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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:15

And they did so, and made them all sit down. The disciples did not dispute the case any longer with Christ, but obeyed his orders, and ranged the multitude in companies, a hundred in one, and fifty in another; and ordered them to sit down in their distinct companies and ranks upon the green grass. The Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, "and they all sat down"; and so it is read in some copies of the Vulgate Latin version. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:16

Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes ,.... Into his hands, being brought him by the disciples from the lad that had them: and looking up to heaven : to his Father there, from whom all the mercies and blessings of life come; he blessed them ; either asked, or commanded a blessing on them, that they might multiply and increase, that there might be a sufficiency for all the people, and that, they might be nourishing to them. Beza observes, that in his most ancient copy, it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:17

And they did eat, and were all filled ,.... Every one had a part, and enough: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them, twelve baskets ; See Gill on Matthew 14:20 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:18

And it came to pass, as he was alone praying ,.... To his God and Father, for himself as man, and mediator; for the success of his Gospel, and the increase of his interest; and for his disciples, that they might have a clearer revelation of him; and which they had, as appears in their after confession of him by Peter, as the mouth of them all. The place where he now retired for private devotion, was somewhere in the coasts of Caesarea Philippi; for he was now gone from the desert of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:19

They answering said, John the Baptist ,.... This was the opinion of some who thought that he was risen from the dead, as in Luke 9:7 . but some say Elias ; the prophet, and the Tishbite; who according to the Jewish notion, was to be the forerunner of the Messiah, so in Luke 7:8 . and others say: that one of the old prophets is risen again ; thus were they divided in their sentiments about him. See Gill on Luke 9:8 read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:20

He said unto them, but whom say ye that I am ?.... Which was the main thing he had in view in this private conference; and in order to introduce which, he puts the former question: Peter answering : in the name of the rest of the disciples, they assenting to it: said, the Christ of God ; The Persic version reads, "Christ God"; the Messiah, who is the Son of God, and God over all, blessed for ever. The Cambridge copy of Beza's reads, "the Christ, the Son of God". See Gill on Luke... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:21

And he strictly charged them, and commanded them ,.... Though he highly approved of this their confession, and pronounced Peter blessed upon it; and signified that it was a discovery which flesh and blood could not make, but what was made to him his Father: yet he gave them a strict charge, and laid his commands on them, to tell no man that thing ; that he was the Messiah, and the eternal Son of God, and the true God, as well as the son of man, and really man: the reasons for this: See... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:22

Saying, the son of man must suffer many things ,.... In his person and character, in his soul and body, at the hands of God, and of men, and devils: and be rejected of the elders, and chief priests, and Scribes ; who made up the grand sanhedrim of the nation: by these he was to be, and was rejected as the Messiah; and when put up with another which should be released, that other should be preferred, and he rejected; and which was done at the instigation of these men, who were the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:23

And he said to them all ,.... Not only to all the disciples, but "to the multitude", as the Arabic version renders it, who were now called unto him, with his disciples, as is clear from Mark 8:34 , any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me; the same is said here, as in Matthew 16:24 ; see Gill on Matthew 16:24 , Mark 8:34 , only here the word, "daily", is added; and which, though as Beza observes, is not in the Complutensian... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 9:24

For whosoever will save his life ,.... See Gill on Matthew 16:25 . read more

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