“ Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. ”
Publicans and sinners - See the notes at Matthew 9:10 .
Then drew near unto (1) him (a) all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. (1) We must not give up on those who have gone out of the way, but according to the example of Christ we must take grea...
Luke 25. Three Parables Showing God's Love for the Lost, and His Joy at their Restoration. The three parables in this chapter have no definite note of time or place. An introduction is supplied fro...
Then drew near . Then were drawing near. all . Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Part), App-6, for. large number. publicans . tax-gatherers. for to hear . to hear.
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. Publicans and sinners - Τελωναι και ἁμαρτωλοι, tax-gatherers and heathens; persons who neither believed in Christ nor in Moses....
Then drew near—all the publicans, &c.— To do good unto all sorts of men, was the employment and highest pleasure of the Son of God; accordingly, when the tax-gatherers and sinners came to hear...
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. Then - but when, is not stated and cannot be determined. See remarks prefixed to Luke 9:51 . Drew near , х eesan...
Publicans and sinners ] see on Matthew 5:46 ; Matthew 9:11 .
XV. (1) Then drew near unto him... — Better, and all the publicans and the sinners were drawing near to hear Him. There is not quite the same direct sequence in the Greek as in the English, bu...
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Our Lord's attitude toward the sinning multitudes aroused the hostility of the Pharisees, and to them principally He uttered the great discourse of this chapter, consisting of a threefold parable. In...
Luke 15:1 Contents The Lord is here teaching by Parables. Here are three contained in this Chapter; namely, the Lost Sheep, the Lost Piece of Money, and the Prodigal Son.
Then drew near to him ,.... To "Jesus", as the Persic and Ethiopic versions express it: this was on the sabbath day, and either when he was in the Pharisee's house, where he was invited to dinner,...
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. Ver. 1. All the publicans and sinners ] Christ familiarized himself with these despised persons, and thereby much won upon t...
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners That is, some of all the different classes of publicans, or all those of that place, and some other notorious sinners; for to hear him Being...
SEEKING THE LOST SHEEP (vs.3-7) Though discipleship to Christ is a wonderful privilege, yet man would never choose a path of true discipleship if God did not seek him first. In this chapter we se...
The Lost Sheep and Piece of Silver. 1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees...
LUKE CHAPTER 15 Luke 15:1,2 The Pharisees murmur at Christ for receiving sinners. Luke 15:3-7 The parable of the lost sheep, Luke 15:8-10 and piece of silver, Luke 15:11-32 and of the...
‘Now all the public servants and sinners were drawing near to him to hear him.' Gathered in the crowds around Jesus were large numbers of public servants and ‘sinners'. The ‘public servants were tho...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 15:1 . Publicans and sinners .— I.e. , tax-gatherers, odious to the whole nation on account of their occupation and their unscrupulousness in carrying it on, and persons from...
Luke 15:1-2 It has been observed that intense cold will produce very much the same effect as fervent heat. The ring of iron that surrounds a wheel, being exposed to keen frosts during a long winte...
This is a chapter that needs no explanation; it carries its key within itself, and the experience of every child of God is the best exposition of it. The three parables recorded here set forth the wo...
Luke 15:1 . Then drew near all the publicans and sinners to hear him. The pharisees were so intoxicated with ideas of their own righteousness, as to regard all such characters as excluded from the...
This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them Christ’s influence with the masses The masses were drawn to Christ’s teachings. I. THE REASONS FOR THIS ADMIRATION. 1. All lack of affecta...
EXPOSITION Luke 15:1-42 The Lord speaks his three parable-stories of the "lost," in which he explains his reason for loving and receiving the sinful. Luke 15:1 , Luke 15:2...
Then drew near unto Him all the publicans and sinners for to hear Him.
1 Timothy 1:15 ; Ezekiel 18:27 ; Luke 13:30 ; Luke 5:29-32 ; Luke 7:29 ; Matthew 21:28-31 ; Matthew 9:10-13 ; Romans 5:20
Christ Seeking To Save Luke 15:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The story of the prodigal son is one part of a threefold parable. 1. We have the shepherd suffering as he seeks his sheep. The parable...
All the publicans — That is, all who were in that place. It seems our Lord was in some town of Galilee of the Gentiles, from whence he afterward went to Jerusalem, Luke 17:11 .