E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 17:15
with . Greek. meta. App-104 . God . App-98 . read more
with . Greek. meta. App-104 . God . App-98 . read more
on . Greek. epi. App-104 . at = beside. Greek. para. App-104 . Samaritan. See 2 Kings 17:29-35 , Compare Luke 10:33 . read more
And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed.The marvelous diversity of methods in Jesus' miracles is a mark of their divine originality. Some were healed in one circumstance, some in others; most were healed instantaneously; one or two were healed in stages; some were touched by Jesus, others were not; some were commanded to tell it, others forbidden to tell it; some upon the basis of their own faith,... read more
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, with a loud voice glorifying God.Loud voice ... An almost total failure of the voice is one of the symptoms of leprosy; and, as Trench remarked, "It is not for naught that we are told that he returned `with a loud voice glorifying God'."[22] read more
And he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.This gratitude of the Samaritan, Ash rightly understood as typical of "the future acceptance of the Christian mission by Gentiles."[23] The obduracy of Israel also appears in the ingratitude of the nine. read more
14. show yourselves—as cleansed persons. (See on :-.) Thus too would the Samaritan be taught that "salvation is of the Jews" (John 4:22). as they went, were cleansed—In how many different ways were our Lord's cures wrought, and this different from all the rest. read more
H. Jesus’ warning about disciples’ actions and attitudes 17:1-19Jesus had been teaching the disciples about avoiding what men esteemed highly but which God viewed as detestable, namely, the pursuit of money (Luke 16:15). By pursuing money hypocritically the Pharisees had turned many of their fellow Jews away from Jesus (Luke 11:52). Jesus now warned the disciples about the possibility of their own improper actions and attitudes. read more
3. The importance of gratitude 17:11-19Luke’s narration of this miracle focuses on the response of the Samaritan whom Jesus healed. It is not so much a story that he intended to demonstrate Jesus’ divine identity, though it does that. It is rather another lesson for the disciples on an important attitude that should characterize them."Not only is this narrative peculiar to Luke, but it also stresses several characteristically Lukan themes. Jerusalem is the goal of Jesus’ journey (cr. Luke 9:51;... read more
Probably the lepers did not expect Jesus to respond as He did. Rather than touching them, or pronouncing them clean, He gave them a command. The command implied that by the time they reached the priest they would have experienced healing. Normally a command to show oneself to a priest followed a cure (Luke 5:14; cf. Leviticus 13:49; Leviticus 14:2-3). The priestly examination would result in the lepers resuming normal lives. However these lepers could have refused to go and could have repeated... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 17:14
as they went = in ( App-104 .) their going. read more