Luke 9

Luke 9:2

Thy faith hath saved thee - Not thy love. Love is salvation.

Luke 9:3

Mary Magdalene - Or Mary of Magdala, a town in Galilee: probably the person mentioned in the last chapter.

Luke 9:5

Matthew 13:1; Mr 4:1.

Luke 9:16

Who - keep it - Not like the highway side: And bring forth fruit - Not like the thorny ground: With perseverance - Not like the stony.

Luke 9:17

No man having lighted a candle - As if ho had said, And let your good fruit appear openly. Matthew 5:15; Mr 4:21; Lu 11:33.

Luke 9:18

For nothing is hid - Strive not to conceal it at all; for you can conceal nothing long. Matthew 10:26; Mr 4:22; Lu 12:2.

Luke 9:19

The word commonly translated seemeth, wherever it occurs, does not weaken, but greatly strengthens the sense. Matthew 13:12; Mr 4:25; Lu 19:26.

Luke 9:20

Matthew 12:46; Mr 3:31.

Luke 9:23

Matthew 8:23; Mr 4:35.

Luke 9:27

Matthew 8:28; Mr 5:1.

Luke 9:30

For many times it had caught him - Therefore our compassionate Lord made the more haste to cast him out.

Luke 9:32

The abyss - That is, the bottomless pit.

Luke 9:33

To enter into the swine - Not that they were any easier in the swine than out of them. Had it been so, they would not so soon have dislodged themselves, by destroying the herd.

Luke 9:38

Matthew 9:1; Mr 5:18.

Luke 9:41

Mr 5:21.

Luke 9:53

She is not dead but sleepeth - Her soul is not separated finally from the body; and this short separation is rather to be called sleep than death.

Luke 9:59

Matthew 10:1; Mr 6:7.

Luke 9:62

There abide and thence depart - That is, stay in that house till ye leave the city.