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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 11:1-54

Watching the Master at prayer, His disciples were inspired with a desire to pray, and requested that they be taught. He responded to them in a fourfold statement. First, He gave them a model. Then He revealed the character of God as He contrasted it with that of the unjust judge. He then gave them the franchise of prayer in the words, "Ask, seek, knock"; and finally revealed the ground of confidence as it existed in the Fatherhood of God. His casting out of a demon raised criticism by some,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:1-54

Jesus Sets His Face Towards Jerusalem Followed By Centring on the Lord’s Prayer For The Evangelisation of the World (9:51-11:54). This section commences with Jesus setting His face towards Jerusalem because the time for Him to be received up (as mentioned in Luke 9:22; Luke 9:31; Luke 9:44) is approaching, and it centres around the Lord’s Prayer for the evangelisation of the world (Luke 11:1-4) which is exemplified throughout. This is apparent from an analysis: a ‘And it came about when the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:37-52

The Woeful State of Those Whose Light Is Darkness, And Who Therefore Come Under His Woes (11:37-52). But sadly there are those whose eyes turn away from the light. Instead of their eyes being fixed on His words they are turned to other words. And those words keep them in darkness, as the next incident reveals. This incident is said to take place in the house of a Pharisee to which Jesus was invited for a meal, but it is clear that there are a good number of Pharisees and Scribes there. This... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:47-48

“Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. So are you witnesses and consent to the works of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs.” Furthermore they associated themselves with the slaughter of the prophets by building them great tombs without being overmuch concerned about what their fathers had done. They honoured the dead prophets, thereby acknowledging the truth of their words, but this did not make them follow the prophets’... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:37-54

Luke 11:37-1 Timothy : . Condemnation of Pharisees and Scribes.— Cf. (though the arrangement is different) Matthew 23*, where the Jerusalem setting is more suitable (perhaps Lk. wishes to make the Jerusalem discourses end with the apocalypse of Mark 13). It is strange that Jesus should offend His host, first by deed, then by word. The Pharisees emphasized outer cleanliness at the expense of inward, but on the other hand early Christian asceticism distorted the teaching and example of Jesus,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 11:47-51

See Poole on "Matthew 23:29" and following verses to Matthew 23:36. The Pharisees, like a company of wretched hypocrites, under a pretence of their honouring the memories of the prophets under the Old Testament, took great care to repair and to adorn their sepulchres, while in the mean time their hearts were as full of malice against the truth, and against Christ and those who came to reveal God’s will to them, as ever were their fathers against the prophets; and, saith our Saviour, I, who am... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 11:37-54

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 11:37. Besought.—Simply, “asked” (R.V.). To dine.—Rather, “that He would breakfast with him.” The word used means a noon-day meal = our late breakfast or luncheon.Luke 11:38. Washed.—The washing was a ceremonial act, and cleanliness was not the object of it. The ablutions, which had become most elaborate and frivolous, were not based even upon Levitical law, but upon Pharisaic tradition and the so-called Oral law.Luke 11:39. Now.—I.e., “as things are.” Make clean, etc.—In... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 11:1-54

Tonight, chapter 11 in the gospel according to Luke.Again, as Luke is pointing out the human side of Jesus, though He was God, He became man. He is the God-man. He is divine, and yet, He is human. The perfect balance. And whereas John points out the divinity of Christ in his gospel, which we will be entering into next, Luke points out the humanity of Jesus. And because this is the special emphasis of Luke, he does record more than any of the other gospel writers concerning the prayer life of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 11:1-54

Luke 11:1 . Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. The disciples of John were eminent for fasting and prayer; and though the prayers of the jews were good, yet they were not exactly adapted to the new dispensation which John came to introduce. The litanies or pleadings of the jews were brief, but their doxologies were numerous. Luke 11:2 . Our Father which art in heaven. The last words of this sentence are not in the Vulgate, but they are understood in the word... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 11:47-48

Luke 11:47-48Ye build the sepulchres of the prophetsBuilding the tombs of the prophetsThe Jews, whilst honouring the prophets and reproaching their fathers, were flattering themselves that they could never have done the like.Would they not indeed? were they not at the very moment thirsting for the blood of Christ and contriving His destruction? Alas for the fatal facility with which those who are quick in discerning the faults of others can blind themselves to their own I Here was the fault of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 11:1-54

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:1-54

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:37-52

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:47-48

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:37-54

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 11:47-51

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 11:37-54

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 11:1-54

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 11:1-54

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 11:47-48

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