Luke 11:41 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. ”

Luke 11:41 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Alms - Charity. Benefactions to the poor. Such things as ye have - Your property; though it has been gained unjustly: though you have lived by rapine, and have amassed wealth in an improper m...
Luke 11:41 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But rather give alms (f) of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. (f) That is, according to your ability: as one would say, instead of your extortion which hindered you...
Luke 11:41 - 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 11:41 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

But rather , &c.. Nevertheless [ye say] "give alms", &c. This was the great meritorious work. supposed to cleanse or make amends for everything. such things as ye have . the things that ar...
Luke 11:41 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

41. But out of what you have, give alms. Christ, according to his custom, withdraws the Pharisees from ceremonies to charity, declaring that it is not water, but liberality, (285) that clea...
Luke 11:41 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. Give alms of such things as ye have - Meaning either what was within the dishes spoken of before; or what w...
Luke 11:41 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But, &c.— But rather give alms of such things as you are able. Or, in proportion to your substance. Doddridge. We are not to imagine, that alms-giving was particularly mentioned by Christ i...
Luke 11:41 - 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...
Luke 11:41 - 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 11:41 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But rather give alms of such things as ye have. — This, too, is peculiar to St. Luke. In the underlying principle of its teaching it sweeps away the whole fabric of the law of ceremonial purity, as...
Luke 11:41 - 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 11:41 - 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 11:41 - 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 11:41 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But rather give alms of such things as ye have ,.... The phrase τα ενοντα, is variously rendered, and so furnishes out various senses: the Syriac version renders it, "give that which is", which is y...
Luke 11:41 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. Ver. 41. But rather give alms ] So Daniel counsels Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 4:27 . Ralph, Bishop of Chich...
Luke 11:41 - 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 11:41 - 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 11:41 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBGrk; plhn ta enonta dote elehmosunhn. The word enonta being a word not ordinarily used in a sense which will fit this place, hath made a great abounding in their own senses amongst interpreters;...
Luke 11:41 - 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...
Luke 11:41 - 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 11:41 - 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 11:41 - 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 11:41 - The Biblical Illustrator

Give alms of such things as ye have Christian charity In the Revised Version the translation is--“Give for alms those things that are within,” and this preserves the point of the saying, which...
Luke 11:41 - 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 11:41 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Woes upon the Pharisees and. Lawyers. The Pharisee's offense:
Luke 11:41 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:16 ; 1 John 3:17 ; 1 Timothy 4:4 ; 1 Timothy 4:5 ; 2 Corinthians 8:12 ; 2 Corinthians 8:7-9 ; 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 ; Acts 10:15 ; Acts 10:31 ; Acts 10:32 ; Acts 11:29 ; Acts 24:1...
Luke 11:41 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Give what is in them — The vessels which ye clean, in alms, and all things are clean to you. As if he had said, By acts directly contrary to rapine and wickedness, show that your hearts are cleanse...

Luke 11:41 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 11:41 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 11:41 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:41 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 11:41 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:41 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 11:41 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 11:41 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 11:41 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:41 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 11:41 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 11:41 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 11:41 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 11:41 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 11:41 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 11:41 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:41 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 11:41 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 11:41 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 11:41 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 11:41 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 11:41 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 11:41 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 11:41 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 11:41 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 11:41 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 11:41 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes