PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Luke
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 289,495 words · 388 reading sections
Luke 20:1
Luke 20:1 Ver. 1. And it came to pass, that on one of those days,.... According to the account of the Evangelist Mark, it must be the second day, or two days after his public entrance into Jerusalem; for on the evening of the day he made his entry, he went out to Bethany with his disciples; the next morning, as he ret…
233 wordsSECTION 302Luke 20:2
Luke 20:2 Ver. 2. And spoke unto him, saying, tell us by what authority doest thou these things?.... The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, "this thing"; as if the sanhedrim only referred to his preaching the Gospel, which is mentioned in the preceding verse, and was what he was about when they came to him: but the Pe…
108 wordsSECTION 303Luke 20:3
Luke 20:3 Ver. 3. And he answered and said unto them,.... That is, Jesus replied to them, as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versions express it: I will also ask you one thing, and answer me; when he also promised, that if they would give him an answer to his question, he would satisfy them in the point they in…
111 wordsSECTION 304Luke 20:4
Luke 20:4 Ver. 4. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?] This was a new ordinance, and John must have his authority for administering it either from God, or from men; and Christ is desirous to know from which he derived it in their opinion; suggesting, that by the same authority John, his forerunner, cam…
74 wordsSECTION 305Luke 20:5
Luke 20:5 Ver. 5. And they reasoned with themselves,.... Or "they thought with themselves", as the Syriac version; or "within themselves", as the Vulgate Latin, though they did not express it; or "one with another", as the Arabic version; they took counsel together, and debated the matter among themselves, and reasone…
116 wordsSECTION 306Luke 20:6
Luke 20:6 Ver. 6. But and if we say of men,..... Which they had a good will to, against the dictates of their own consciences: all the people will stone us; meaning the common people, that were then in the temple about Christ, hearing him preach; who would be so enraged at such an answer, that without any regard to t…
164 wordsSECTION 307Luke 20:7
Luke 20:7 Ver. 7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was. Whether from heaven, or of men; in this, no doubt, they told an untruth: but they chose rather to sacrifice their consciences than their interest, and pretend ignorance rather than profess the truth, when they saw they should be put to confusi…
67 wordsSECTION 308Luke 20:8
Luke 20:8 Ver. 8. And Jesus said unto them,.... Since they would not give him a direct answer to his question: neither tell I you by what authority I do these things; nor was there any need of it; they might easily perceive by what he had said, from whence he professed to have received his authority, from God, and no…
69 wordsSECTION 309Luke 20:9
Luke 20:9 Ver. 9. Then began he to speak to the people this parable,.... According to the other evangelists it seems to be spoken to the chief priests, Scribes, and elders; and certain it is, that they looked upon themselves as struck at in it; it might be spoken to both. Christ having silenced the sanhedrim, turned h…
315 wordsSECTION 310Luke 20:10
Luke 20:10 Ver. 10. And at the season,.... Or "when it the time of fruit", as the Ethiopic version renders it, agreeably to See Gill on "Mt 21:34": he sent a servant to the husbandmen; or servants, as in Mt 21:34; the prophets of the Lord, his messengers, whom he sent to them, to exhort them to bring forth the fruits…
204 wordsSECTION 311Luke 20:11
Luke 20:11 Ver. 11. And again he sent another servant,.... Or set of prophets in after times, and yet before the Babylonish captivity: and they beat him also; as they had done the other; they continued in their malpractices, yea increased in them: and entreated him shamefully; putting him to open shame, using him in…
88 wordsSECTION 312Luke 20:12
Luke 20:12 Ver. 12. And again he sent the third,.... Perhaps after the return of the Jews from captivity, and between that time and the coming of Christ, in which interval many good men were used in a very inhuman manner, Heb 11:37 and they wounded him also; by casting stones at him; see…
56 wordsSECTION 313Luke 20:13
Luke 20:13 Ver. 13. Then said the Lord of the vineyard,.... Who planted it, and let it out to husbandmen, and expected fruit from it, and sent his servants from time to time for it: what shall I do? or what can be done more than has been done? Isa 5:4 who else can be sent that is likely to do any good with such an un…
249 wordsSECTION 314Luke 20:14
Luke 20:14 Ver. 14. But when the husbandmen saw him,.... In human nature, heard him preach, and observed the miracles done by him: they reasoned among themselves; as the Scribes and Pharisees, and elders of the people often did: saying, this is the heir; the heir of God, being his Son; and so the Ethiopic version; "…
140 wordsSECTION 315Luke 20:15
