Luke 18:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. ”

Luke 18:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Standing afar off - Afar off from the “temple.” The place where prayer was offered in the temple was the court of women. The Pharisee advanced to the side of the court nearest to the temple, or n...
Luke 18:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the publican, standing (e) afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. (e) Far from the Pharisee in a lower...
Luke 18:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican (Lk. only). In Luke 18:9 we should perhaps translate concerning those who trusted, etc. The parable, not necessarily spoken on the same occasion as the pr...
Luke 18:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

standing : i.e. in. position of humility. afar off. Compare Psalms 40:12 . Ezra 9:6 . not... so much as . not even. Greek. ou (App-105.) oude. unto . Greek. eis. App-104. heaven . th...
Luke 18:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. The publican standing at a distance. Here Christ did not intend to lay down a general rule, as if it were necessary, whenever we pray, to cast down our eyes to the ground. He merely desc...
Luke 18:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1558 THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN Luke 18:13-14 . And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so muck as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be me...
Luke 18:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. The publican, standing afar off - Not beca...
Luke 18:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the publican, standing afar off,— Impressed with a deep sense of his sins, the publican appeared so vile in his own sight, that he would not go up among the people of God, but stood afar off, i...
Luke 18:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. And the publican, standing afar off...
Luke 18:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Unjust Judge. The Pharisee and the Publican. The Rich Ruler 1-8. The Unjust Judge (peculiar to Lk). There is a close connexion with what precedes. The mention of the Second Advent leads Chris...
Luke 18:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The publican, standing afar off. — The words point to a sense of shame which kept the publican away from the crowd of worshippers who pressed forward to the ark-end of the outer court of the Temple...
Luke 18:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 18:1-14 Chapter 11 CONCERNING PRAYER. WHEN the Greeks called man ό ανθρωπος, or the "uplooking one," they did but crystallize in a word what is a universal fact, the religious instinct o...
Luke 18:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Those Whom God Accepts Luke 18:9-17 We are taught here the spirit in which we should pray. Too many pray “with themselves.” The only time that we may thank God for not being as others is when w...
Luke 18:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Two parables on prayer are here given. The first insists on its necessity as an alternative to fainting. The second reveals the secrets of prevailing prayer, namely, humility and a deep sense of need...
Luke 18:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others: (10) Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee, and the other...
Luke 18:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PLEA FOR MERCY ‘God be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13 Why is it so hard to repent? Why is it so hard to get back? Does God repel His wandering sons? Does the wilderness swallow the...
Luke 18:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the publican standing afar off ,.... Not at the outermost porch, or at the door: for "a man might not fix his place at the door of the synagogue, but, ירחיק, "he must go afar off", the space of...
Luke 18:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. Ver. 13. Smote upon his breast ] In to...
Luke 18:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the publican, standing afar off 1st, Under a sense of his being unworthy to be permitted to draw near to God, or to go up among his people into the court of Israel, though probably a Jew, he st...
Luke 18:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

GRACE PRODUCING PERSISTENT PRAYER (vs.1-8) This section connects with the subjects of chapter 17. We have seen in the four sections of that chapter that the gospel of grace produces in the believ...
Luke 18:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pharisee and the Publican. 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and d...
Luke 18:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Those who fancy the publican stood afar off from the Pharisee, because the Pharisees would suffer none but those of their sect, at least none that were under such a notoriety of disrepute as the publ...
Luke 18:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Parable Of The One Who Trusted In Himself That He Was Supremely Acceptable to God, And Was Not, And The One Who Was Doubtful About His Acceptability With God Who Was Made Fully Acceptable (18:9-...
Luke 18:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 18:9 . Unto certain .—This parable is not addressed to Pharisees, but to some of His own followers who were Pharisaical at heart. Despised .—Or “set at nought” (R.V.). Othe...
Luke 18:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

merciful Greek, "hilaskomai", used in the Septuagint and New Testament in connection with the mercy-seat ( Exodus 25:17 ); ( Exodus 25:18 ); ( Exodus 25:21 ); ( Hebrews 9:5 ). As an instructed...
Luke 18:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 18:10-13 There are five points in which the Pharisee and the publican agree; there are five points in which they differ, and there are five special lessons which the incident urges upon the a...
Luke 18:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 18:1 . And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; An old writer says that many of Christ's parables need a key to unlock them. Here, the...
Luke 18:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 18:1 . Men ought always to pray, and not to faint. We have continual wants, and God is always ready to hear. And as we must always be thinking of good or of evil, it is best to set the Lord a...
Luke 18:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Two men went up into the temple to pray. Whom the Lord receives Observe, from the parable-- I. HOW GOD LOOKS UPON THE HEART, RATHER THAN UPON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE. It is not the spoken ser...
Luke 18:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 18:1-42 The Lord speaks the two parables on prayer — the importunate widow, and the Pharisee and publican. Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end,...
Luke 18:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me, a sinner!
Luke 18:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:8-10 ; 1 Timothy 1:15 ; 2 Chronicles 33:12 ; 2 Chronicles 33:13 ; 2 Chronicles 33:19 ; 2 Chronicles 33:23 ; 2 Corinthians 7:11 ; Acts 2:37 ; Daniel 9:18 ; Daniel 9:19 ; Daniel 9:5...
Luke 18:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The publican standing afar off — From the holy of holies, would not so much as lift up his eyes to heaven — Touched with shame, which is more ingenuous than fear.

Luke 18:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 18:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 18:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 18:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Luke 18:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 18:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 18:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 18:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 18:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 18:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 18:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 18:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 18:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 18:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 18:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 18:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 18:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 18:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 18:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 18:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 18:13 - Scofield Reference Notes

Luke 18:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 18:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 18:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 18:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 18:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 18:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 18:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 18:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes