Luke 20:47 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. ”

• Luke 20:47 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See Matthew 23:1 .

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• Luke 20:47 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Which devour widows' (k) houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. (k) By the figure of speech metonymy, "houses" is understood to mean the goods and substa...

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• Luke 20:47 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  devour . swallow up. show . pretext. damnation . judgment, or condemnation. App-177. Compare Luke 10:14 .

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• Luke 20:47 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].

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• Luke 20:47 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son? And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son? For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 12:35-40 .

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• Luke 20:47 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Various Incidents of the Last Week 1-8. The authority of Jesus challenged ( Matthew 21:23 ; Mark 11:27 ). See on Mt.

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• Luke 20:47 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (45-47) Then in the audience of all the people. — Better, in the hearing. See Notes on Matthew 23 , especially Luke 20:6-7 , and Mark 12:38-40 . St. Luke’s report agrees almost verbally with t...

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• Luke 20:47 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  David's Lord Testing Men and Women Luke 20:41-47 ; Luke 21:1-4 It was the Master's turn to question. As man, He was David's descendant and son; as the Son of God, He was his Lord. Though it se...

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• Luke 20:47 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter records the remarkable happenings gathered around our Lord's entrance into the Temple. By a parable He revealed the awful sin and failure of the Hebrew nation, culminating in His own rej...

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• Luke 20:47 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son? And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy foo...

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• Luke 20:47 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Which devour widows' houses ,.... As the characters of them, in the preceding verse, expose their pride, this shows their avarice; they were very voracious and cruel; they did not spare widows, but...

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• Luke 20:47 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; 47 Which devour widows' houses,...

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• Luke 20:47 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  How say they that Christ is David's son , &c. For an elucidation of these verses, see on Matthew 22:41-46 ; Matthew 23:5-7 ; Matthew 23:14 ; and Mark 12:35-40 . David therefore calleth him...

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• Luke 20:47 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  AUTHORITY:FROM HEAVEN OR OF MEN? (vs.1-8) The chief priests and scribes used every means they could to discredit the Lord Jesus among the people. While He was teaching and preaching in the temple...

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• Luke 20:47 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Scribes Confounded.       39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said.   40 And after that they durst...

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• Luke 20:47 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Luke 20:45 "

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• Luke 20:47 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “Who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers.” We do not know quite how they devoured widow's houses. They were not supposed to receive payment for teaching. But they could soon...

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• Luke 20:47 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 20:41 . To them .— I.e. , to the scribes. Christ .—Rather, “the Christ” (R.V.). David’s son .—Cf. John 7:42 . Luke 20:42 . David himself .— Psalms 110:1 . David was po...

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• Luke 20:47 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Luke 20:2 . Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things. A question after all his miracles which offered the foulest insult to God, and was the emanation of complot and of malice. See Matt...

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• Luke 20:47 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Beware of the scribes The sins of the scribes and Pharisees The scribes were doctors of the law, who read and expounded the Scripture to the people. They were possessed of the key of knowledge...

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• Luke 20:47 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 20:1-42 Question of the priests and scribes as to the nature of the authority under which Jesus was acting. Luke 20:1 , Luke 20:2 And it came to pass, that on...

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• Luke 20:47 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A warning against the scribes:

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• Luke 20:47 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Thessalonians 2:5 ; 2 Timothy 3:2-5 ; 2 Timothy 3:6 ; Amos 2:7 ; Amos 8:4-6 ; Ezekiel 22:7 ; Ezekiel 33:31 ; Isaiah 10:2 ; James 3:1 ; Jeremiah 7:6-10 ; Luke 10:12-14 ; Luke 12:1 ; Luk...

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• Luke 20:47 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Matthew 23:14 .

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