Luke 20:15 Ver. 15. So they cast him out of the vineyard,.... Rejected him as the Messiah, even denied that he was of the Jewish nation; said he was a Samaritan, and delivered him to the Gentiles that were without, and were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel; and at last had him without their city, and put him to …
126 wordsSECTION 316Luke 20:16
Luke 20:16 Ver. 16. He shall come and destroy these husbandmen,.... Which had its accomplishment at the destruction of Jerusalem: according to the other evangelists, these words are the answer of the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, to the above questions put to them by Christ, after he had delivered the parable; b…
200 wordsSECTION 317Luke 20:17
Luke 20:17 Ver. 17. And he beheld them,.... Looked very earnestly and wistly at them, speaking as it were by his looks, signifying, that verily so it would be, as he had said; that they would reject the Messiah, and put him to death, and bring utter ruin upon themselves, and deprive their posterity of many advantages …
3,277 wordsSECTION 318Luke 21:1
Luke 21:1 Ver. 1. And he looked up,.... As Christ sat over against the treasury, looking upon the ground, he lift up his eyes; for the treasury was not in an high place, or above Christ, who was right against it. The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions leave out this clause. And saw the rich men casting their gifts i…
69 wordsSECTION 319Luke 21:2
Luke 21:2 Ver. 2. And he saw also a certain poor widow,.... Whom he took particular notice of above all the rest: the poor, and the widow, are regarded by him, and are his care; nor are their mean services, done in faith, and from a principle of love, despised by him, but preferred to the greater services of others, w…
92 wordsSECTION 320Luke 21:3
Luke 21:3 Ver. 3. And he said,.... To his disciples, as the Ethiopic version adds; these he called to him, upon this occasion, as appears from Mr 12:43 of a truth I say unto you, that this poor woman hath cast in more than they all: than all the rich men; not in quantity, but in proportion to her ability; See Gill on…
68 wordsSECTION 321Luke 21:4
Luke 21:4 Ver. 4. For all these have of their abundance,.... Which they had remaining; the same Hebrew word rty signifying to remain, and to abound: they had large possessions, and gave in much, and yet had a great deal left; out of which they cast in unto the offerings of God; or "gifts of God": not as gifts unto hi…
150 wordsSECTION 322Luke 21:5
Luke 21:5 Ver. 5. And as some spake of the temple,.... These were the disciples; Mark says, one of them; but it seems there were more than one; one might begin the discourse, and others join him: how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts; See Gill on "Mt 24:1". he said; what follows. This was as he went out of…
66 wordsSECTION 323Luke 21:6
Luke 21:6 Ver. 6. As for these things which ye behold,.... Some, as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions, read these words by way of interrogation; "are these the things which ye behold?" do ye look upon these with wonder and delight? the days will come; and they are hastening on; a little while, a few years more: in th…
82 wordsSECTION 324Luke 21:7
Luke 21:7 Ver. 7. And they asked him,.... That is, his disciples, when they were come to the Mount of Olives, and as he sat upon that,…
28 wordsSECTION 325Mt 24:3
Mt 24:3 saying, master, but when shall these things be? when the temple shall be destroyed; and one stone shall not be left upon another; and what sign [will there be] when these things shall come to pass? which shows that this refers to the destruction of the temple, and so the signs following; See Gill on "Mt 24:3"…
61 wordsSECTION 326Luke 21:8
Luke 21:8 Ver. 8. And he said, take heed that ye be not deceived,.... With false Christs, and false prophets: for many shall come in my name; making use of his name, taking it to them; not that they would pretend they were sent by him, but that they were he himself: saying, I am [Christ]; so the Syriac and Persic ve…
129 wordsSECTION 327Luke 21:9
Luke 21:9 Ver. 9. But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions,.... Or seditions and tumults; "wars" may design the wars of the Romans, against the Jews; and the "commotions", or seditions, the internal troubles among themselves: be not terrified; as if the destruction of the nation, city, and temple, would be at on…
95 wordsSECTION 328Luke 21:10
Luke 21:10 Ver. 10. Then said he unto them, nation shall rise,.... See Gill on "Mt 24:7".…
19 wordsSECTION 329Luke 21:11
Luke 21:11 Ver. 11. And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines and pestilences,.... See Gill on "Mt 24:7". and fearful sights; or "terrible things"; whether heard, or seen, as dreadful thunderings, and lightnings; and a voice heard in the temple, saying, let us go hence; and an idiot that went about…
156 wordsSECTION 330Luke 21:12
Luke 21:12 Ver. 12. But before all these,.... Before all these things come to pass: they shall lay their hands on you; as the high priest, the priests, and the captain of the temple did upon the apostles, Ac 4:1 and persecute you; as upon the death of Stephen, Ac 8:1 delivering you up to the synagogues; to be scour…
137 wordsSECTION 331Luke 21:13
