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...
Steward General scriptures concerning Genesis 15:2 ; 43:19 ; 1?Chronicles 28:1 ; Luke 8:3 FIGURATIVEThe faithful steward described Luke 12:35-...
Is this (estin de auth). Means this. Jesus now proceeds to interpret his own parable. The seed is the word of God (o sporo estin o logo tou qeou). Th...
Luke 8:26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes In ( Matthew 8:28 ) it is called the country of the Gergesenes, (See Gill on Matthew 8:28)...
And for a long time (kai cronwi ikanwi). The use of the associative instrumental case in expressions of time is a very old Greek idiom that still app...
He that was possessed with devils (demons) (only two words in Greek, o daimonisqei, the demonized). Was made whole (eswqh). First aorist passive indi...
Press thee and crush thee (sunecousin se kai apoqlibousin). Hold thee together, hold thee in (sunecw, see verse Mark 37 ). Crush thee (apoqlibw) her...
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 15:24??(Kin...
Overview - Romans 4 1?Abraham's faith was imputed to him for righteousness; 10?before he was circumcised. 13?By faith only he and his seed received th...
Overview - Mark 5 1?Christ delivering the possessed of the legion of devils, 13?they enter into the swine. 22?He is entreated by Jairus to go and heal...
Master, Master (Epistata, epistata). See on Lu 5:5 for discussion. Mark 4:38 has Teacher (Didaskale), Matthew 8:25 has Lord (Kurie). The repetiti...
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...
Thou shalt worship (proskunhsei). Satan used this verb to Jesus who turns it against him by the quotation from Deuteronomy 6:13 . Jesus clearly perc...
Yet a little while (eti cronon mikron). Accusative of extent of time. It was only six months to the last passover of Christ's ministry and he knew th...
Luke 8:11 Now the parable is this, &c] Or this is the sense of the parable, as the Arabic version renders it: the seed is the word of God, the Gospel,...
Luke 8:38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed Sensible of the power of Christ, and of the favour he had received from him, was of a quite...
Luke 8:32 And there was there an herd of many swine About two thousand, ( Mark 5:13 ) , Feeding on the mountain; (See Gill on Mark 5:11) And they be...
Luke 20:8 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 thi...
But I seek not mine own glory (egw de ou zhtw thn doxan mou). As they did not seek the glory of God ( Luke 5:44 ; Luke 8:4 ). And judgeth (kai krinw...
Into the abyss (ei thn abusson). Rare old word common in LXX from a privative and baq (deep). So bottomless place (supply cwra). The deep sea in Gen...