PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Luke
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 289,495 words · 388 reading sections
Luke 4:17
Luke 4:17 Ver. 17. And there was delivered unto him,.... By the "Chazan", or minister, to whom he gave it again, Lu 4:20, for the "Chazan" of the synagogue, was, vmv, "the minister" {r}; one part of whose business was, to deliver the book of the law to, and take it from him that read: when an high priest read, the met…
1,050 wordsSECTION 62Luke 4:18
Luke 4:18 Ver. 18. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,.... By whom is meant, the third person in the Trinity; so called, to distinguish him from all other spirits; and who was given to Christ as man, without measure, whereby he was qualified for his great work: and intends the Spirit of Jehovah, with all his gifts and …
6,066 wordsSECTION 63Luke 5:1
Luke 5:1 Ver. 1. And it came to pass, that as the people pressed upon him,.... As Christ went through Galilee, and preached in the synagogues there, great crowds of people attended on him, and they followed him wherever he went; and so large were their numbers, and so very eager were they to see him, and hear him, tha…
349 wordsSECTION 64Luke 5:2
Luke 5:2 Ver. 2. And saw two ships standing by the lake,.... Or two fishing boats; which were, as the Arabic version renders it, "detained by anchors at the shore of the lake"; the one belonging to Peter and Andrew, and the other to Zebedee, and his two sons, James and John: but the fishermen were gone out of them; t…
129 wordsSECTION 65Luke 5:3
Luke 5:3 Ver. 3. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's,.... Simon Peter's, and Andrew his brother's, who were both together at this time, though the last is not here mentioned: and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land: as Simon was the owner of the vessel, Christ desired him; h…
270 wordsSECTION 66Luke 5:4
Luke 5:4 Ver. 4. Now when he had left speaking,.... Teaching the people, and preaching the word of God unto them out of the ship, as they stood on the shore before him. He said unto Simon, launch out into the deep; he spoke to Simon Peter, being the master of the vessel, to thrust it out, or put it off further into d…
123 wordsSECTION 67Luke 5:5
Luke 5:5 Ver. 5. And Simon answering said unto him, master,.... Or Rabbi, as the Syriac version renders it: he knew him to be the Messiah, the king of Israel, and a teacher sent from God: we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing; which carries in it an objection to what Christ advised and directed to: the…
208 wordsSECTION 68Luke 5:6
Luke 5:6 Ver. 6. And when they had done this,.... Had put the ship out further to sea, and had let down their net: they enclosed a great multitude of fish; in their net, which by the secret divine power of Christ, were gathered together just in that place, where by his order they cast the net: and their net brake; w…
112 wordsSECTION 69Luke 5:7
Luke 5:7 Ver. 7. And they beckoned unto their partners,.... Zebedee, and his two sons, James and John; Lu 5:10 who were at some distance from them, probably lay at anchor near the shore, not having put out to sea when the other vessel did, and so were not within call; but they were obliged to make signs to them, and b…
187 wordsSECTION 70Luke 5:8
Luke 5:8 Ver. 8. When Simon Peter saw it,.... The multitude of fish that was taken, and both vessels filled with them, and the danger they were in of sinking, he fell down at Jesus' knees. The Arabic and Persic versions read, "at" his "feet": he fell on his knees before him, and threw himself prostrate at his feet, a…
269 wordsSECTION 71Luke 5:9
Luke 5:9 Ver. 9. Far he was astonished, and all that were with him,.... His brother Andrew, and the servants they had with them to manage the vessel, and cast the nets: at the draught of the fishes they had taken; being so large and numerous, as the like was never seen, nor known by them before.…
58 wordsSECTION 72Luke 5:10
Luke 5:10 Ver. 10. And so was also James and John, the sons of Zebedee,.... Who were in the other ship, and had been beckoned to them to come and help them, and did come, and were witnesses of the miracle: which were partners with Simon; were sharers with him in loss and gain in the fishing trade; these were equally …
