Luke 13:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. ”

• Luke 13:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See the notes at Matthew 8:11-12 .

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• Luke 13:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Narrow Entrance into Life. Parallels are found in Matthew 7:13 f., Matthew 25:11 f., Matthew 7:21-23 ; Matthew 8:11 f; Matthew 19:30 . The two preceding parables serve to lead up to a r...

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• Luke 13:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  30. And, lo, they are last who shall be first The same words, as we shall elsewhere see, were frequently employed by Christ, but in a different sense, ( Matthew 19:30 ; Mark 10:31 .) All th...

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• Luke 13:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. There are last which shall be first - See on Matthew 19:30 (note).

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• Luke 13:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. No JFB commentary on this verse.

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• Luke 13:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Galileans killed by Pilate. The Unfruitful Fig Tree. Lament Over Jerusalem 1-9. Three exhortations to repentance, of which the former two are based on recent events, and the third is a parable...

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• Luke 13:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And, behold, there are last... — See Note on Matthew 19:30 . In point of time, it may be noticed, this is the first utterance of the great law that God’s judgment reverses man’s. When it was utter...

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• Luke 13:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Penalty of Neglected Opportunity Luke 13:18-30 Notice here the inward movement and the outward effect of the gospel whether in the heart or in the world of men. The garden and the kitchen,...

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• Luke 13:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Someone brought to our Lord an account of a happening which seemed to suggest that those who suffered catastrophe are proved to be "sinners above all." He directly contradicted that view, and in that...

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• Luke 13:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the str...

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• Luke 13:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And behold, there are last which shall be first ,.... The Gentiles, the most mean and abject, afar from God, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, called last of all; these shall be first, and sit...

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• Luke 13:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. Ver. 30. See Matthew 19:30 ; Matthew 20:16 ; Mark 10:31 .

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• Luke 13:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  There shall be weeping , &c. Here he repeats what he had said when he commended the centurion's faith. See on Matthew 8:11-12 . As if he said, How little soever you may now regard it, the awful...

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• Luke 13:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  REPENT OR PERISH (vs.1-9) This chapter shows that righteousness by itself provides no hope for man, but presses upon us the solemn lesson of repentance. Thus it prepares the way for Chapter s 14...

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• Luke 13:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Curiosity Checked; The Doom of Sinful Professors.       23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto th...

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• Luke 13:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  This is a sentence which our Saviour often made use of, and not always to the same purpose. See Poole on " Matthew 19:30 " . See Poole on " Matthew 20:16 " . See Poole on " Mark 10:31 " . As to th...

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• Luke 13:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Consequences Of Their Rejection (13:28-35). The parable having been completed the actual facts are now described. Having been refused entry through the door of salvation they will suffer the d...

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• Luke 13:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 13:22 . Went through cities , etc.—Not a direct journey. To Jerusalem .—The last journey through Peræa to Jerusalem. Luke 13:23 . Then said one .—Probably a Jew (see Luk...

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• Luke 13:30 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Luke 13:6 . He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. It was a fig tree, a fruit-bearing tree by prof...

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• Luke 13:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 13:1 . There were some present at that season of the passover, that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. Though this might be blood for blood,...

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• Luke 13:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

  When once the Master of the house hath risen up False dependence on Church privileges In the eyes of Him who “seeth not as man seeth,” who readeth the heart and weigheth actions in the balances...

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• Luke 13:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 13:1-42 Signs of the times. The Lord continues his solemn warnings. Israel pictured in the parable of the barren fig tree. Luke 13:1 There were present at that sea...

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• Luke 13:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Entering in at the strait gate:

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• Luke 13:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Mark 10:31 ; Matthew 19:30 ; Matthew 20:16 ; Matthew 21:28-31 ; Matthew 3:10 ; Matthew 3:9 ; Matthew 8:11 ; Matthew 8:12

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• Luke 13:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  But there are last — Many of the Gentiles who were latest called, shall be most highly rewarded; and many of the Jews who were first called, shall have no reward at all. Matthew 19:30 .

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