ExtortionerA greedy, ravenous person.Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and pra...
Chapter 2323:6? But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am...
Overview - Acts 23 1?As Paul pleads his cause, 2?Ananias commands them to smite him. 7?Dissension among his accusers. 11?God encourages him. 14?The ...
Acts 23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, &c.] That is, that one part of the sanhedrim consisted of Sadducees, which was oft...
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, ...
6-33. PARABLE OF THE PHARISEE AND PUBLICAN. c?LUKE 18:9-14. ? ? ? c?9 And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves t...
Stood (staqei). First aorist passive participle of isthmi. Struck an attitude ostentatiously where he could be seen. Standing was the common Jewish p...
THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are. Luke 18:11. God b? merciful to me a siinner. Luke 18 :13. In this ...
But when Paul perceived (gnou de o Paulo). Perceiving (second aorist ingressive of ginwskw). Paul quickly saw that his cause was ruined before the Sa...
Sermon LXV. [CXV. Ben.]Sermon LXV. [CXV. Ben.] On the words of the gospel, Luke xviii. 1,They ought always to pray, and not to faint, etc. And on the ...
Luke 7:39 Now when the Pharisee, which had bidden him, saw it Simon, who had invited Christ to eat with him, when he saw what was done by the woman, h...
Chapter 2626:2 1 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accus...
VII. HUMILITY AND HOLINESS. Which say, Stand by thyself; for I am holier than thou.?Isaiah Ixv. 5. We speak of the Holiness movement in our times, ...
Sermon XLIX. [XCIX. Ben.]Sermon XLIX. [XCIX. Ben.] On the words of the gospel, Luke vii. 37, And behold, a woman who was in the city, a sinner, etc. O...
2 Corinthians 12:11 I am become a fool in glorying This is either to be understood conditionally, if he had acted as a fool in commending himself, or ...
SERMON XLVII. PREACHED ON THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL, 1629. Acts xxiii. 6, 7. Bnt when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees, and the other ...
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER XXIII. Paul's Defence Before the Sanhedrim. SUMMARY.--The Insult of the High Priest. Paul's Rebuke. His Appeal to th...
Chapter 2323:1 And 1 Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and] brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. (...
Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood Standing was a praying posture; (See Gill on Matthew 6:5) nor is this observed, as if it was something amiss: but the se...
LETTER II. Reverend Sir, I can sometimes feel a pleasure in repeating the grateful acknowledgment of David, ** O Lord, I am thy servant, the son of...