Luke 18:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves thatb they were righteous, and despised others: ”

• Luke 18:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Unto certain - Unto some. Which trusted in themselves - Who confided in themselves, or who supposed that they were righteous. They did not trust to God or the Messiah for righteousness, but t...

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• Luke 18:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (2) And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: (2) Two things especially make our prayers void and of no effect: confidence of...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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...

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• Luke 18:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  certain . some also. in . Greek. epi. App-104. despised . made nothing of. others . the rest. See Luke 8:10 .

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• Luke 18:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Christ now gives directions about another virtue, which is necessary to acceptable prayer. Believers must not come into the presence of God but with humility and abasement. No disease is more d...

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• Luke 18:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Despised - Εξουθενουντας, Disdained, made nothing of others, treated them with sovere...

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• Luke 18:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And he spake this parable— Our Saviour, having encouraged and enforced the duty of importunity and perseverance in prayer, proceeded, in another instance, to caution against a self-righteous Pharis...

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• Luke 18:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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...

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• Luke 18:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Unto certain which trusted in themselves... — Here, as above, the purpose of the parable is stated at the outset. It is, perhaps, open for us to think that isolated fragments of our Lord’s teaching...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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...

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• Luke 18:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he spake this parable unto certain ,.... Or with respect to certain men; having a view to them, in order to expose their pride, vanity, arrogance, and self confidence: which trusted in themsel...

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• Luke 18:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: Ver. 9. That they were righteous, and despised others. ] Pray to be preserved fro...

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• Luke 18:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And he spake this parable Having in the preceding parable guarded his disciples against faintness and weariness in prayer, he here guards them against the contrary extreme of self-confidence: unto...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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...

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• Luke 18:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  By the term certain, or some, he unquestionably understandeth the Pharisees and their disciples, who (as we have all along in the history of the Gospel observed) were a generation of men who were emi...

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• Luke 18:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And he spoke also this parable to certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought,' The people described here are in direct contrast with those who will hav...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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...

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• Luke 18:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

  righteous ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 10:3 ).

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• Luke 18:9 - 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; «Not to faint» in their expectation of answers to their supplications, and therefore giv...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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...

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• Luke 18:9 - 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,...

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• Luke 18:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  And He spake this parable unto certain which trusted themselves that they were righteous and despised others:

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• Luke 18:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 22:21 ; Isaiah 65:5 ; Isaiah 66:5 ; John 7:47-49 ; John 8:48 ; John 9:28 ; John 9:34 ; Luke 10:29 ; Luke 15:29 ; Luke 16:15 ; Luke 15:2 ; Luke 15:30 ; Luke 18:11 ; Luke 19:7 ; Luk...

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• Luke 18:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  He spake this parable — Not to hypocrites; the Pharisee here mentioned was no hypocrite, no more than an outward adulterer: but he sincerely trusted in himself that he was righteous, and accordingl...

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