“ Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. ”
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...
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...
Bless. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 6:20 ; Luke 6:21 ; Luke 6:22 . pray. See App-134. for . on behalf of. Greek. huper. App-104.
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, No JFB commentary on these verses.
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.
Love your enemies. — See Notes on Matthew 5:44 . It should be noted that the great command of the gospel is set forth in the Sermon on the Plain in its width and universality, without being formal...
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...
How to Treat Our Fellow-Men Luke 6:27-38 Luke's version of the Sermon on the Mount differs from that of Matthew, only as each views the great discourse from his own standpoint. By one it is vie...
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...
(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...
Bless them that curse you ;.... In common discourse, or anathematize you in their synagogues: and pray for them which despitefully use you : so Christ himself did; Matthew 5:44 .
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. Ver. 28. See Matthew 5:44 ; Romans 12:20 .
But I say unto you which hear You who hear me now, and you who in future ages shall hear my gospel. Hitherto our Lord had spoken only to particular sorts of persons; now he begins speaking to all i...
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...
Exhortations to Justice and Mercy. 27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, 28 Bless...
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Jesus Proclaims The New Law of the Kingly Rule of God (6:20-49). Like Matthew 5-7 this ‘sermon' or ‘address' is carefully put together and patterned, but, in spite of similarities, we would be mis...
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 6:1 . 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...
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies The ideal of Christianity This passage is in earnest. You are to do this. Why? In order that you may come into the family of God. Here is not s...
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...
The law of love:
1 Corinthians 4:12 ; 1 Peter 3:9 ; Acts 14:5 ; Acts 7:60 ; Ezekiel 25:15 ; Ezekiel 36:5 ; James 3:10 ; Luke 23:34 ; Romans 12:14