One decided that he had never had leprosy. And one of them, etc. How much of permanent good they … 17. In the next paragraph (Luke 17:22-37), Jesus explained that the external, visible "signs" so desired by the Pharisees were to be seen, not during the forthcoming church phase of the kingdom of God, but at the Second Advent. 5 And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." The Parable of the Unjust Steward - He also said to His disciples: “There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and an accusation was brought to him that this man was wasting his goods. [2] Norval Geldenhuys, Commentary on the Gospel of Luke (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. [3] We fully agree with Hobbs that there are four pronouncements here, not merely two, as indicated by the paragraphing in the English Revised Version (1885). 36 Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left." And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it also be in the days of the Son of man. 17 Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no [] offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! What is state/role of the saved one after death, before return of Jesus? Did the Lord not say, "I have called you friends," and that "no longer do I call you servants"? How do I get to heaven? They were probably not absent long. 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should [] offend one of these little ones. This writer, however, strongly feels that there is a connection which will be noted in each of the four sayings. And they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. Luke 17:15. "When he cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" 22 Then He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. The teaching here is that physical death is a far more desirable fate than that which is reserved for those whose intent is to destroy the faith of others. or 'Look there!' [16] S. MacLean Gilmour, op. 31 “In that day, he # Matt. 10 So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. Like the martyred saints, Christians who find themselves a conscious, hated minority in society, reviled, and set at naught by a hostile secular world, will cry, "How long?" "No," is the virtual answer, "though it come to seventy times that number, if only he ask forgiveness in sincerity." Do not go after them or follow them. NKJV / Luke / Luke 10 / Luke 10:17-20; Previous Book Previous Chapter Read the Full Chapter Next Chapter Next Book. There may be an allusion to the clearness of voice resulting from the cure of his leprosy, since that disease would make the voice husky. Luke 17:1–10 Christ Teaches on Offenses 17 Then He said to the disciples, a “ It is impossible that no 1 offenses should come, but b woe to him through whom they do come! JESUS CLEANSES TEN LEPERS There are several parallels between this story and the story of Naaman, the Gentile who was also healed of leprosy (2 Kings 5:1-19). They were still on their way to the priests. Luke 7:1-17 recounts two stories: Jesus’ healing of the centurion’s slave (verses 1-10) and his raising of the widow’s only son at Nain (verses 11-17). Summers declared: "One thing only can be derived from this ... Jesus' emphasis of the kingdom as internal and spiritual, not external and material. Commentary on Luke 17:20-37 (Read Luke 17:20-37) The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. This passage is often used to prove that Jesus claimed to be God. However, three different times, Jesus interrupted the journey to go into the great religious capital of Israel on specific missions, each time returning to take up the final campaign as before. Luke 17:1-10. This is the third of the four pronouncements. 17 1 Then He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! They are similar in that both recount remarkable miracles performed by Jesus, but note … Continue reading "Commentary on Luke 7:1-17" (Luke 17:1-2). 86">[1] After noting the opinions of many to the contrary, Geldenhuys also said, "It appears to us that there is a unity between the various pronouncements and that (although Luke does not say so) they were uttered on one and the same occasion."[2]. Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it — The sense of this and the following verses is, Yet, as great as the danger will be, do not seek to save your lives by violating your consciences; if you do, you will surely lose them; whereas, if you should lose them for my sake, you shall be repaid with life everlasting. And the apostles said, Lord, increase our faith — That we may thus forgive, and neither offend nor be offended.And he said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed — You would be able to overcome all temptations, even those, the conquering of which may be compared to the plucking up of trees and planting them in the ocean, that is, compared to things impossible. Barclay developed a sermon on ingratitude from this text stressing: (1) the ingratitude of children to their parents, (2) the ingratitude toward our fellow men, and (3) man's ingratitude toward God.[25]. 31 In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. Both Grotius and Venema were cited by Trench as alleging the parable as a representation of the scribes, Pharisees, etc. Book Notes Barnes' Book Notes Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes Robertson's Book Notes (NT) Commentaries Adam Clarke Barnes' Notes Forerunner Commentary Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown John Wesley's Notes Matthew Henry People's Commentary (NT) … This remarkable parable is clearly a lesson designed to teach humility, obedience, and a sense of lacking any merit in the sight of God. Hobbs thought the four sayings might be entitled "Four things of which the Christian should beware." Luke 17:3 New King James Version << Luke 16 | Luke 17 | Luke 18 >> 3 Take heed to yourselves. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. The Second Advent will be bad news for the vast majority of mankind; but it will not be the kind of news any man will be able to ignore. 