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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:9

Then said Jesus unto them ,.... The Scribes and Pharisees, who were watching him, and whose thoughts, and the reasonings of their minds, purposes, and intentions, he full well knew: I will ask you one thing ; or question, as they had asked him one before; Matthew 12:10 is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it ? See Gill on Mark 3:4 to which may be added, that to save life on the sabbath day was agreeable to their own canons: there... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:10

And looking round about upon them all ,.... The Scribes and Pharisees, and the rest of the people in the synagogue; See Gill on Mark 3:5 . he said to the man ; who had the withered hand, stretch forth thy hand, and he did so ; he stretched it out, as the Syriac and Persic versions render it, which he was not able to do before: and his hand was restored well as the other ; the phrase, "well as the other", is left out in one copy, and in the Vulgate Latin version; and so is the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:1

On the second Sabbath after the first - Εν σαββατῳ δευτεροπρωτῳ , In the first Sabbath after the second. What does this mean? In answering this question, commentators are greatly divided. Dr. Whitby speaks thus: "After the first day of the passover, (which was a Sabbath, Exodus 12:16 ;), ye shall count unto you seven Sabbaths complete, Leviticus 23:15 , reckoning that day for the first of the first week, which was therefore called δευτεροπρωτον , the first Sabbath from the second... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:2

Which is not lawful - See on Matthew 12:2-8 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:3

What David did - See on Mark 2:26 , Mark 2:27 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:4

After this verse, the Codex Bezae and two ancient MSS. quoted by Wechel, have the following extraordinary addition: Τῃ αυτῃ ἡμερᾳ θεασαμενος τινα εργαζομενον τῳ σαββατῳ, ειπεν αυτῳ, Ανθρωπε, ει μεν οιδας τι ποιεις μακαριος ει; ει δε μη οιδας επικαταρατος, και παραβατης ειτου νομου . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:6

Whose right hand was withered - See on Matthew 12:10 ; (note), etc. The critic who says that ξηραν χειρα signifies a luxated arm, and that the stretching it out restored the bone to its proper place, without the intervention of a miracle, deserves no serious refutation. See on Luke 6:10 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:7

Watched him - Παρετηρουν αυτον , They maliciously watched him. This is the import of the word, Luke 14:1 ; Luke 20:20 , and in the parallel place, Mark 3:2 . See Raphelius on the last-quoted text, who has proved, by several quotations, that this is the proper meaning of the term. An accusation against him - Instead of κατηγοριαν αυτου , his accusation, several eminent MSS. and versions add κατα , against, which I find our translators have adopted. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:9

I will ask you one thing - I will put a question to you. See on Mark 3:4 , Mark 3:5 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:10

Whole as the other - Many MSS., both here and in the parallel place, Mark 3:5 , omit the word ὑγιης , whole. Griesbach leaves it out of the text. The hand was restored as the other. But had it only been a luxated joint, even allowing, with a German critic, that the bone regained its place by the effort made to stretch out the arm, without the intervention of a miracle, it would have required several weeks to restore the muscles and ligaments to their wonted tone and strength. Why all... read more

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