235 wordsSECTION 73Luke 5:11
Luke 5:11 Ver. 11. And when they had brought their ships to land,.... Both Simon Peter's, and the other in which his partners were, and which were laden with fish: they forsook all; even all their fish, which they doubtless might have made much money of, and their nets, and their ships, and their servants, and their …
79 wordsSECTION 74Luke 5:12
Luke 5:12 Ver. 12. And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city,.... Or near it, hard by it, very probably Capernaum; Mt 8:1 Behold a man full of leprosy; a disease to which the Jews were very incident, and concerning which, many laws and rules are given, in Le 13:1. The symptoms of the ancient "lepra", as laid …
1,621 wordsSECTION 75Luke 5:13
Luke 5:13 Ver. 13. And he put forth his hand and touched him,.... Having compassion on him, and commiserating his sad case: saying, I will, be thou clean; and immediately the leprosy departed from him; See Gill on "Mt 8:3".…
42 wordsSECTION 76Luke 5:14
Luke 5:14 Ver. 14. And he charged him to tell no man,.... Of his cure, and by whom he received it; but go show thyself to the priest. The Syriac and Persic versions read, "to the priests: and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses has commanded, for a testimony unto them"; See Gill on "Mt 8:4".…
59 wordsSECTION 77Luke 5:15
Luke 5:15 Ver. 15. But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him,.... For the more he charged the man to keep silence, the more he blazed it abroad, being elated with the cure he received, and filled with gratitude to his benefactor; Mr 1:45. And great multitudes came together to hear: him, or from him, as the…
94 wordsSECTION 78Luke 5:16
Luke 5:16 Ver. 16. And he withdrew himself into the wilderness,.... Into a desert place, that he might have rest from the fatigues of preaching and healing diseases; and being alone, and free from company, might have an opportunity for private prayer to God, for so it lows: and prayed; this is to be understood of Chr…
164 wordsSECTION 79Luke 5:17
Luke 5:17 Ver. 17. And it came to pass on a certain day,.... When he was at Capernaum, as appears from Mr 2:1 As he was teaching: in the house where such numbers were gathered together, to hear the word of God preached by him, that there was not room for them, neither within the house, nor about the door, Mr 2:2 Tha…
228 wordsSECTION 80Luke 5:18
Luke 5:18 Ver. 18. And behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy,.... Four men brought him, as Mark says, Mr 2:3 and which the Ethiopic version expresses here: "and they sought means to bring him in": into the house where Jesus was: and to lay him before him; at his feet, in hope of moving his c…
4,542 wordsSECTION 81Luke 6:1
Luke 6:1 Ver. 1. And it came to pass on the second sabbath day after the first,.... Or "second first sabbath", concerning which interpreters are greatly divided. Some think, that it was either the seventh day of the feast of unleavened bread, or the eighth day of the feast of tabernacles. Others, that it was the sabba…
567 wordsSECTION 82Luke 6:2
Luke 6:2 Ver. 2. And certain of the Pharisees said unto them,.... Unto the disciples. The Evangelists Matthew and Mark say, that they said this to Jesus: no doubt but they said it to both, first to one, and then to the other; probably last of all to Christ, who returned an answer to it: why do ye that which is not la…
86 wordsSECTION 83Luke 6:3
Luke 6:3 Ver. 3. And Jesus answering them, said,.... For they brought the charge against the disciples to him, being desirous to know what he would say, and that they might have something to accuse him of; and who, at once, took up the cause of his disciples, and vindicated them, by observing what David did, when he, …
157 wordsSECTION 84Luke 6:5
Luke 6:5 Ver. 5. And he said unto them,.... He adds this at the close of the instances he gave, at the end of his vindication of his disciples, and discourse with the Pharisees, as a full answer to their cavils; that the son of man is Lord also of the sabbath; and may do what he will, and suffer his disciples to do w…
