James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:17
INGRATITUDE‘Where are the nine?’ Luke 17:17 (The Gospel) There are few things that we feel more than ingratitude. This was a very bad case, an extreme case, because the disease that these men suffered from was the very worst. And then, not only was the disease such an extreme case, but the cure was absolutely complete. At a word they were made whole. When the Lord Jesus Christ cures, He cures indeed. Yet out of the ten who were cleansed only one returned to thank Him. ‘Where are the nine?’ I.... read more
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:15-16
AT THE FEET OF JESUS‘And one of them … fell down on his face at His feet.’ Luke 17:15-Nehemiah : I. The place of forgiveness.—We cannot tell the origin of sin. ‘An enemy hath done this.’ All beyond that is a puzzle, an insoluble enigma. But we do know where forgiveness is found. We are sure it may be had for the asking at the feet of our Divine Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. Forgiveness comes first, then holiness. Forgiveness is the starting-point: it is the porch of the Christian life. II.... read more