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Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 17:11-19

Luke WHERE ARE THE NINE? Luk_17:11 - Luk_17:19 . The melancholy group of lepers, met with in one of the villages on the borders of Samaria and Galilee, was made up of Samaritans and Jews, in what proportion we do not know. The common misery drove them together, in spite of racial hatred, as, in a flood, wolves and sheep will huddle close on a bit of high ground. Perhaps they had met in order to appeal to Jesus, thinking to move Him by their aggregated wretchedness; or possibly they were... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 17:11-21

the Man Who Was Grateful Luke 17:11-21 Their common misery drew these poor outcasts together and made them forget the fierce national antipathies of Jew and Samaritan. When bidden to go to the priest, before there were any outward signs of healing, they started, and thus gave evidence of their faith that they were healed. It was this faith that saved them, because faith like this lets in the whole tide of God’s saving health. In the case of the poor alien, it was clear that he was not only... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 17:1-37

The thinking of the Master for His disciples is always that they should live in love. He knew, however, that offenses must come. In that connection He uttered the solemn word of warning, "Woe unto him through whom - they come." He then gave instructions on our attitude toward the offender. There follows the story of the lepers. Ten men with a common need lifted a cry of agony in petition to the Son of God. Ten men were directed by Him to do what appeared absurd. The law required to show... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:12-14

THE CLEANSED MEN‘There met Him ten men that were lepers, … As they went, they were cleansed.’ Luke 17:12-2 Chronicles : Let us consider each point in the record:— I. The awful state the men were in.—They were ten lepers ( Luke 17:12); the disease was incurable ( 2 Kings 5:7); and it was often sent as a punishment for sin. So it was with Miriam ( Numbers 12:9-2 Samuel :), Gehazi ( 2 Kings 5:27), Uzziah ( 2 Chronicles 26:19-Ecclesiastes :). Those who were afflicted with leprosy were obliged to... read more

James Nisbet

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

James Nisbet

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

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:1-37

Men Must Live In The Light Of The Coming Of The Son of Man In His Glory (15:1-19:28). Having established in Section 1 that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the city of David where He was proclaimed ‘Saviour’ and ‘Lord Messiah’; and in Section 2 that as ‘the Son of God’ Jesus had faced His temptations as to what His Messiahship would involve and defeated the Tempter; and that in Section 3 He had proclaimed in parables the secrets of ‘the Kingly Rule of God’; and had in Section 4 taught His... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:11

‘And it came about that, as they were on the way to Jerusalem, he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.’ When Luke gives a detailed introduction he regularly has a purpose in it. Thus the mention of being on the way to Jerusalem brings the shadow of His death over the narrative. It is as the One Who is going to bear the sins of many, and to bear our sicknesses and diseases, that He can heal these men. As we have observed earlier Jesus making of His way to Jerusalem to die is not... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:12

‘And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men who were skin diseased, who stood afar off,’ Approaching a certain village (Luke’s source may not have known its name) Jesus came across ten men who ‘stood afar off’. They were skin diseased and therefore unclean and were thus forbidden to join themselves with crowds. They were outcasts from Israel, ever on the periphery of things. They did not have the forthrightness of the skin diseased man in Luke 5:12-15 who actually... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:13

‘And they lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” ’ These men pleaded in loud voices for Jesus to show His compassion to them, acknowledging Him as ‘Master’ (Epistata - the One who stands over). This title is usually only used by Luke as spoken by disciples of Jesus, and the idea may be in order to demonstrate their interest in His message. It is one of the words Luke uses instead of Rabbi because of his Gentile readers. Men crying to Jesus for mercy is a theme of the... read more

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 17:11-19

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 17:11-21

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 17:1-37

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:12-14

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:15-16

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Luke 17:17

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:1-37

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:11

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:12

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:13

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