77 wordsSECTION 85Luke 6:6
Luke 6:6 Ver. 6. And it came to pass also on another sabbath,.... Whether the following sabbath, or some time after, is not certain, that he entered into the synagogue. The Arabic version reads, "into their synagogue", as in Mt 12:9 the synagogue of the Jews; in what place, whether at Capernaum, or some other city of…
107 wordsSECTION 86Luke 6:7
Luke 6:7 Ver. 7. And the Scribes and Pharisees watched him,.... See Gill on "Mr 3:2" whether he would heal on the sabbath day: there being such an object before him: that they might find an accusation against him; as they had before against his disciples.…
48 wordsSECTION 87Luke 6:8
Luke 6:8 Ver. 8. But he knew their thoughts,.... Being the omniscient God; though they had said nothing of their intentions, he knew what they designed, should he heal the man with his withered hand, as they expected he would: and said to the man which had the withered hand, rise up, and stand forth in the midst. The…
112 wordsSECTION 88Luke 6:9
Luke 6:9 Ver. 9. Then said Jesus unto them,.... The Scribes and Pharisees, who were watching him, and whose thoughts, and the reasonings of their minds, purposes, and intentions, he full well knew: I will ask you one thing; or question, as they had asked him one before; Mt 12:10 is it lawful on the sabbath days to d…
128 wordsSECTION 89Luke 6:10
Luke 6:10 Ver. 10. And looking round about upon them all,.... The Scribes and Pharisees, and the rest of the people in the synagogue; See Gill on "Mr 3:5". he said to the man; who had the withered hand, stretch forth thy hand, and he did so; he stretched it out, as the Syriac and Persic versions render it, which he …
135 wordsSECTION 90Luke 6:11
Luke 6:11 Ver. 11. And they were filed with madness,.... Both at the cure, and because they could not answer him; nor properly fix a charge upon him, or accuse him before the people, without bringing their resentments on them: and communed one with another what they might do with Jesus: this they did after they came …
75 wordsSECTION 91Luke 6:12
Luke 6:12 Ver. 12. And it came to pass in those days,.... When Christ was teaching by the lake of Gennesaret, or in one or other of the cities of Galilee near that place: that he went out; of the synagogue and city where he had been: into a mountain to pray; for the sake of solitude, and which lay near the sea of Ti…
574 wordsSECTION 92Luke 6:13
Luke 6:13 Ver. 13. And when it was day,.... Or morning; having spent the whole night in prayer to God, no doubt for his disciples, whom he was about to send forth as his apostles, to preach his Gospel, and work miracles, and for their success therein: he called unto him his disciples; the whole company of them, as in…
129 wordsSECTION 93Luke 6:14
Luke 6:14 Ver. 14. Simon, whom he also named Peter,.... Which signifies a rock, or stone, as Cephas also does, see Joh 1:42 from his constancy, steadfastness, and solidity: and Andrew his brother; who was called at the same time with him, and were brethren, both in nature and grace: James and John: the two sons of Z…
78 wordsSECTION 94Luke 6:15
Luke 6:15 Ver. 15. Matthew and Thomas,.... The first of these was a publican, and who also was called Levi; and the latter had besides the name of Didymus, and was he that was so unbelieving of Christ's resurrection: James the son of Alphaeus; sometimes called James the less, and the brother of our Lord: and Simon c…
69 wordsSECTION 95Luke 6:16
Luke 6:16 Ver. 16. And Judas the brother of James,.... Of that James, that was the son of Alphaeus; though the Syriac and Arabic versions call him "the son of James", very wrongly: this Judas was also called Thaddaeus and Lebbaeus, and is the writer of the epistle that bears his name: and Judas Iscariot, which also w…
186 wordsSECTION 96Luke 6:17
Luke 6:17 Ver. 17. And he came down with them,.... With the twelve apostles, from the top of the mountain, where he had been praying all night, and where he had been that morning, ordaining, and giving instructions to the twelve he had chosen: and stood in the plain; in a lower part of the mountain, in a plain place …
6,167 wordsSECTION 97Luke 7:1
