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Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Luke 5:12-26

Cleansing, Power and Pardon Luke 5:12-26 Jesus did not hesitate to touch the leper, because He could no more be polluted by uncleanness than could a ray of light by passing through a fetid atmosphere. The question is never in can or will, as applied to Christ, but whether we will trust Him and can believe. The Mosaic offering was a pair of birds, one of which was killed over running water; while the other, having been dipped into this mingled blood and water, was freed to fly away in its... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Luke 5:1-39

Four of Jesus' disciples, already called into the relation of discipleship, are here called more definitely to service. Taking command of their vessel, to which in all probability they had returned without warrant, they found Him able to direct them in an earthly calling, and by so doing lifting them to the position from where henceforth, they would catch men. The coming of the leper revealed an advance beyond the common crowd in his attitude toward Jesus. The leper believed in Jesus' power... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:17-26

Jesus Is The Son of Man Who Can Forgive Sins (5:17-26). We now commence here a series of five incidents which can be paralleled in Mark, from where Luke probably gained most of his knowledge about them (Luke 5:17 to Luke 6:11). Each except the last, which speaks for itself, depicts Jesus as a fulfilment of Old Testament promises. He is the Son of Man, He is the Bridegroom, He is the Great Physician, He is the Greater than David, He is Lord of the Sabbath. It is thus made clear that He is the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:22-23

‘But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said to them, “Why do you reason in your hearts? Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you’, or to say, ‘Arise and walk?’ ” Jesus gathered what they were thinking and whispering among themselves (for Jesus’ ability to discern thoughts compare Luke 12:15; John 2:24). What a contrast between what He knew about the paralytic and what He knew about them. He knew what the paralysed man had been thinking, about his faith, and about his... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:24

‘But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins’, he said to him who was paralysed, “I say to you, Arise, and take up your couch, and go to your house.” ’ Here we have the positive message that this account is all about. The sudden switch in subject in the middle of the verse should be noted. It has caused some to see the original account as having been interfered with in one way or the other before Mark got hold of it. But it is difficult to see how Mark could... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:17-26

Luke 5:17-Ezekiel : . The Healing of the Paralytic ( Mark 2:1-2 Kings : *, Matthew 9:1-Ruth : *).— All three accounts are in close agreement. Lk. however introduces at the outset “ Pharisees and teachers of the law” from all over Galilee as well as from Judæ a and Jerusalem. The last clause of Luke 5:17 is peculiar; literally, “ the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal with.” In Luke 5:19 Lk. rewrites Mk.’ s description of how the sufferer was lowered through an aperture in the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 5:18-26

See Poole on "Matthew 9:2", and following verses to Matthew 9:8. See Poole on "Mark 2:3", and following verses to Mark 2:12. Both those evangelists record the same story with very small alterations in the phrase, nothing in the sense. Instead of the last words, We have seen strange things today, Matthew saith, they glorified God, who had given such power unto men. By which appeareth that all the effect this miracle had was, 1. Amazement. A thing was done; they understood not how it could be... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 5:17-26

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 5:17.—The scene of this miracle was a house in Capernaum, either in a house belonging to his family (John 2:12) or in St. Peter’s house. Pharisees and doctors of the law.—They had probably come to see and hear the prophet whose fame was now becoming widespread. There is no reason to ascribe to them any malignant purpose at this stage of their relations with Jesus. The power of the Lord.—I.e. not of the Lord Jesus, but of the Lord God working through Jesus. Present to heal... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Luke 5:16-26

Carried by Four March 19, 1871 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 5:1-39

Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel chapter 5.The popularity of the ministry of Jesus is growing. Word is being spread around of the miracles that are being wrought by Him, and now wherever He goes people are beginning to jostle and shove in order that they might get close to Him. It made it difficult for Jesus to travel to get around because of the multitudes that, according to Mark's gospel, at this point were thronging Him wherever He went.And so here in Luke's gospel,It came to... read more

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