Luke 21:13 Ver. 13. And it shall turn to you for a testimony. By this means they would have an opportunity of leaving their testimony for Christ before kings and rulers; and what they should meet with from them, would be a means of strengthening and confirming them in the truths of the Gospel; and be a proof and evide…
101 wordsSECTION 332Luke 21:14
Luke 21:14 Ver. 14. Settle it therefore in your hearts,.... Resolve on this in your minds, and let it be a rule never to be departed from: not to meditate before what you shall answer; not to sit down, and study a form of words, and scheme of things, what to reply to the ensnaring questions, that may be thought would…
123 wordsSECTION 333Luke 21:15
Luke 21:15 Ver. 15. For I will give you a mouth,.... A faculty of speaking, a freedom of expression, a door of utterance, a good degree of elocution, to speak properly, pertinently and freely to any point: and wisdom; to answer with great propriety, and in the most prudent manner, to any difficult and ensnaring quest…
149 wordsSECTION 334Luke 21:16
Luke 21:16 Ver. 16. And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren,.... See Gill on "Mt 10:21" and kinsfolks, and friends. The Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions add, "your", to each of these relations, as your parents, &c. and some of you shall they cause to be put to death; as Stephen was stoned to deat…
90 wordsSECTION 335Luke 21:17
Luke 21:17 Ver. 17. And ye shall be hated of all men,.... See Gill on "Mt 10:22". See Gill on "Mt 24:9".…
25 wordsSECTION 336Luke 21:18
Luke 21:18 Ver. 18. But there shall not art hair of your head perish. That is, without the will of God, as in Mt 10:29 or not one shall perish, but what shall be restored again: or the sense is, that though they should be betrayed by their friends, and hated, and persecuted, and imprisoned by their enemies, yet they s…
170 wordsSECTION 337Luke 21:19
Luke 21:19 Ver. 19. In your patience, possess ye your souls. By patiently bearing all afflictions, reproaches, indignities, and persecutions, enjoy yourselves; let nothing disturb or distress you; possess that peace and joy in your souls, which the world cannot take away; see Ro 5:3. The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic,…
2,307 wordsSECTION 338Luke 22:1
Luke 22:1 Ver. 1. Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh,.... Which lasted seven days; during which the Jews eat their bread without leaven, in commemoration of the haste in which they went out of Egypt; being such, that they had not time to leaven their dough, but took it with their kneadingtroughs along with th…
146 wordsSECTION 339Luke 22:2
Luke 22:2 Ver. 2. And the chief priests and Scribes,.... Matthew adds, "and the elders of the people"; which made up the great sanhedrim and council of the nation; these met together, not in their usual place the temple, but at the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest; see Mt 24:3. And sought how they might kill him; …
268 wordsSECTION 340Luke 22:3
Luke 22:3 Ver. 3. Then entered Satan into Judas,.... At the same time that the sanhedrim were sitting, and consulting about the death of Christ, Satan, or the adversary, as the word signifies, the devil, who is the enemy of the Messiah, the woman's seed, entered into Judas; not corporeally, as he did into those that w…
227 wordsSECTION 341Luke 22:4
Luke 22:4 Ver. 4. And he went his way,.... From Christ, and the rest of the apostles, out of Bethany; and when it was night, about two miles from Jerusalem, whither he went directly: and communed with the chief priests and captains; that is, of the temple, as in Lu 22:52 and so the Persic version reads, "the militia …
604 wordsSECTION 342Luke 22:5
Luke 22:5 Ver. 5. And they were glad,.... For nothing could be more opportune and agreeable to them, than that one of his disciples should meet them at this juncture, and offer to put him into their hands in the most private manner; and covenanted to give him money. The Ethiopic version read, "thirty pieces of silver…
75 wordsSECTION 343Luke 22:6
Luke 22:6 Ver. 6. And he promised,.... He undertook to deliver him into their hands; he laid himself under obligation to do it; he faithfully promised he would. The Arabic version renders it, he gave thanks; for the money he received, being well pleased he had made such a bargain; and so the word here used sometimes s…
160 wordsSECTION 344Luke 22:7
Luke 22:7 Ver. 7. Then came the day of unleavened bread,.... The first of them, the fourteenth day of the month Nisan: when the passover must be killed; that is, the passover lamb, as the Persic version renders it; and which, according to the law in Ex 12:6 was to be done between the two evenings; See Gill on "Mt 26:…
64 wordsSECTION 345Luke 22:8
Luke 22:8 Ver. 8. And he sent Peter and John,.... That is, Jesus sent them, as the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions express it; these were two favourite disciples of Christ, and were now sent by him from Bethany to Jerusalem: saying, go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat; it together; so servants used …
76 wordsSECTION 346Luke 22:9
