Luke 10:20-25 ASV

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:1-24

The mission of the seventy. Jesus, as we have seen, is now going up on his last journey to Jerusalem , and he is anxious that the places he is to visit for the last time, and some possibly for the first as well as last, should be ready to receive him. On this account he organizes the mission of the seventy in addition to that of the twelve already noticed. They are to be forerunners, going to announce his advent in the different cities and villages. Let us study the mission as here... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:20

But rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven . "After all," went on the wise and loving Master, "though you have made the glad discovery of the power you possess, if, as my servants, you use aright my Name, after all, your real reason for joy is, not the possession of a new, mighty power, but the fact of your name having been written in the book of life as one of my servants commissioned to do my work." Many commentators here cautiously point out that even this legitimate joy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:20

Better things. When Jesus said, "Rejoice not,… but rather rejoice," he did not mean to condemn the satisfaction which the seventy were expressing in their triumph ever the evil spirits. There was nothing wrong in such gratification. To exercise power, especially a newly acquired power, and more especially a power that is possessed by few,—this is simply natural; and to rejoice in the exercise of beneficent power is not only not wrong, but is distinctly and positively right and worthy. But... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:21

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit . More than "rejoiced;" the Greek word rather signifies "exulted." Very rarely in the holy story of the life of lives is a hint given us of any gleam of gladness or of joy irradiating the spirit of the Man of sorrows. The exultation of the Blessed here was based upon his conviction that this first success of his own was but the commencement of a long and weary, but yet, in the end, of a triumphant campaign against the spirits of sin and evil. What ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:21

The gladness of gratitude, etc. Our thought is directed to— I. THE GLADNESS OF GRATITUDE . "Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father." Joy and thankfulness are here united, as indeed they are everywhere. It is gratitude that holds the key to happiness of heart and life. Who are the miserable? Not the poor; they are often the most contented. Not the afflicted; they are often very cheerful under great privation. Not the lonely; they are found happy in their... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:22

All things are delivered to me of my Father . These words, spoken late in the public ministry, evidently refer to the Almighty power possessed and frequently exercised by the incarnate Son of God. During the days of his humiliation, Jesus Christ exercised the power of Creator, Lord of the elements, Lord of the secrets of health and disease, Lord of life and death. Dean Mansel, comparing this statement, recorded both by SS . Matthew and Luke, with the language of St. John, remarks "that... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:23-24

And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see. Alluding, especially, to such prophets and their words as Balaam (in Numbers 24:17 ) and Jacob (in Genesis 49:18 ). Keble has a quaint verse here, striking, as is usual with him, the central truth— "Save that each little voice in turn Some glorious truth proclaims; What sages... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:23-24

Apostolic advantage and disadvantage. Our Lord compares the position of his apostles with that of the great and enviable of past times. We may follow his thought and may also pursue the same line of comparison in our own times. We look at their position— I. As RELATED TO DISTINGUISHED MEN BEFORE THE ADVENT . 1 . It was one of some disadvantage ; they were men in a very much humbler position than many of the great in past days. Great kings had lived in a social... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:25

And, behold, a certain lawyer . It seems (as has already been noticed) probable that in St. Luke's general account of our Lord's teaching during the six months which immediately preceded the last Passover, certain events which took place at a short visit which Jesus paid to Jerusalem at the Feast of the Dedication are noticed. This question of the lawyer was probably asked on the occasion of this visit, and the little episode connected with the Bethany family of Lazarus took place at the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:25-27

Our love of God. It is the glory of the gospel that it has made common to the multitude of mankind that which was once dimly seen by a few solitary men; that it has put into the mouth of the little child that which once was stammeringly spoken by a few philosophers; that the truths which once were only found upon the summit by a few hardy climbers are the fruits which are now gathered by thousands as they walk the King's highway, Here is one of these—the duty, binding on us all, of loving... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:23-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:23-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:25-27

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