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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 20:41-47

Luke 20:41-47. How say they that Christ is David’s son, &c. For an elucidation of these verses, see on Matthew 22:41-46; Matthew 23:5-7; Matthew 23:14; and Mark 12:35-40. David therefore calleth him Lord: how is he then his son “This implies both the existence of David in a future state, and the authority of the Messiah over that invisible world into which that prince was removed by death. Else, how great a monarch soever the Messiah might have been, he could not have been properly... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 20:45-47

129. More about scribes and Pharisees (Matthew 23:1-39; Mark 12:38-40; Luke 20:45-47)Instead of teaching only the law of Moses, the scribes and Pharisees added countless laws of their own. Instead of making the people’s load lighter, they made it heavier. People could profit from listening to the scribes’ teaching of Moses’ law, but they were not to copy the scribes’ behaviour (Matthew 23:1-4).Jesus gave two specific reasons for his condemnation of the scribes. First, they wanted to make a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 20:45

in the audience of all the people = as all the people were listening. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 20:46

Beware = Beware [and keep] from, &c. desire. Greek. tltelo. App-102 . greetings = salutations. Compare Luke 11:43 . See note on Matthew 23:7 . the highest = first, front, or chief. synagogues . App-120 . chief rooms = best seats, or couches. See Luke 14:7 . at = in. Greek. en. App-104 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 20:47

devour = swallow up. show = pretext. damnation = judgment, or condemnation. App-177 . Compare Luke 10:14 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 20:45

And in the hearing of all the people he said unto his disciples, Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts; who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.How trifling are the things men love. Honorable greetings in the markets of the world, seats at "the head table" at dinners, "the Amen Corner" in churches, medals,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 20:47

47. devour, &c.—taking advantage of their helpless condition and confiding character, to obtain possession of their property, while by their "long prayers" they made them believe they were raised far above "filthy lucre." So much "the greater damnation" awaits them. What a lifelike description of the Romish clergy, the true successors of "the scribes!" read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 20:45-47

6. Jesus’ condemnation of the scribes 20:45-47 (cf. Matthew 23:1-39; Mark 12:38-40)Luke and Mark both recorded only a synopsis of Jesus’ warning to the multitudes and His disciples that Matthew narrated in detail. Perhaps Luke did so because he had already included Jesus’ lengthy criticisms of the scribes in Luke 11:37-54. Whereas the preceding verses criticized the teachers’ doctrine (Luke 20:41-44), these condemned their practice. Immorality often accompanies heterodoxy. Jesus attacked their... read more

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