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Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Luke 9:10-17

(10) And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. (11) And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. (12) And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Luke 9:18-27

(18) And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? (19) They answering, said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. (20) He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering, said, The Christ of God. (21) And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; (22) Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Luke 9:28-36

(28) And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter, and John, and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. (29) And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. (30) And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias; (31) Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. (32) But Peter, and they that were with him, were heavy with sleep: and when... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 9:1

Over all devils; so that none should be able to resist them. For all were not equally easy to be expelled, as we shall see in this same chapter, in the person of a possessed child, whom the apostles could not heal, because they did not use prayer and fasting against it; and because their faith was not sufficiently strong and ardent. (Calmet) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 9:4

And depart [1] not from thence. In the ordinary Greek copies we find, and depart from thence. The sense appears, by the other evangelists, (Matthew x. 11. and Mark vi. 10.) that Christ gave this admonition to his disciples, not to change their lodging from house to house; but while they staid in a town, to remain in the same house. And though the negative be here omitted in the Greek, interpreters bring it to the same, by telling us that the sense is, stay here, and depart from thence; i.e.... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 9:8

Risen from the dead. Herod was perplexed and in suspense about the report, that it was John [the Baptist] that was risen from the dead. ... From this it appears, that some of the Jews, and Herod himself, believed in some kind of metempsychosis, or transmigration of souls. Josephus says, (Antiq. lib. xviii, chap. 2.) that the Pharisees believed the soul to be immortal; and after death, to depart to some subterraneous places, where they received the recompense of good, or evil, according to their... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 9:18

As he was alone praying: i.e. remote from the people, though his disciples are said to have been with him. (Witham) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 9:27

Kingdom of God. This is generally understood of the transfiguration, in which Christ shewed to the three disciples an essay of his glory. (Calmet) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 9:28

Mountain, &c. --- Since Christ has ascended the mountain, both to pray and to be transfigured, all of us who hope for the fruit of his resurrection, and long to see the king in his glory, must dwell in heaven by our thoughts, and apply our minds to continual prayer. (Ven. Bede) read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Luke 9:30

And behold two men. Moses and Elias, by ministering to our Lord in his glory, shewed him to be the Lord of both the Old and New Testament. The disciples also, upon seeing the glory of their fellow-creatures, would be filled with admiration at the condescension of their divine Master; and considering the delights of future happiness, be stirred up to a holy emulation of those who had laboured before them, and be fortified in their ensuing conflicts; for nothing so much lightens the present... read more

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