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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:19

Verse 19 19.Lo, I give you power. This is said by way of admission. Christ does not affirm that the gift of which they now boast is not illustrious, but reminds them, that they ought to keep their eye chiefly on something loftier still, and not remain satisfied with outward miracles. He does not altogether condemn their joy, as if it were groundless, but shows it to be faulty in this respect, that they were immoderately delighted with a temporal favor, and did not elevate their minds higher. To... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:20

Verse 20 20.Your names are written. As it was the design of Christ to withdraw his disciples from a transitory joy, that they might glory in eternal life, he leads them to its origin and source, which is, that they were chosen by God and adopted as his children. He might indeed have commanded them to rejoice that they had been regenerated by the Spirit of God, (Titus 3:5,) and become new creatures in Christ, (2 Corinthians 5:17;) that they had been enlightened (Ephesians 1:18) in the hope of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:1-24

The mission of the seventy. The Lord ' s words to them of instruction and direction and warning. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:12

But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city . Such a rejection implies that they would have nothing to do with the Master of these preachers, the pitiful, loving, Galilaean Teacher. These were days of possible mighty blessings, of proportional terrible punishments. The woe of Sodom, that well-known swift destruction, most probably through sudden volcanic agency, was tolerable in comparison with the far more awful doom reserved in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:12-15

Guilt and punishment. These very solemn words of our Lord demand our attention the more, because his thought is so fully illustrated. They suggest or convey to us three truths. I. THAT GREAT INIQUITY MAY LOOK FOR SIGNAL PUNISHMENT AT THE HAND OF GOD . Jesus does not intimate that Tyre and Sidon suffered any more than they deserved, that Sodom had a retribution which was in the smallest degree out of proportion to its guilt. These cities deserved their doom;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:13

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. In St. Matthew's Gospel ( Matthew 11:20 ), where the woe of the fair lake-cities is announced in similar language, the "woe" is introduced with the words," Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done." Now, we have no record of any miracles having... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:14

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyro and Sidon at the judgment, than for you . Tyre and Sidon, those representative examples of the luxury and vileness of the great cities of the old pagan world, will, when the dreadful awards are made, be beaten with few stripes , while the cities of the lake wilt be beaten with many , because these last listened unrepentant to the sweet and tender words, and gazed unmoved at the mighty works of mercy, of the pitiful Jesus of Nazareth. This is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:15

And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell . When the Lord came to speak of the woe of Capernaum, his own chosen city, his favourite earthly home, his words grew even more solemn. The simile he uses, "hell," better rendered Hades , is chosen to paint the contrast between the glorious destiny [this beautiful lake-city might have chosen, and the tremendous woe which she had voluntarily brought on herself. The present state of the Plain of Gennesaret is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 10:16

The largeness of our life. Jesus Christ is sending his disciples, two and two, to prepare his way; it is certain that by some towns and villages they will be well received, and equally certain that by others they will be repelled. He tells them that those who received them would be doing more and better than barely receiving them ,— they would be entertaining him ; but those who rejected them would do more and worse than repulsing them,—they would be despising him , nay, even... read more

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