Luke 7:1 Ver. 1. Now when he had ended all his sayings,.... That is, when Jesus, as the Persic version expresses it, had finished all the above sayings, doctrines, and instructions; not all that he had to say, for he said many things after this: in the audience of the people; of the common people, the multitude besid…
101 wordsSECTION 98Luke 7:2
Luke 7:2 Ver. 2. And a certain centurion's servant,.... The same that Matthew makes mention of, Mt 8:5, See Gill on "Mt 8:5". See Gill on "Mt 8:6". who was dear unto him; to the centurion, being an honest, upright, faithful, and obliging servant; as Tabi was to Rabban Gamaliel, of whom his master said {l}, "Tabi my …
119 wordsSECTION 99Luke 7:3
Luke 7:3 Ver. 3. And when he heard of Jesus,.... That he was come, as the Ethiopic version adds, into the city of Capernaum; or of his miracles, which he had done there, and elsewhere: he sent unto him the elders of the Jews: in whom he had an interest, judging himself, being a Gentile, very unworthy and unfit to go …
334 wordsSECTION 100Luke 7:4
Luke 7:4 Ver. 4. And when they came to Jesus,.... To that part of the city where he was; either at Peter's house, where he used to be when in this place; or rather it might be as he was passing along the streets, that they came up to him they besought him instantly; or with great vehemence and importunity; very studi…
138 wordsSECTION 101Luke 7:5
Luke 7:5 Ver. 5. For he loveth our nation,.... The Jewish nation, which was Christ's nation, as well as theirs, he being a Jew; see Joh 18:35. This they mention as an argument to induce him to have a regard to the centurion, though he was a Gentile; since he was a friend of the Jews, and well affected and disposed to …
191 wordsSECTION 102Luke 7:6
Luke 7:6 Ver. 6. Then Jesus went with them,.... The elders of the Jews, towards the centurion's house, after hearing their request, and their reasons for it; and that without any reluctancy, he at once complied, made no hesitation, or difficulty about it, but went with them very freely: and when he was now not far fr…
233 wordsSECTION 103Luke 7:7
Luke 7:7 Ver. 7. Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee,.... In person; therefore he sent the elders of the Jews to him first, and now some of his friends, who delivered these words in his name: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed; speak but the word only, rebuke the distemper, comm…
78 wordsSECTION 104Luke 7:8
Luke 7:8 Ver. 8. For I also am a man set under authority,.... Of the Roman senate; "or belonging to the emperor", as the Arabic version renders it; and under the command of a tribune, as a centurion was: so that this is not an amplification, but a diminution of his office; and his sense is, that even he who was but an…
164 wordsSECTION 105Luke 7:9
Luke 7:9 Ver. 9. When Jesus heard these things,.... Which the friends of the centurion related from him, and in his name; or which he himself delivered, coming up to Christ after them: he marvelled at him; at his great humility and modesty, and the strength of his faith, and his manner of reasoning: and turned him a…
138 wordsSECTION 106Luke 7:10
Luke 7:10 Ver. 10. And they that were sent,.... Both the elders of the Jews, and the friends of the centurion: returning to the house; of the centurion, where his servant lay, and from whence they came: found the servant whole that had been sick; for he was healed directly, as soon as the centurion had expressed his…
74 wordsSECTION 107Luke 7:11
Luke 7:11 Ver. 11. And it came to pass the day after,.... The Vulgate Latin reads "afterward", not expressing any day, as in Lu 8:1, but the Syriac, Arabic, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, read to the same sense as we, the day after, the next day, on the morrow, after he had cured the centurion's servant in Capernaum, …
206 wordsSECTION 108Luke 7:12
Luke 7:12 Ver. 12. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city,.... Of Naim: behold: there was a dead man carried out; of the city; for they, used not to bury in cities, but in places without, and at some distance: the burying places of the Jews were not near, their cities {r}; and they had different ways of carryi…
