Luke 11:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. ”

Luke 11:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Saw it - Saw that he sat immediately down without washing. Marvelled - Wondered. Was amazed. It was so unusual, and in his view so improper. Had not first washed - He wondered particularl...
Luke 11:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Condemnation of Pharisees and Scribes. Cf. (though the arrangement is different) Matthew 23*, where the Jerusalem setting is more suitable (perhaps Lk. wishes to make the Jerusalem discourses end...
Luke 11:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

washed . performed His ablutions. App-115 and App-136. before. Greek. pro. App-104. dinner. Greek. ariston. See note on "dine", Luke 11:37 .
Luke 11:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the Pharisee saw it , he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. First washed - See on Mark 7:2-4 (note).
Luke 11:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner. See the notes at...
Luke 11:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Lord's Prayer. The Sign of Jonah 1-4. The Lord's Prayer ( Matthew 6:9-15 ). See on Mt. If the Lord's Prayer was given only once, St. Luke is probably right as to the occasion. His version, how...
Luke 11:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He marvelled that he had not first washed. — See Notes on Matthew 15:2 ; Mark 7:3 . Here the word “washed” (literally, though of course not in the technical sense, baptized ) implies actual imme...
Luke 11:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Dark and Foul within Luke 11:33-44 “The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,” Proverbs 20:27 . How many unlit candles there are! Will you not ask whether Christ has ever kindled you with H...
Luke 11:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Watching the Master at prayer, His disciples were inspired with a desire to pray, and requested that they be taught. He responded to them in a fourfold statement. First, He gave them a model. Then He...
Luke 11:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(37) And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him. And he went in, and sat down to meat. (38) And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinne...
Luke 11:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the Pharisee saw it ,.... That Christ laid himself down on one of the couches and began to eat: he marvelled ; that so great a prophet as he was, and a man of so much religion and holines...
Luke 11:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the Pharisee saw it , he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. Ver. 38. That he had not washed ] This the Pharisees deemed as great a sin as to commit fornication. (Godw...
Luke 11:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Valuable Instruction as to Prayer (vs.1-13) As this chapter opens the Lord Jesus was exemplifying the character of dependent communion with His Father (that character that He commended in Mary)....
Luke 11:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine...
Luke 11:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 15:2 , the Pharisees quarrelled with the disciples upon this account; here this Pharisee is offended at Christ himself. Mark gives us the reason of it, Mark 7:3 , For the Pharisees, an...
Luke 11:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Now when he had spoken a Pharisee asks him to dine with him, and he went in, and sat down to meat, and when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first drenched (baptizo) himself before...
Luke 11:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 11:37 . Besought .—Simply, “asked” (R.V.). To dine .—Rather, “that He would breakfast with him.” The word used means a noon-day meal = our late breakfast or luncheon. Lu...
Luke 11:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 11:14-15 . And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake and the people wondered. But some of them said, He casteth out devi...
Luke 11:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 11:1 . Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. The disciples of John were eminent for fasting and prayer; and though the prayers of the jews were good, yet they were not ex...
Luke 11:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

A certain Pharisee besought Him to dine with him. The Pharisees reproved I. THE INVITATION. 1. The prominence with which the Pharisees figure in our Lord’s life is noticeable. (1) In view...
Luke 11:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 11:1-42 The Lord ' s teaching on the subject of prayer. Again the scene is far away from Jerusalem; no special note of time or place enables us to fix the scene...
Luke 11:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Woes upon the Pharisees and. Lawyers. The Pharisee's offense:
Luke 11:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 3:25 ; Mark 7:2-5 ; Matthew 15:2 ; Matthew 15:3

Luke 11:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 11:38 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 11:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 11:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 11:38 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 11:38 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 11:38 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 11:38 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 11:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 11:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 11:38 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 11:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 11:38 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:38 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 11:38 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 11:38 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 11:38 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 11:38 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 11:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 11:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge