Luke 17:33 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. ”

• Luke 17:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See the notes at Matthew 10:39 .

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• Luke 17:33 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall (e) preserve it. (e) That is, will save it, as Matthew expounds it: for the life that is spoken of here i...

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• Luke 17:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Luke 17. The chapter illustrates the difficulty experienced by Lk. in using the material at his disposal. He here brings together without any clear connexion of thought a selection of sayings of Ch...

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• Luke 17:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  life . Greek. psuche. See App-110. his life . it. preserve it . preserve it alive. Greek. zoogoneo. Occurs only here and in Acts 7:19 . Repeated from Luke 9:24 ; Luke 9:25 . Matthew 10:...

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• Luke 17:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Whosoever shall seek to save his life - These or similar words were spoken on another occasio...

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• Luke 17:33 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Whosoever shall seek to save his life, &c.— As in the whole of this discourse our Lord is speaking of the temporal calamities which were to befal the Jewish nation, his words in this verse must...

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• Luke 17:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his lif...

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• Luke 17:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Occasions of Offence. The Ten Lepers. The Second Advent 1, 2. On causing others to sin. See on Matthew 18:6 ; Matthew 18:7 . 2, One of these little ones ] An affectionate designation of the di...

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• Luke 17:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Whosoever shall seek to save his life. — The better MSS. give a word which is rendered elsewhere by “purchase” ( Acts 20:28 ; 1 Timothy 3:13 ), and perhaps always suggests, as the other word for “...

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• Luke 17:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “The Days of the Son of Man” Luke 17:22-37 Clearly enough, our Lord foresaw the approaching dissolution of the Jewish state. There was no help for it, notwithstanding all that the Baptist and C...

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• Luke 17:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The thinking of the Master for His disciples is always that they should live in love. He knew, however, that offenses must come. In that connection He uttered the solemn word of warning, "Woe unto hi...

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• Luke 17:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (22) And he said unto the disciples, The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. (23) And they shall say to you, See here, or see there:...

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• Luke 17:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Whosoever shall seek to save his life ,.... By fleeing to some strong hold, or by continuing in the metropolis, and strongest city in the nation, Jerusalem: shall lose it : there he will be in the...

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• Luke 17:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Ver. 33. See Trapp on " Mat 16:25 " See Trapp on " Mat 10:39 "

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• Luke 17:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it The sense of this and the following verses is, Yet, as great as the danger will be, do not seek to save your lives by violating your consciences...

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• Luke 17:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  GRACE IN VIEW OF OFFENSES (vs.1-4) We have seen the grace of God clearly and beautifully declared, yet the world rejecting it. The Lord Jesus then spoke to His disciples. What should be their att...

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• Luke 17:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Progress of Christ's Kingdom; Destruction of Jerusalem.       20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God s...

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• Luke 17:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That is, whosoever, in disobedience to my command, shall use arts to preserve his life, shall lose it; and whosoever, at my command, shall be ready to lose it, shall preserve it, or if he loseth his...

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• Luke 17:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “Whoever will seek to gain his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life shall preserve it.” The third illustration is between those who cling to their lives of sin, like Lot's wife, and thu...

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• Luke 17:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 17:20 . Demanded of the Pharisees .—We can scarcely think that they had any good end in view in asking this question; it is probable they expected to get some answer which mi...

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• Luke 17:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 17:1 . It is impossible but that offences will come. Such as the disciples had just seen, the contempt and derision evinced by the pharisees; but woe to the man, and woe to the nation which s...

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• Luke 17:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Shall lose it Life through death I. IT IS COMMONLY REQUIRED OF US TO SACRIFICE A LOWER GOOD, IN ORDER TO GAIN A HIGHER. Not always, but almost always. The good things of this world are of sever...

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• Luke 17:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 17:1-42 The Master ' s teaching on the subject of the injury worked on the souls of others by our sins. The disciples pray for an increase of faith that they may be kept...

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• Luke 17:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Final warnings:

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• Luke 17:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 12:25 ; Luke 9:24 ; Luke 9:25 ; Mark 8:35-37 ; Matthew 10:39 ; Matthew 16:25 ; Revelation 2:10

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• Luke 17:33 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The sense of this and the following verses is, Yet as great as the danger will be, do not seek to save your life by violating your conscience: if you do, you will surely lose it: whereas if you sho...

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