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John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Luke 13:22

13:22 {6} And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.(6) Against those who had rather err with many than go right with a few, and because of this through their own indifference they are shut out of the kingdom of God. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:1-35

REPENT OR PERISH (vs.1-9) This chapter shows that righteousness by itself provides no hope for man, but presses upon us the solemn lesson of repentance. Thus it prepares the way for chapters 14 and 15, for chapter 14 shows man's character in contrast to that of God, yet God remaining a God of grace; while in chapter 15 the heart of God is revealed to man in his lost state, God rejoicing in bringing him back by sovereign grace. The Jews told the Lord of the Galileans who had evidently been... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Luke 13:1-35

JUDGMENT AND PENALTY There is such a close connection between the opening of this chapter and the close of the preceding, that it were better not to have separated them. Jesus had been speaking of judgment and penalty, and now came those to him who put a case or two which seem to illustrate what he said (Luke 13:1-15 ). But they are mistaken, as He teaches them. “Those events had a voice for the living, and concerned not only the dead.” The parable of the barren fig tree is intended to... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Luke 13:1-35

Notes of Christ's Sermons Luke 13:0 Luke undertook to be very minute and exhaustive in his statement of Gospel facts. He was going to do better than many other writers had done. He said so with cool frankness: "Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word; it seemed good to me also" that is a curious... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Luke 13:22-30

And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Luke 13:18-22

18-22 Here is the progress of the gospel foretold in two parables, as in Luke 13:13. The kingdom of the Messiah is the kingdom of God. May grace grow in our hearts; may our faith and love grow exceedingly, so as to give undoubted evidence of their reality. May the example of God's saints be blessed to those among whom they live; and may his grace flow from heart to heart, until the little one becomes a thousand. read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Luke 13:1-99

Luke 13 JUST AT THAT moment some of those present mentioned the case of certain unhappy men of Galilee, who had paid the extreme penalty under Pilate. They had the impression that they were sinners of the deepest dye. The Lord charged home upon His hearers that their own guilt was just as great, and that they too would perish, and He cited the further case of the eighteen slain by the fall of the tower at Siloam. In the popular view these were exceptional happenings indicating exceptional... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Luke 13:22-30

Entering in at the strait gate: v. 22. And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. v. 23. Then said one unto Him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And He said unto them, v. 24. Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. v. 25. When once the master of the house is risen up and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Luke 13:22-30

2. A Serious Answer to an Idle Question (Luke 13:22-30)22And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And [But] Hebrews 2:0; Hebrews 2:04said unto them, Strive [Ἀγωνίζεσθε] to enter in at the strait gate [through the narrow door4]: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Luke 13:22-30

Luke THE STRAIT GATE Luk_13:22 - Luk_13:30 . ‘Are there few that be saved?’ The questioner’s temper and motives may be inferred from the tone of Christ’s answer, which turns attention from a mere piece of speculative curiosity to the grave personal aspect of the condition of ‘salvation,’ and the possibility of missing it. Whether few or many went in, there would be many left out, and among these some of the listeners. Jesus speaks to ‘them,’ the multitude, not to the questioner. The men who... read more

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