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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 17:18

There are not = Were there not? stranger = alien. Greek. allogenes = of another race. Occurs only here, but frequently in the Septuagint. Used by the Romans in the Inscription discovered by Clermont-Ganneau in 1871 (now in the Imperial New Museum in Constantinople). It was put up on the marble barriers of the inner courts of the Temple to warn off Gentiles. See Deissmann's Light, pp Luk 74:75 . Compare Acts 21:28 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:11

And it came to pass, as they were on the way to Jerusalem, that he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.On the way to Jerusalem ... This is the third and final of the three references in this long section of Luke, in which it is mentioned that they were on the way to Jerusalem. The three references to the fact that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem are Luke 9:51; Luke 13:22, and this verse Luke 17:11. Ash's comment that "Jesus is always on the way but is no closer to Jerusalem... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:12

And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off.Ten lepers ... The dreadful malady of leprosy was a terrible scourge of Mid-East cities in the times of Christ; and, for that matter, still is. The disease itself was considered a type of sin, not necessarily related to specific sins of the victims. Their standing afar off was required by the Old Testament law (Leviticus 13:45f). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:13

And they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.These men made common cause in their wretchedness. Cox said:Think what their affliction had done for them! (a) It brought them to a common level, causing them to forget racial hatred. Sin reduced men to a common level before God. (b) It made them unclean, (c) isolated them, and (d) made them hopeless.[21] read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:14

And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed.The marvelous diversity of methods in Jesus' miracles is a mark of their divine originality. Some were healed in one circumstance, some in others; most were healed instantaneously; one or two were healed in stages; some were touched by Jesus, others were not; some were commanded to tell it, others forbidden to tell it; some upon the basis of their own faith,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:15

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, with a loud voice glorifying God.Loud voice ... An almost total failure of the voice is one of the symptoms of leprosy; and, as Trench remarked, "It is not for naught that we are told that he returned `with a loud voice glorifying God'."[22] read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:16

And he fell upon his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.This gratitude of the Samaritan, Ash rightly understood as typical of "the future acceptance of the Christian mission by Gentiles."[23] The obduracy of Israel also appears in the ingratitude of the nine. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:17

And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine? Were there none found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger?Sadness seems to have been the dominant emotion as Jesus contemplated the ingratitude of the nine. How could men be so thoughtless and unappreciative of God's favors? Why, it may be asked, did the nine not return?One waited to see if the cure was real. One waited to see if it would last. One said he would see Jesus later. One decided that he... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:19

And he said unto him, Arise, and go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.Ingratitude was punished, and gratitude was rewarded. The nine received physical healing; the one received in addition the salvation of his soul. "Jesus commended only the faith which said, `Thank you'!"[27] read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 17:12

Luke 17:12. There met him ten men— As lepers were banished from the towns, they were likewise obligated to keep at a distance from the roads which led to them. Curiosity, however, to see the travellers who passed, or an inclination to beg, or perhaps a pre-concerted plan to find out Jesus, having brought these ten as nigh to the public road as they could, they espied our Lord, and cried to him, beseeching him to take pity on them, and cure them. It seems they knew him personally, having seen... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Luke 17:18

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 17:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 17:12

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