498 wordsSECTION 109Luke 7:13
Luke 7:13 Ver. 13. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her,.... Knowing her case, that she was a widow, and had lost her only son: and said unto her, weep not; signifying, that he would help her, which he did without being asked to do it, as usual in other cases.…
56 wordsSECTION 110Luke 7:14
Luke 7:14 Ver. 14. And he came and touched the bier,.... Or "bed", as the Syriac version renders it; and such was hjm, "the bier", or bed, on which one of three years old, and upward, was carried as above mentioned: so that on which Herod was carried to his grave is called klinh "a bed", by Josephus {y}. As for the be…
698 wordsSECTION 111Luke 7:15
Luke 7:15 Ver. 15. And he that was dead,.... That had been dead, (for he was now alive,) as it was a clear case to all his relations and friends, or they would never have brought him out to bury him: sat up; upon the bed, or bier: and began to speak; both which, his sitting up and speaking, were plain proofs of his b…
150 wordsSECTION 112Luke 7:16
Luke 7:16 Ver. 16. And there came a fear on all,.... That were there present, and heard, and saw what was done. Not a fear of dread, and terror, and of punishment, as in devils and wicked men; but a fear and reverence of the divine majesty, whose power and presence they were sensible must be there at that time:and the…
8,202 wordsSECTION 113Luke 8:1
Luke 8:1 Ver. 1. And it came to pass afterwards, &c;] After Christ had healed the centurion's servant at Capernaum, and had raised a widow's son that was dead, to life, at Naim; after John's disciples had been with and he had dismissed them, and had said many things in commendation of John, and in vindication both of …
378 wordsSECTION 114Luke 8:2
Luke 8:2 Ver. 2. And certain women which had been healed of evil spirits,.... Of devils, who had possessed them, and were healed by Christ, dispossessing them; See Gill on "Lu 7:21". and infirmities: various diseases of body: some were dispossessed of devils, and others freed from bodily disorders; of the first sort …
262 wordsSECTION 115Luke 8:3
Luke 8:3 Ver. 3. And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward,.... Joanna, or Juchan, as the Syriac version calls her, was a name, among the Jews, for a woman, as Jochanan, or John, was for a man. In the Talmud {e} we read of one Jochani, or Joanni, the daughter of Retibi, the same name with this. Her husband's name…
816 wordsSECTION 116Luke 8:4
Luke 8:4 Ver. 4. And when much people were gathered together,.... To Jesus, as he was by the sea side, the sea of Galilee, or Tiberias: and were come to him out of every city; of Galilee, to hear him preach, and see miracles: he spake by a parable; the following things.…
53 wordsSECTION 117Luke 8:5
Luke 8:5 Ver. 5. A sower went out to sow his seed,.... By whom Jesus Christ is chiefly designed; though it is true of every preacher of the Gospel: who goes forth, being sent by Christ, with the precious seed of the word: for the phrase, "his seed", which only Luke has, best agrees with Christ, he being the proprietor…
264 wordsSECTION 118Luke 8:6
Luke 8:6 Ver. 6. And some fell upon a rock,.... Which the other evangelists call "stony places", and "stony ground"; by which are meant such hearers whose hearts are, hardened through the deceitfulness of sin, and continue so notwithstanding the preaching of the word unto them. And as soon as it sprung up; as it did …
173 wordsSECTION 119Luke 8:7
Luke 8:7 Ver. 7. And some fell among thorns,.... On ground which had within it the roots of thorns and briars; and design such hearers who have their hearts filled with worldly cares, and sensual lusts and pleasures: and the thorns sprang up with it; and grew faster than that: and choked it; as the above things do t…
101 wordsSECTION 120Luke 8:8
Luke 8:8 Ver. 8. And other fell on good ground,.... The Syriac version reads, "on good and beautiful ground"; and so the Cambridge copy of Beza's; ground which both looked well, and proved well; and signifies such hearers who have good and honest hearts, made so by the Spirit of God; who receive the word in the love o…
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