Luke 20:47

Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Matthew 23:1 .
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Which devour widows' (k) houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. (k) By the figure of speech metonymy, "...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

devour . swallow up. show . pretext. damnation . judgment, or condemnation. App-177. Compare Luke 10:14 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Jesus denounces the scribes ( Matthew 23:1 ; Mark 12:38 ). See on Mt.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Devour widows' houses ] see on Mark 12:40 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(45-47) Then in the audience of all the people. — Better, in the hearing. See Notes on Matthew 23 , especially Luke 20:6-7 , and Mark 12:38-40...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter records the remarkable happenings gathered around our Lord's entrance into the Temple. By a parable He revealed the awful sin and failur...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Which devour widows' houses ,.... As the characters of them, in the preceding verse, expose their pride, this shows their avarice; they were very vo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

AUTHORITY:FROM HEAVEN OR OF MEN? (vs.1-8) The chief priests and scribes used every means they could to discredit the Lord Jesus among the people....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Scribes Confounded. 39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, th...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 20:45 "
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 20:41 . To them .— I.e. , to the scribes. Christ .—Rather, “the Christ” (R.V.). David’s son .—Cf. John 7:42 . Luke 20:4...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 20:2 . Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things. A question after all his miracles which offered the foulest insult to God, and was...
The Biblical Illustrator

Beware of the scribes The sins of the scribes and Pharisees The scribes were doctors of the law, who read and expounded the Scripture to the pe...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 20:1-42 Question of the priests and scribes as to the nature of the authority under which Jesus was acting. Luke 20:1...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A warning against the scribes:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

which devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers. The same shall receive greater damnation. In the hearing of all the people Jesus so...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 2:5 ; 2 Timothy 3:2-5 ; 2 Timothy 3:6 ; Amos 2:7 ; Amos 8:4-6 ; Ezekiel 22:7 ; Ezekiel 33:31 ; Isaiah 10:2 ; James 3:1 ; Je...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 23:14 .

⁴⁷ Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

Related Commentaries of Luke 20:47

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Luke 20:47