Luke 22:9 Ver. 9. And they said unto him, where wilt thou that we prepare?] Meaning, not in what village, town, or city, for it was a fixed and determined thing, that the passover should be eaten at Jerusalem, and nowhere else; see De 16:2, but in what house in Jerusalem?…
53 wordsSECTION 347Luke 22:10
Luke 22:10 Ver. 10. And he said unto them, behold,.... Giving them a sign, whereby they should know the very house, where he would keep the passover: when ye are entered into the city; that is, the city of Jerusalem; for Christ and his disciples were now at Bethany, from whence he sent Peter and John thither, where o…
166 wordsSECTION 348Luke 22:11
Luke 22:11 Ver. 11. And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house,.... The master of it; for the man bearing the pitcher of water seems to be a servant only: the master saith unto thee: by these his two disciples, Peter and John; it looks as if the word "master", as peculiar to Christ, and by way of eminency belongi…
185 wordsSECTION 349Luke 22:12
Luke 22:12 Ver. 12. And he shall show you a large upper room furnished,.... With all things necessary, to eat and drink out of, at the passover; there make ready. The Ethiopic version adds, "for us", as in Mr 14:15. The Persic version renders it, "there prepare a place"; but this was prepared already; the words desig…
70 wordsSECTION 350Luke 22:13
Luke 22:13 Ver. 13. And they went,.... From Bethany to Jerusalem: and found as he had said unto them; they met the man with the pitcher of water, and by following him, found the house Christ meant to keep the passover at; they told the master of it, what Christ ordered them, who immediately showed them a very conveni…
103 wordsSECTION 351Luke 22:14
Luke 22:14 Ver. 14. And when the hour was come,.... When it was evening, the last of the two evenings, when it was dark, at least after six o'clock; See Gill on "Mt 26:20". he sat down; or lay along on a couch, as was the custom; see the note, as before: and the twelve apostles with him; for Judas, after he had made…
101 wordsSECTION 352Luke 22:15
Luke 22:15 Ver. 15. And he said unto them,.... The twelve apostles, as they were eating the passover, it being usual to talk and converse much at such a time; See Gill on "Mt 26:21". With desire have I desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer; not for the sake of eating; for though he was traduced as a g…
610 wordsSECTION 353Luke 22:16
Luke 22:16 Ver. 16. For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof,.... Of the passover, and which now, with the rest of the ceremonial law, was to be abolished: until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God; signifying, not that he should eat of it in the kingdom of God, where it would be fulfilled; seeing the pa…
271 wordsSECTION 354Luke 22:17
Luke 22:17 Ver. 17. And he took the cup and gave thanks,.... There were four cups of wine drank at the passover, which the poorest man in Israel was obliged to drink; and over each of which a blessing was pronounced {m}: and this was one of them, and seems to be the first; for the passover was begun by mixing a cup of…
12,765 wordsSECTION 355Luke 23:1
Luke 23:1 Ver. 1. And the whole multitude of them,.... Of the chief priests, Scribes, and elders; the whole of the sanhedrim, excepting Nicodemus, and Joseph of Arimathea, having in their court condemned Christ to death: arose; from the council chamber, where they sat in judgment upon him: and led him unto Pilate, t…
109 wordsSECTION 356Luke 23:2
Luke 23:2 Ver. 2. And they began to accuse him,.... After they found that Pilate would not receive him as a malefactor upon their word, and delivery of him to him as such; but insisted on knowing what they had to charge him with, and what accusation they had to bring against him: saying, we have found this fellow per…
561 wordsSECTION 357Luke 23:3
Luke 23:3 Ver. 3. And Pilate asked him, saying,.... Observing that it was said, he had given himself out to be a king; for as for what regarded religion, he took no notice of it; he put this question to him, art thou the King of the Jews? that their prophecies speak of, and they have expected; and he answered him an…
136 wordsSECTION 358Luke 23:4
Luke 23:4 Ver. 4. Then said Pilate to the Chief priests, and to the people,.... Both to the sanhedrim, and to the mob that were gathered together about the governor's palace on this occasion; and who were standing without the judgment hall, into which they would not enter, lest they should be defiled, and be unfit to …
177 wordsSECTION 359Luke 23:5
Luke 23:5 Ver. 5. And they were the more fierce,.... Or urgent to have him put to death; so the Hebrew word qzx is rendered in Ex 12:33 which answers to that here used. "They cried out", as the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read; they were more clamorous and noisy; they cried out louder, and exerted themselves…
221 wordsSECTION 360Luke 23:6
Luke 23:6 Ver. 6. When Pilate heard of Galilee,.... "The name of Galilee", as the Syriac and Persic versions read when that was mentioned, he asked; the Ethiopic version says, the "Galilaeans"; some of which might be present, being come to the feast of the passover, and were very proper persons to inquire of: whethe…
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