35 Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. One said he would have gotten well anyway. The Pharisees, who were constantly on the fringe of every audience Jesus ever addressed, were at that very moment trying to cause the Twelve themselves to stumble; and Jesus spoke in the most stern manner against those who would pervert the faith of others. While this is true, Paul did not hesitate to call himself the "bondservant" of Jesus (Romans 1:1); and this sterner aspect of the Christian's relationship to the Lord needed stress then, and it needs it now. Jesus himself named the Twelve "apostles" (Luke 6:13); and they referred to Jesus as "Lord," using the word as a reference to the Godhead. Remember Lot's wife. Bibliography InformationCoffman, James Burton. The satanic insinuation that Jesus expected his glory in the final phase of the kingdom to come shortly to pass is here refuted. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1962), Vol. b. NKJV 1 Then He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! It were well for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, rather than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble. Luke 17:5. Need some help understanding theology? The fact that Jesus selected these two great physical phenomena from the Old Testament, making them comparable to the Second Advent, is a clear word that the Second Advent will also be such a physical thing; a cataclysm of unbelievable and unprecedented destruction; and that in the midst of the Great Disaster, the Son of man will appear to redeem the faithful from the earth, who shall be caught up with the "Lord in the air" (see 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18). B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1951), p. 431. Luke 17 New King James Version (NKJV) Jesus Warns of Offenses. Would to God it could be true. "Luke 2p. Extra Small Small Medium Large Additional Settings . So he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? In Luke 17:1-6, Jesus sets up the Parable of the Unprofitable Servants with introductory instruction. One said, just any rabbi could have done it. Those who run their lives as they please shall be lost. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/bcc/luke-17.html. Luke 17:17 (New King James Version) A.F.V A.S.V. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Luke 17:11-19 EXEGESIS: LUKE 17:11-19. 28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. There are two things in it: (a)the forgiveness of those who sin against us is, humanly speaking, an impossibility, comparable to the outlandish wonder in view here; and (b) the faith of Christians, without any providential increase of it, is more than enough to enable it to be done. Like a stroke of lightning at midnight, saints and sinners alike shall see it; and "all the tribes of the earth shall mourn for him" (Matthew 24:30). The kingdom of God was not in the hearts of the Pharisees!"[33]. No man ever did, or ever could, merit God's redeeming love; but, make no mistake about it, this is no promise that God will overlook the principle of obedience in them that hope to be saved. Luke 17:33-37. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. Luke 17 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the Church of Christ, presents a verse level look at the Bible. 17 1 Then He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! 24:17, 18; Mark 13:15 who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And they say unto him, Where, Lord? [22] Richard C. Trench, op. Drowning Peter cried out, saying, "Lord, save me," and this student of the word of God will never consent to view these words as the equivalent of "Rabbi, save me" (Matthew 14:30). Luke 17:11-19 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 5 And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." Men either believe this or they don't; and this writer, striving to read the word of the Lord aright, BELIEVES it, with no pretensions whatever of being able to EXPLAIN it. The Narrative Lectionary keeps them together, and in doing so, it provides a very instructive contrast. cit., p. 250. For example, the glaring misuse of this parable surfaces in a comment like this: "Men who only carry out God's commands have no claim on any reward! 17 1 Then He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! 3 Take heed to yourselves. Luke 17 Then He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! Indeed it is. cIf your brother sins 3against you, drebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should [ b]offend one of … The three references to the fact that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem are Luke 9:51; Luke 13:22, and this verse Luke 17:11. They did not need an increase of faith that would bring some reward following its use, but a faith that, although small like a mustard seed, is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen ( Hebrews 11:1 ). The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this Gospel as well as the Acts of the Apostles. Just about the longest parable in the New Testament regards this very thing (Matthew 18:20-35); and there is no need to make Luke's account here a "variable" of other teachings of Jesus in similar words and different circumstances. The ravages of the flood were genuine, worldwide, and attested not merely in the word of God, but by the legends of fabled Atlantis and many others. Questions. If one performing all that God commanded, if such a thing were possible, is saved by grace, as appears here, how utterly beyond redemption is that man who fancies that there is no requirement for him to obey? They are similar in that both recount remarkable miracles performed by Jesus, but note … Continue reading "Commentary on Luke 7:1-17" Luke 17 New King James Version (NKJV) Jesus Warns of Offenses 17 Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no [] offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them, and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say, Lo, here! "[8] Hobbs was sure that no miraculous ability was promised Christians in this; because, said he, "We cannot even transplant violets in a garden, to say nothing of transplanting trees from the land into the sea. Significant words indeed are these. [12] S. MacLean Gilmour, The Interpreter's Bible (New York: Abingdon Press, 1952), Vol. Even the word "eagles" is stoutly maintained by some to be "vultures," and other scholars, as in the English Revised Version (1885), insist on translating it "eagles.". This, of course, is the same figure and should be understood spiritually. Luke 17:11-19. The apostles wanted more faith so they could meet the challenges of God's demands, but Jesus knew that it was not quantity they needed but quality. Luke 10:17. 19 And He said to him, "Arise, go your way. Causing to Sin 17 1 Then He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! 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