Not a hair of your head shall perish (qrix ek th kepalh umwn ou mh apolhtai). Only in Luke. Second aorist middle subjunctive of apollumi with ou mh (...
Thou reproachest us also (kai hma ubrizei). Because the lawyers (scribes) were usually Pharisees. The verb ubrizw is an old one and common for outrag...
Overview - Luke 21 1?Christ commends the poor widow. 5?He foretells the destruction of the temple, and of the city Jerusalem; 25?the signs also which...
Does he thank? (mh ecei carin;). Mh expects the negative answer. Ecw carin, to have gratitude toward one, is an old Greek idiom ( 1?Timothy 1:12 ; 2...
Overview - Luke 1 1?The preface of Luke to his whole gospel. 5?The conception of John the Baptist; 26?and of Christ. 39?The prophecy of Elisabeth and...
Overview - Luke 17 1?Christ teaches to avoid occasions of offence; 3?and to forgive one another. 5?The power of faith. 6?How we are bound to God, a...
My reproach (oneido mou). Keenly felt by a Jewish wife because the husband wanted an heir and because of the hope of the Messiah, and because of the ...
Overview - Luke 18 1?Of the importunate widow. 9?Of the Pharisee and the publican. 15?Of Children brought to Christ. 18?A ruler would follow Christ, ...
Overview - Matthew 17 1?The transfiguration of Christ. 14?He heals the lunatic, 22?foretells his own passion, 24?and pays tribute. Treasury of Scriptu...
Overview - Matthew 25 1?The parable of the ten virgins, 14?and of the talents. 31?Also the description of the last judgment. Treasury of Scripture Kno...
And yet there is room (kai eti topo estin). The Master had invited many (verse 1?Corinthians 16 ) who had all declined. The servant knew the Master ...
Let them hear them (akousatwsan autwn). Even the heathen have the evidence of nature to show the existence of God as Paul argues in Romans so that th...
For (gar). Explanatory use of gar. The Scripture (thn graphn). Probably Psalms 16:10 . Jesus had repeatedly foretold his resurrection, but that was ...
Overview - Luke 15 1?The parable of the lost sheep; 8?of the piece of silver; 11?of the prodigal son. Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeLuke 15:25??(Kin...
Overview - Luke 17 1?Christ teaches to avoid occasions of offence; 3?and to forgive one another. 5?The power of faith. 6?How we are bound to God, a...
Overview - Luke 16 1?The parable of the unjust steward. 14?Christ reproves the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharisees. 19?The parable of the rich man and...
The mother of my Lord (h mhthr tou Kuriou mou). See Psalms 110:1 . Only by the help of the Holy Spirit could Elisabeth know that Mary was to be the ...
Overview - Matthew 11 1?John sends his disciples to Christ. 7?Christ's testimony concerning John. 16?The perverse judgment of the people. 20?Christ u...
Gladness (agalliasi). Only in the LXX and N.T. so far as known. A word for extreme exultation. Rejoice (carhsontai). Second future passive indicative...
Luke, Gospel according towas written by Luke. He does not claim to have been an eye-witness of our Lord's ministry, but to have gone to the best sourc...