Luke 9:23-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 9:24

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. The Greek word here rendered "life" signifies the natural animal life, of which the main interests are centred in the earth. If a man grasp at this shadowy, quickly passing earthly life, he will assuredly lose the substantial enduring heaven-life. If, on the other hand, he consents, "for my sake," to sacrifice this quickly fading life of earth, he shall surely find it again... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 9:24

The life saved, and the life lost. The martyr, then, is the type of the true Christian. Christ ( Luke 9:22 ) predicts his own fate. And immediately afterwards ( Luke 9:23 ) he announces to all that whosoever will come after him must, through the gate of suffering, pass into glory; must "deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow him." This is the essence of martyrdom. The martyr is not necessarily one who is burned at the stake, or slain by the sword, or left to rot in damp... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 9:18-26

See the Matthew 16:13-27 notes; Mark 8:27-38 notes.Luke 9:20The Christ of God - The “Anointed” of God. The “Messiah” appointed by God, and who had been long promised by him. See the notes at Matthew 1:1. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 9:23-27

Luke 9:23-27. And he said to them all, &c. Not only to his disciples, as mentioned by Matthew, but to the people also, whom, Mark observes, he called unto him, as well as his disciples, to hear the very important doctrine which he was about to deliver, contained in this paragraph, of which see the notes on Matthew 16:24-27; and Mark 8:34-38. Let him deny himself and take up his cross The necessity of this duty has been shown in many places; the extent of it is specified here, ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Luke 9:23-27

74. Test of true discipleship (Matthew 16:24-28; Mark 8:34-9:1; Luke 9:23-27)Immediately after telling his disciples of his coming suffering and death, Jesus told them they had to be prepared for similar treatment. The disciples of Jesus are those who have given their lives to Jesus, and they will be obedient to their master even if it leads to hardship, persecution and death. They will no longer rule their own lives, but will deny themselves personal desires in order to please Jesus. In... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 9:23

If any man , &c. See App-118 . will come = desireth ( App-102 .) to come. take up = let him take up. daily. Peculiar to Luke, here. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 9:24

will = desireth, or willeth ( App-102 .) to. save . Greek sozo. life = soul. Greek. psuche. App-110 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 9:23

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.This is the plan of salvation; and appropriately, it was addressed "to all." "Let him deny himself ..." means that one must renounce himself, pleading nothing that a mortal may either believe or do, as a proper ground of salvation, that ground being in Christ... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Luke 9:24

24. will save—"Is minded to save," bent on saving. The pith of this maxim depends—as often in such weighty sayings (for example, "Let the dead bury the dead," :-) —on the double sense attached to the word "life," a lower and a higher, the natural and the spiritual, temporal and eternal. An entire sacrifice of the lower, or a willingness to make it, is indispensable to the preservation of the higher life; and he who cannot bring himself to surrender the one for the sake of the other shall... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 9:1-50

G. Jesus’ preparation of the Twelve 9:1-50In this last major section describing Jesus’ ministry in and around Galilee (Luke 4:14 to Luke 9:50), Luke stressed Jesus’ preparation of His disciples for the opposition that lay before them. This was the climax of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee, and these events formed a bridge to Luke’s unique major section on Jesus’ journey to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51 to Luke 19:10).Previously Luke recorded Jesus teaching and authenticating His teaching with miracles mainly... read more

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