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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:23

Rejoice ye in that day ,.... When they should be hated, discarded, reproached, and anathematized: and leap for joy; as if the greatest honour and happiness imaginable had been conferred on them; and as persons do, when in the greatest rapture: for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets ; See Gill on Matthew 5:12 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:24

But woe unto you that are rich ,.... Not in worldly riches and substance, for some of these have been, and are happy persons in a spiritual sense; and at most, it can only mean such, who trust in their riches, and place their, happiness in them; but it chiefly regards such, as are rich in their own opinion, and stand in need of nothing; who place their confidence in their own righteousness, and do not apply to Christ, in whom alone are durable riches and righteousness: for ye have... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:25

Woe unto you that are full ,.... Not so much with the plenty and affluence of the things of this life, as of themselves, and their own righteousness, and so with conceit, vanity, and pride, and have no appetite for spiritual things, nor do they hunger and thirst after Christ, and the grace that is in him: for ye shall hunger ; not that they shall truly and spiritually desire an interest in Christ, and his righteousness, or heaven and eternal life hereafter; but they shall be in starving... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:26

Woe unto you when all men shall speak well of you !.... The word "all", is left out in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic; Persic: and Ethiopic versions, and is wanting in many copies, though it is in the Alexandrian copy; and the meaning is, it looks ill in persons, when the men of the world, wicked men, all of them, or the greater part of them, applaud and commend them; for this can never be, if they are truly religious persons, and are faithful to their principles, and upright in their... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:27

But I say unto you which hear ,.... The Ethiopic version adds "me", and the generality of interpreters understand the passage of the hearers of Christ, as distinct from the disciples, or together with them, and of the better sort of them; and of such as had ears to hear, and who heard with a desire of understanding, and of putting into practice what they heard; but I rather think it regards the hearers of the Scribes and Pharisees, then present, who had heard and received the traditions of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:28

Bless them that curse you ;.... In common discourse, or anathematize you in their synagogues: and pray for them which despitefully use you : so Christ himself did; See Gill on Matthew 5:44 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:29

And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek ,.... The right cheek, offer also the other ; the left cheek, by turning it to him, that he may smite that likewise, if he thinks fit: by which proverbial expression, Christ teaches patience in bearing injuries and affronts, and not to seek private revenge; but rather, suffer more, than indulge such a temper; and for the same purpose is what follows urged: and him that taketh away thy cloak, forbid not to take thy coat also : the phrase... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:30

And give to every man that asketh ,.... See Gill on Matthew 5:42 . And of him that taketh away thy goods ; not by force, but by consent, having either lent them, or sold them to him: for if they were taken away by force, the person so taking them was to be deemed a thief and a robber, and to be treated as such; but one that takes them by agreement, and is not able to make a return of them, or to give a valuable consideration for them, of such an one ask them not again: do not exact or... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:31

And as ye would that men should do to you ,.... In matters of justice and beneficence were they in your case, and you in theirs; do ye also to them likewise : a golden rule this, agreeably to the light of nature, and divine revelation, and is the sum and substance of the law and prophets; See Gill on Matthew 7:12 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:32

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? .... Or, "what grace have ye?" this is no fruit, nor evidence of grace, nor any exercise of the true grace of love; nor is it any favour conferred upon the object loved, which deserves the respect shown, nor can any reward be expected for such treatment: and thus it is expressed in Matthew, "what reward have ye?" and the Arabic version renders it so here: for sinners also love those who love them : men that are destitute of the... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 6:32

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