Luke 18:9

righteous

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

Related Commentaries of 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 tr...
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...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

certain . some also. in . Greek. epi. App-104. despised . made nothing of. others . the rest. See Luke 8:10 .
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...
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...
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 in...
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 u...
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 prec...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Pharisee and the Publican at Prayer (peculiar to Lk). This parable is apparently addressed not to the Pharisees themselves, but to certain of t...
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 th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, arroganc...
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 righteou...
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 agai...
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 chapt...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Pharisee and the Publican. 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which tru...
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 Gosp...
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 h...
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 Acceptabi...
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 h...
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...
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 Chris...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 18:1-7 . And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, w...
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; Especially, not to faint in prayer, no...
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 thinkin...
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 UPO...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And He spake this parable unto certain which trusted themselves that they were righteous and despised others:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Pharisee and the Publican. The Pharisee:
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...
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 truste...

⁹ And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves thatb they were righteous, and despised others:

Related Commentaries of Luke 18:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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