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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 13:22-30

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 13:22. Went through cities, etc.—Not a direct journey. To Jerusalem.—The last journey through Peræa to Jerusalem.Luke 13:23. Then said one.—Probably a Jew (see Luke 13:28); he can hardly have been a disciple. The question he asked was one frequently debated in Jewish schools, some maintaining universal salvation, others limiting it to a few elect (2EEsther 8:1). It is plain that by salvation is here meant final acceptance with God and entrance into heaven. Christ does not... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 13:24

Luke 13:24 Eternal Life not to be Won without Toil. I. Our Lord says, "Strive;" and He vouchsafes to add one reason why we should strive. A gate is appointed for us to enter into the gate which leads to our true home, the only place where we can be happy, and this gate is strait, i.e., very narrow. So strait, so narrow, is this gate and way, that it cannot be found for mere seeking. Many, many there are who know more or less of it, have a true notion where it is to be found, and really wish... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 13:1-35

Chapter 13Now there were present at that season ( Luke 13:1 )And, of course, now Luke may have gone on in a period of time. We don't know how much time elapsed between verse Luk 13:59 of chapter 12, and Luke 13:1 . It could be that this synagogue is somewhere down near Jericho.There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices ( Luke 13:1 ).Now the Galileans were often hotheaded. They were always chaffing under the Roman... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 13:1-35

Luke 13:1 . There were some present at that season of the passover, that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. Though this might be blood for blood, yet it was a profane action, and contrary to all laws which regard the sanctity of temples. This occurrence is related at large by Josephus, in his Antiquities of the Jews, book 18. chap. 5. Judas the Gaulonite revolted against the Romans, and refused to call any man lord. He and his people were... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 13:23-24

Luke 13:23-24Lord, are there few that be saved?--Unpractical questions about religionThe man that asked this question has long been dead, but the character lives, and it is not among the rarest exhibitions that we see. We carry to the Bible, if not the very same question he put to the Saviour, yet questions as unpractical and irrelevant, or if not in every sense irrelevant, yet premature and of minor importance; and so it is when you have the opportunity of conversing with clergymen and others,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 13:24

Luke 13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gateChrist’s warning against formalismThis has been called “a serious answer to an idle question.” The answer is not only serious, but rendered with striking skill and power. The questioner was a single Pharisee. The answer is directed to the whole sect. The question related to the “few” that might be saved. The answer emphasizes the “many” who are in danger of being lost. The question was idle and speculative. The answer is an appeal to immediate... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 13:24

24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Ver. 24. Strive to enter ] Strive even to an agony; or as they did for the garland in the Olympic games, to the which the word αγωνιζεσθε , here used, seemeth to allude. All would come to heaven, but all like not the way; they would not per angusta ad augusta pervenire: come through the narrow way to paridise, they like well of Abraham’s bosom, but not of Dives’ door. But let... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 13:24

Strive: Luke 21:36, Genesis 32:25, Genesis 32:26, Matthew 11:12, John 6:27, 1 Corinthians 9:24-Daniel :, Philippians 2:12, Philippians 2:13, Colossians 1:29, Hebrews 4:11, 2 Peter 1:10 the strait: Matthew 7:13, Matthew 7:14 for: Proverbs 1:24-Hosea :, Proverbs 14:6, Proverbs 21:25, Ecclesiastes 10:15, Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 58:2-Numbers :, Ezekiel 33:31, Mark 6:18-Proverbs :, John 7:34, John 8:21, John 13:33, Romans 9:31-Micah :, Romans 10:3 Reciprocal: Genesis 19:15 - hastened Genesis 27:34 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 13:24

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.Strive to enter in — Agonize. Strive as in an agony. So the word signifies Otherwise none shall enter in. Barely seeking will not avail. Matthew 7:13. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:22-35

THE PERAEAN MINISTRY, BETWEEN THE FEAST OF DEDICATION AND THE RETIREMENT TO EPHRAIM. Luke 13:22 to Luke 17:10. See Harmony, p. 101. Jesus went to the Feast of Dedication, John 10:22-40. After which, according to John 10:40, he went to beyond Jordan, (Peraea,) where John at first baptized, and there abode. Many, as John assures us, who had the original testimony of the Baptist, were convinced of its fulfilment in him, and became believers on him. Of this PERAEN MINISTRY Luke here gives an... read more