Luke 6:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. ”

Luke 6:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Matt. 5–7. Luke 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed...
Luke 6:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Level Place. This is much briefer than Matthew 5-7. The sections in Mt. that illustrate the fulfilment of the Law are omitted; more stress is laid on love and mercy. Other paralle...
Luke 6:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the false prophets . Compare Jeremiah 5:31 . 1Ki 18:19, 1 Kings 18:22 ; 1 Kings 22:11 . Isaiah 30:10 .
Luke 6:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. Woe to you when all men shall applaud you The last woe is intended to correct ambition: for nothing is more common than to seek the applauses of men, or, at least, to be carried away by...
Luke 6:26 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1495 TRUE HAPPINESS STATED Luke 6:20-26 . And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are ye that hunger now: fo...
Luke 6:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Luke 6:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!— "Woe unto you, ifby propagating such doctrines or sentiments as encourage and nourish the vain spirit of the world, you shall gain to yourselves...
Luke 6:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false pr...
Luke 6:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Choice of the Twelve. Sermon in the Plain 1-5. Plucking the ears of corn ( Matthew 12:1 ; Mark 2:23 ). See on Mt and Mk.
Luke 6:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So did their fathers to the false prophets. — The words are of very wide application, but it is probable that there is a special reference in them to the time of Hezekiah and the later kings of Jud...
Luke 6:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 15 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. IN considering the words of Jesus, if we may not be able to measure their depth or to scale their height, we can with absolute certainty discover their drift, and s...
Luke 6:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

New Leaders and New Principles Luke 6:12-26 There are three circles here: First, Christ and His Apostles-the men who were to be sent into all the world to preach the gospel and to lay the fou...
Luke 6:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In a synagogue our Lord healed the man with a withered hand, and the religious watchers were filled with anger because, according to their view, our Lord had desecrated the Sabbath. Surely, there is...
Luke 6:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(20) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor; for your's is the kingdom of God. (21) Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep...
Luke 6:26 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE DANGERS OF POPULARITY ‘Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you!’ Luke 6:26 It is more than probable that, if men speak well of you, their judgment of you is fallacious. Men ar...
Luke 6:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you !.... The word "all", is left out in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic; Persic: and Ethiopic versions, and is wanting in many copies, though it is i...
Luke 6:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. Ver. 26. When all men shall speak well ] What evil have I done, said Aristides, when one told h...
Luke 6:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Wo unto you Miserable are you; when all men speak well of you Because such universal applause is not to be gained without sinful compliances. “For,” as Dr. Whitby observes, “he that will be pleas...
Luke 6:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

LORD OF THE SABBATH (vs.1-11) "The second Sabbath after the first" is literally translated the "second-first Sabbath" (JND trans.), an unusual expression. The first Sabbath was that following the...
Luke 6:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Blessings and Woes. 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God....
Luke 6:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A good report of all, even those that are without, is a desirable thing, and what all good men ought to labour for, both by avoiding any just occasion of their speaking ill of them, and by doing all...
Luke 6:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Blessings and Woes On Israel (6:20-26). ‘And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, a Blessed are you poor, for yours is the Kingly Rule of God ( Luke 6:20 ). b Blessed are you who hu...
Luke 6:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 6:20-49 .—Though various opinions have been held on the subject, the balance of probabilities seems in favour of the supposition that the discourse commonly known as the Sermo...
Luke 6:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 6:26 The Dangers of Praise. I. It is more than probable that, if men speak well of you, their judgment of you is fallacious; you do not deserve it. "In the like manner did their fathers unto...
Luke 6:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 6:1 . On the second sabbath after the first. The Hebrew law is, Leviticus 23:11 , on the morrow after the sabbath, the priest shall wave the sheaf east and west, north and south, to denote t...
Luke 6:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you The dangers of praise “ Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you. ” 1. First of all, it is more than probable that, if they do...
Luke 6:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 6:1-42 The Lord ' s teaching on the question of the observance of the sabbath. Luke 6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first . The expression...
Luke 6:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A threefold woe:
Luke 6:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:5 ; 1 John 4:6 ; 2 Peter 2:1-3 ; 2 Peter 2:18 ; 2 Peter 2:19 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 ; Isaiah 30:10 ; James 4:4 ; Jeremiah 5:31 ; John 15:19 ; John 7:7 ; Micah 2:11 ; Revelatio...
Luke 6:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you — But who will believe this?

Luke 6:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 6:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 6:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 6:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 6:26 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Luke 6:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 6:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 6:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 6:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 6:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 6:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 6:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 6:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 6:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 6:26 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 6:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 6:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 6:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 6:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 6:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 6:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 6:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 6:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 6:26 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 6:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 6:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 6:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 6:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 6:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 6:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes