Luke 14:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying,Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? ”

Luke 14:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jesus, answering - To “answer,” in the Scriptures, does not always imply, as among us, that anything had been said before. It means often merely to “begin” or to take up a subject, or, as here, t...
Luke 14:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Sabbath with a Pharisee. A companion picture to Luke 13:10-17 . When in Luke 6:6-11 Lk. relates the cure of the man with a withered hand ( Mark 3:1-6 ; Matthew 12:9-13 ) he omits the illustra...
Luke 14:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jesus . App-98. unto . Greek. pros. App-104. lawyers . doctors of the law.
Luke 14:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Is it lawful to cure on Sabbath? The meaning of this question is, ought the curing of a man to be reckoned among the works which violate the Sabbath? If they had said that the observan...
Luke 14:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
Luke 14:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to he...
Luke 14:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Dropsical Man. The Great Supper. Divers Sayings and Parables 1-6. The sabbath question again. The man with the dropsy healed (peculiar to Lk).
Luke 14:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Unto the lawyers. — See Note on Matthew 22:35 . The teaching of our Lord is identical in substance, and nearly so in form, with that in Luke 6:6-11 ; Matthew 12:9-14 ; Mark 3:1-6 . Here, howeve...
Luke 14:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lament for Those Who “Would Not” Luke 13:31-35 ; Luke 14:1-6 Our Lord was at that time in Perea, in the jurisdiction of Herod, who probably desired to get rid of Him, lest His presence sho...
Luke 14:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nothing escaped the notice of Jesus. He saw the guests in the house, and their method of procedure in seeking the chief seats. As He watched, He enunciated two great truths of social application. Fir...
Luke 14:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the drop...
Luke 14:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE SPIRIT OF SUNDAY OBSERVANCE ‘Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?’ Luke 14:3 It was at Capernaum that the controversy with our Lord about the Sabbath took place. What do we learn fro...
Luke 14:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Jesus answering, spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees ,.... All the Oriental versions, for "lawyers", read "Scribes": these, with the Pharisees, were got together in a body, in their brother Pha...
Luke 14:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? Ver. 3. And Jesus answering ] viz. Their thoughts, which were naked and open; naked (for...
Luke 14:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And it came to pass About this time, probably just as our Lord was finishing his journey through Herod's dominions; he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees Τινος των αρχοντων Φαρισαι...
Luke 14:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

EATING IN THE PHARISEE'S HOUSE (vs.1-14) This chapter shows the heart of God in seeking man, yet also man in thorough contrast and opposition to God. One of the chief Pharisees invited the Lord...
Luke 14:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

A Man Cured of the Dropsy. 1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabba...
Luke 14:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 14:1 "
Luke 14:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Sabbath Meal At A Pharisee's House; The Healing of A Man With Dropsy (14:1-6). It is unusual in Luke for us to be given the full details of the setting, yet in this passage Jesus is invited into...
Luke 14:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 14:1 . One of the chief Pharisees .—Rather, “one of the rulers of the Pharisees” (R.V.). The phrase is a peculiar one, since the Pharisees, as such, had no rulers; it may ref...
Luke 14:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

14:1-6. And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which h...
Luke 14:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 14:3 . Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day. When customs are good, let us keep them; but when they are burthensome and inconsistent, the Saviour refused submission to the traditions of me...
Luke 14:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

He went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees The gospel for the seventeenth Sunday after Trinity I. WE HERE BEHOLD OUR SAVIOUR IN THE SOCIAL CIRCLE. Jesus was not a recluse. He had a ki...
Luke 14:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 14:1-42 The Pharisee ' s feast on a sabbath day. The healing of the sick with dropsy. Luke 14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief...
Luke 14:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Christ the Guest of a Pharisee. Luke 14:1-14 Healing a man afflicted with dropsy on the Sabbath:
Luke 14:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 7:23 ; Luke 11:44 ; Luke 11:45 ; Luke 13:14-16 ; Luke 6:9 ; Mark 3:4 ; Matthew 12:10
Luke 14:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And Jesus answering, spake — Answering the thoughts which he saw rising in their hearts.

Luke 14:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 14:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 14:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 14:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 14:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 14:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 14:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 14:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 14:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 14:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 14:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 14:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 14:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 14:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 14:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 14:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 14:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 14:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 14:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 14:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 14:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 14:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 14:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 14:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 14:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 14:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 14:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes