Luke 18:13

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me, a sinner!

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Standing afar off - Afar off from the “temple.” The place where prayer was offered in the temple was the court of women. The Pharisee advanced to...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the publican, standing (e) afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to m...
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

standing : i.e. in. position of humility. afar off. Compare Psalms 40:12 . Ezra 9:6 . not... so much as . not even. Greek. ou (App-105.) ou...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. The publican standing at a distance. Here Christ did not intend to lay down a general rule, as if it were necessary, whenever we pray, t...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1558 THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN Luke 18:13-14 . And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so muck as his eyes unto he...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the publican, standing afar off,— Impressed with a deep sense of his sins, the publican appeared so vile in his own sight, that he would not go...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Afar off ] viz. from the Pharisee, whom, in his humility, he thought far more righteous than himself. Would not lift up ] Since the rabbis forbade...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The publican, standing afar off. — The words point to a sense of shame which kept the publican away from the crowd of worshippers who pressed forwa...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PLEA FOR MERCY ‘God be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13 Why is it so hard to repent? Why is it so hard to get back? Does God repel H...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the publican standing afar off ,.... Not at the outermost porch, or at the door: for "a man might not fix his place at the door of the synagogu...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the publican, standing afar off 1st, Under a sense of his being unworthy to be permitted to draw near to God, or to go up among his people into...
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

Those who fancy the publican stood afar off from the Pharisee, because the Pharisees would suffer none but those of their sect, at least none that we...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“But the public servant, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast, saying, ‘God, be you merciful to m...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

merciful Greek, "hilaskomai", used in the Septuagint and New Testament in connection with the mercy-seat ( Exodus 25:17 ); ( Exodus 25:18 ); (...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 18:10-13 There are five points in which the Pharisee and the publican agree; there are five points in which they differ, and there are five s...
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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 1:8-10 ; 1 Timothy 1:15 ; 2 Chronicles 33:12 ; 2 Chronicles 33:13 ; 2 Chronicles 33:19 ; 2 Chronicles 33:23 ; 2 Corinthians 7:11 ; Act...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The publican standing afar off — From the holy of holies, would not so much as lift up his eyes to heaven — Touched with shame, which is more ingen...

¹³ And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Related Commentaries of Luke 18:13

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

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Luke 18:13