John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 11:39
39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Ver. 39. See Matthew 23:25 . read more
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John Trapp
Samuel Bagster
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 11:39
Now: Matthew 23:25, Galatians 1:14, 2 Timothy 3:5, Titus 1:15 but: Luke 16:15, Genesis 6:5, 2 Chronicles 25:2, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Proverbs 26:25, Proverbs 30:12, Jeremiah 4:14, Matthew 12:33-Habakkuk :, Matthew 15:19, John 12:6, John 13:2, Acts 5:3, Acts 8:21-Isaiah :, James 4:8 ravening: Psalms 22:13, Ezekiel 22:25, Ezekiel 22:27, Zephaniah 3:3, Matthew 7:15 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 23:11 - wash himself Psalms 5:9 - inward Psalms 49:11 - Their inward Psalms 51:6 -... read more
John Wesley
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 11:39
And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.Now ye Pharisees — Probably many of them were present at the Pharisee's house. Matthew 23:25. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:37-54
§ 46. JESUS, DINING WITH A PHARISEE, UTTERS WOES ON SCRIBES, PHARISEES, AND LAWYERS, Luke 11:37-54 . We have here a part of the war waged by the hierarchy against Jesus in regard to ceremonial washing. Fully knowing the state of the controversy, a scribe, strenuous on that point, invites our Lord, personally, to a dinner, in a company like-minded with himself. Our Lord on his entrance accepts the issue, by omitting the much contested ablutions. The Pharisee is amazed, and our Lord,... read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:39
39. The Lord said unto him In this verse our Lord depicts, by a very impressive image, the contrast between the external ritual purity and the internal moral impurity of the pharisaical classes. read more
Daniel Whedon
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:39-44
39-44. On words similar to these we have annotated in Matthew 23:0. That our Lord under similar circumstances should use similar thoughts and expressions, and even quote the same Scripture passage, is perfectly natural. The lawyer who has essentially the same cause to plead, though with different parties, would of course go through the same argument, quote the same authorities, and even make the same impassioned appeal to the same emotions. The popular orator in a political canvass repeats... read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 11:37-39
Luke 11:37-39A certain Pharisee besought Him to dine with him.--The Pharisees reprovedI. THE INVITATION. 1. The prominence with which the Pharisees figure in our Lord’s life is noticeable. (1) In view of their profession of preeminent piety. (2) In view of their scrupulous conformity to all the outward forms of religion. (3) In view of their bitter emnity against Jesus, and their craft and various forms of cunning used to ensnare Him. (4) What a commentary on the powerlessness as well as... read more