and grandeur belonging to them: for that is delivered unto me: so far he spoke modestly, in that h…
211 wordsSECTION 52Luke 4:7
Luke 4:7 Ver. 7. If thou therefore wilt worship me,.... Or "before me"; that is, fall down before him, and give him divine worship and homage. A wide difference there is between a good angel and a fallen angel; a good angel will not suffer himself to be worshipped by men, but directs to the worship of God only, Re 19:…
217 wordsSECTION 53Luke 4:8
Luke 4:8 Ver. 8. Jesus answered and said unto him,.... The following words, with indignation at him, and detestation of his proposals: get thee behind me, Satan; which are omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, and in three ancient copies of Beza's, and in his most ancient one; but stand…
220 wordsSECTION 54Luke 4:9
Luke 4:9 Ver. 9. And he brought him to Jerusalem,.... The holy city, as Matthew calls it, from the wilderness thither; where he found him, and first attacked him, and perhaps he brought him through the air: and set him on a pinnacle of the temple; which was in Jerusalem; See Gill on "Mt 4:6". And said unto him, if th…
90 wordsSECTION 55Luke 4:10
Luke 4:10 Ver. 10. For it is written,.... In Ps 91:11 "He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee; and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone." It is an observation made long ago by Jerom, on Ps 91:11 that Satan, in citing this text, has left out the mi…
559 wordsSECTION 56Luke 4:12
Luke 4:12 Ver. 12. And Jesus answering said unto him, it is said,.... In De 6:16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God: in the text in Deuteronomy the words are, "ye shall not tempt the Lord your God." The second person plural, is here changed into the second person singular, to accommodate the words to Satan; whom C…
231 wordsSECTION 57Luke 4:13
Luke 4:13 Ver. 13. And when the devil had ended all the temptation,.... Or "all his temptations", as the Syriac version reads; not only the last mentioned, but all the rest, whether inward or outward, in a visible or in an invisible manner; whether during his forty days fast, or after he was an hungered, when he had t…
163 wordsSECTION 58Luke 4:14
Luke 4:14 Ver. 14. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit,.... Of which he was full, and by which he was led into the wilderness, and had combated with Satan, and had got the victory over him; and by virtue of which, he entered on his public ministry, wrought miracles, and taught with authority. A like way of s…
244 wordsSECTION 59Luke 4:15
Luke 4:15 Ver. 15. And he taught in their synagogues,.... In the public places of worship used by the Galilaeans, where they met on sabbath days and weekdays, to read and pray, and hear the Scriptures expounded; and Christ engaging here as a public teacher, was the reason of his fame being spread around the country: …
99 wordsSECTION 60Luke 4:16
Luke 4:16 Ver. 16. And he came to Nazareth,.... After some length of time, when he had gone through all Galilee, and had acquired great credit and reputation by his ministry and miracles; he came to the place, where he had been brought up: where he was conceived, though not born; and where he had his education, and w…
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.