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Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:1-54

Jesus Sets His Face Towards Jerusalem Followed By Centring on the Lord’s Prayer For The Evangelisation of the World (9:51-11:54). This section commences with Jesus setting His face towards Jerusalem because the time for Him to be received up (as mentioned in Luke 9:22; Luke 9:31; Luke 9:44) is approaching, and it centres around the Lord’s Prayer for the evangelisation of the world (Luke 11:1-4) which is exemplified throughout. This is apparent from an analysis: a ‘And it came about when the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:29-32

Jesus Condemnation Of Those Who Seek Signs (11:29-32). The passage now takes up the reference to those who sought a sign in Luke 11:16, and within the chiastic analysis of the whole Section parallels the woes on the evangelised cities that have rejected Jesus’ message in Luke 10:12-15. The basic lesson is that because a greater Wisdom Teacher and Prophet is here as contrasted with Solomon and Jonah, those who hear Jesus and seek signs because of unbelief will in the Judgment suffer under the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:31-32

“The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater thing than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater thing than Jonah is here.” Jesus then gives two examples of response to the earlier teaching of great men of... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 11:29-32

Luke 11:29-Jonah : . The Sign of Jonah ( Matthew 12:38-Luke : *).— Lk. omits the reference to the fish. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 11:29-32

See Poole on "Matthew 12:38", and following verses to Matthew 12:42. Matthew saith, they were the Pharisees that came to him, desiring to see a sign from heaven: they did the same again, Matthew 16:1. Christ was very ready to work miracles to encourage and confirm his hearers’ faith, but not to satisfy unbelievers’ curiosity. Instead therefore of showing them signs from heaven, he denounces the just judgment of God against them, for their not believing in him. See further the notes upon the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 11:14-36

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 11:14. Casting out a devil.—There seems to be little doubt that this miracle is the same as that in Matthew 12:22, as wrought apparently in Galilee. In St. Matthew’s Gospel there is, however, no precise mention of time or place. It is quite hopeless to attempt to fix the exact order in which the events occurred. Dumb.—And blind (Matthew 12:22).Luke 11:15. Some of them.—“Pharisees” (Matthew 12:24), “scribes which came from Jerusalem” (Mark 3:22). Beelzebub.—The form of the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 11:1-54

Tonight, chapter 11 in the gospel according to Luke.Again, as Luke is pointing out the human side of Jesus, though He was God, He became man. He is the God-man. He is divine, and yet, He is human. The perfect balance. And whereas John points out the divinity of Christ in his gospel, which we will be entering into next, Luke points out the humanity of Jesus. And because this is the special emphasis of Luke, he does record more than any of the other gospel writers concerning the prayer life of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 11:1-54

Luke 11:1 . Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. The disciples of John were eminent for fasting and prayer; and though the prayers of the jews were good, yet they were not exactly adapted to the new dispensation which John came to introduce. The litanies or pleadings of the jews were brief, but their doxologies were numerous. Luke 11:2 . Our Father which art in heaven. The last words of this sentence are not in the Vulgate, but they are understood in the word... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 11:31-32

Luke 11:31-32A greater than Solomon is hereChrist’s superiority to SolomonThe superiority of Christ to Solomon may be traced in the following particulars.1. In His origin. Solomon was indeed of honourable descent, being of the princely tribe of Judah, and of the family of David, who was one of the most illustrious monarchs that ever filled the throne of Israel. No one could claim a higher pedigree than Solomon, or receive a crown from the hands of a more honourable ancestor. Yet Jesus was... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 11:32

32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Ver. 32. See Matthew 12:41-42 . read more

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