Luke 11:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? ”

• Luke 11:40 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Ye fools - How unwise and wicked is your conduct! The word denotes not only “want of wisdom,” but also wickedness. Compare Psalms 14:1 ; Proverbs 13:19 ; Proverbs 14:9 . Your conduct is not me...

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• Luke 11:40 - 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...

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• Luke 11:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Ye fools. Fools . senseless ones. Greek. aphron. The first of eleven occurances.

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• Luke 11:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? Did not he that made that which is without - Did not the maker of the dish form it so, both outwardly and inward...

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• Luke 11:40 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ye fools, &c.— "What a silly as well as hypocritical part do you herein act, as if you could impose upon the all-seeing and heart-searching God, who desires truth in the inward parts? Did not h...

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• Luke 11:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. And the Lord said unto him, Now do...

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• Luke 11:40 - 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...

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• Luke 11:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without ..? — The question is peculiar to St. Luke, and implies a latent parabolic application of the previous words. Outward, positive ceremonial law, o...

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• Luke 11:40 - 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...

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• Luke 11:40 - 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...

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• Luke 11:40 - 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...

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• Luke 11:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without ,.... That is, made clean that which is without, or the outside of the cup and platter; make that which is within also ? does not he make the i...

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• Luke 11:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? Ver. 40. Did not he that made, &c. ] Ought he not, therefore, to be served with both? It is the hidden m...

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• Luke 11:40 - 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)....

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• Luke 11:40 - 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...

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• Luke 11:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 11:39 "

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• Luke 11:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Woeful State of Those Whose Light Is Darkness, And Who Therefore Come Under His Woes (11:37-52). But sadly there are those whose eyes turn away from the light. Instead of their eyes being fixe...

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• Luke 11:40 - 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...

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• Luke 11:40 - 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...

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• Luke 11:40 - 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...

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• Luke 11:40 - 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...

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• Luke 11:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Woes upon the Pharisees and. Lawyers. The Pharisee's offense:

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• Luke 11:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:36 ; Genesis 1:26 ; Genesis 2:7 ; Hebrews 12:9 ; Jeremiah 5:21 ; Luke 12:20 ; Luke 24:25 ; Matthew 23:17 ; Matthew 23:26 ; Numbers 16:22 ; Proverbs 1:22 ; Proverbs 8:5 ;...

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