Luke 13
WesleyLuke 13:3
He said to his disciples first - But afterward Lu 12:54 to all the people. Matthew 16:6.
Luke 13:5
Luke 13:6
But I say to you, Fear not - Let not the fear of man make you act the hypocrite, or conceal any thing which I have commissioned you to publish.
Luke 13:7
Fear him who hath power to cast into hell - Even to his peculiar friends, Christ gives this direction. Therefore the fearing of God as having power to cast into hell, is to be pressed even on true believers.
Luke 13:8
Are not five sparrows - But trust as well as fear him.
Luke 13:9
Luke 13:10
And I say to you - If you avoid all hypocrisy, and openly avow my Gospel: The Son of man shall confess you - before the angels - At the last day. Mr 8:38; Lu 9:26.
Luke 13:12
And whosoever - As if he had said, Yet the denying me in some degree, may, upon true repentance, be forgiven; but if it rise so high as that of the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, it shall never be forgiven, neither is there place for repentance. Matthew 12:31; Mr 3:28.
Luke 13:13
Take no thought - Be not solicitous about the matter or manner of your defence; nor how to express yourselves. Matthew 10:19; Lu 21:12.
Luke 13:16
Who made me a judge? - In worldly things. His kingdom is not of this world.
Luke 13:17
He said to them - Perhaps to the two brothers, and through them to the people. A man’s life - That is, the comfort or happiness of it.
Luke 13:19
What shall I do? - The very language of want! Do? Why, lay up treasure in heaven.
Luke 13:22
Thou fool - To think of satisfying thy soul with earthly goods! To depend on living many years! Yea, one day! They - The messengers of death, commissioned by God, require thy soul of thee!
Luke 13:23
Rich toward God - Namely, in faith, and love, and good works.
Luke 13:24
Luke 13:27
Which of you can add the least measure - It seems, to add one cubit to a thing (which is the phrase in the original) was a kind of proverbial expression for making the least addition to it.
Luke 13:30
The grass - The Greek word means all sorts of herbs and flowers.
Luke 13:31
Neither be ye of a doubtful mind - The word in the original signifies, any speculations or musings in which the mind fluctuates, or is suspended (like meteors in the air) in an uneasy hesitation.
Luke 13:34
It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom - How much more food and raiment? And since ye have such an inheritance, regard not your earthly possessions.
Luke 13:35
Sell what ye have - This is a direction, not given to all the multitude: (much less is it a standing rule for all Christians:) neither to the apostles; for they had nothing to sell, having left all before: but to his other disciples, (mentioned Lu 12:22, and Acts 1:15,) especially to the seventy, that they might be free from all worldly entanglements. Matthew 6:19.