John 12:25; Luke 9:24; Luke 9:25; Mark 8:35-37; Matthew 10:39; Matthew 16:25; Revelation 2:10
See the notes at Matthew 10:39 .
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall (e) preserve it. (e) That is, will save it, as Matthew...
Luke 17. The chapter illustrates the difficulty experienced by Lk. in using the material at his disposal. He here brings together without any clear...
life . Greek. psuche. See App-110. his life . it. preserve it . preserve it alive. Greek. zoogoneo. Occurs only here and in Acts 7:19 . Rep...
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Whosoever shall seek to save his life - The...
Whosoever shall seek to save his life, &c.— As in the whole of this discourse our Lord is speaking of the temporal calamities which were to bef...
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Whosoever shall seek to save his li...
Occasions of Offence. The Ten Lepers. The Second Advent 1, 2. On causing others to sin. See on Matthew 18:6 ; Matthew 18:7 . 2, One of these l...
On the coming of the Son of man. The Pharisees having now withdrawn, Jesus proceeds to speak more unreservedly to the disciples of the final and gl...
In Matthew 10:39 ; Matthew 16:25 , where the same words occur, the reference is to willingness to suffer martyrdom. Here the idea is more general:...
Whosoever shall seek to save his life. — The better MSS. give a word which is rendered elsewhere by “purchase” ( Acts 20:28 ; 1 Timothy 3:13 ), an...
“The Days of the Son of Man” Luke 17:22-37 Clearly enough, our Lord foresaw the approaching dissolution of the Jewish state. There was no help...
The thinking of the Master for His disciples is always that they should live in love. He knew, however, that offenses must come. In that connection H...
(22) And he said unto the disciples, The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. (23)...
Whosoever shall seek to save his life ,.... By fleeing to some strong hold, or by continuing in the metropolis, and strongest city in the nation, Je...
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. Ver. 33. See Trapp on " Mat 16:25 "...
Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it The sense of this and the following verses is, Yet, as great as the danger will be, do not see...
GRACE IN VIEW OF OFFENSES (vs.1-4) We have seen the grace of God clearly and beautifully declared, yet the world rejecting it. The Lord Jesus the...
The Progress of Christ's Kingdom; Destruction of Jerusalem. 20 And when he was de...
That is, whosoever, in disobedience to my command, shall use arts to preserve his life, shall lose it; and whosoever, at my command, shall be ready t...
“Whoever will seek to gain his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life shall preserve it.” The third illustration is between those who cli...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 17:20 . Demanded of the Pharisees .—We can scarcely think that they had any good end in view in asking this question; it is...
Luke 17:1 . It is impossible but that offences will come. Such as the disciples had just seen, the contempt and derision evinced by the pharisees;...
Shall lose it Life through death I. IT IS COMMONLY REQUIRED OF US TO SACRIFICE A LOWER GOOD, IN ORDER TO GAIN A HIGHER. Not always, but almost...
EXPOSITION Luke 17:1-42 The Master ' s teaching on the subject of the injury worked on the souls of others by our sins. The disciples pr...
Final warnings:
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
The sense of this and the following verses is, Yet as great as the danger will be, do not seek to save your life by violating your conscience: if y...
33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.