“ He said unto him,What is written in the law? how readest thou? ”
What is written ... - Jesus referred him to the “law” as a safe rule, and asked him what was said there. The lawyer was doubtless endeavoring to justify himself by obeying the law. He trusted to...
The Greatest Commandment ( Mark 12:28-34 *, Matthew 22:34-40 *), and the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk. only). The inquirer puts his question in a different form, but the meaning is the sa...
What is written... ? . What standeth written? See App-143. the law. See note on Matthew 5:17 , and App-117
Luke 10:26 . What is written in the law? He receives from Christ a reply different from what he had expected. And, indeed, no other rule of a holy and righteous life was prescribed by Christ...
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
And, behold, a certain lawyer— If the connection with which St. Luke introduces the subsequent transaction implies that it happened immediately after what goes before in the history, it took its ri...
He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? - `an apposite question,' says Bengel, 'to a doctor of the law,...
The Seventy. The Good Samaritan. Martha and Mary 1-16. Choice and mission of the Seventy (peculiar to Lk). Another step in the organisation of the Church. The Seventy receive a subordinate commiss...
Chapter 19 THE GOOD SAMARITAN. Luke 10:25-37 IT would scarcely have accorded with the traditions of human nature had the teachers of religion looked favorably upon Jesus. Stepping, as He did,...
the Man Who Loved His Neighbor Luke 10:25-37 This parable was probably suggested by the journey up to Jerusalem. It may be founded on an actual occurrence. Notice how the Master answered the in...
The mission of the seventy is recorded only by Luke. They went forth, sent by Jesus. They returned glad in the victories they had wrought in His name. He received them, and declared to them the whole...
(25) And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (26) He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? (27) And he...
What is written in the law? .... Christ, with great propriety, sends him to the law, to see and observe what was written there, what are the terms and conditions of life, as fixed there; partly, bec...
And behold, a certain lawyer A doctor of the law; stood up and tempted him Greek, εκπειραζων αυτον, trying him. It seems this lawyer was one of the multitude which attended Jesus when the seven...
THE SENDING OF SEVENTY OTHERS (vs.1-16) As we progress in this Gospel, earthly things tend to recede and heaven comes gradually more into view, specially following the transfiguration (ch.9:8-36)...
Who Is Our Neighbour. 25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eterna...
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The Testing of Jesus And the Parable of the Good Samaritan (10:25-37). We should note that this passage, and the parable it contains, follows directly on the idea of the previous self-revelation o...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 10:25 . A certain lawyer .—One whose business it was to teach the law. It was probably in Judæa that this conversation was held; as we read ( Luke 10:38 ) that Jesus was on H...
Luke 10:25-37 The Good Samaritan. I. It is clear that the kindness of this man was of the spirit, and not merely of the letter. Here was one main point of difference between him and the priest an...
Luke 10:25-26 . And, behold a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? Th...
Luke 10:1 . The Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two. This was after the twelve had returned, and brought reports of the eager cries of the people for the word of life. Som...
How readest thou? Profitable reading of the Bible As there are always among violets some that are very much sweeter to us than others, so among texts there are some that are more precious to us...
EXPOSITION Luke 10:1-42 The mission of the seventy. The Lord ' s words to them of instruction and direction and warning. Luke 10:1 After these things the Lord appointed other seve...
The question of the lawyer:
Galatians 3:12 ; Galatians 3:13 ; Galatians 3:21 ; Galatians 3:22 ; Isaiah 8:20 ; Romans 10:5 ; Romans 3:19 ; Romans 4:14-16
The Message of the Jericho Road Luke 10:25-37 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. THE MAN WHO MADE HIS BOAST OF THE LAW A certain lawyer tempted Christ, asking Him what he should do to inherit eternal life...