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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 17:11-13

Luke 17:11 is another geographical progress report (cf. Luke 9:51; Luke 13:22). These notations usually indicate the beginning of new sections in Luke and Acts, but there is continuity in the subject matter of Jesus’ teachings from what precedes. A new subject begins at the end of this pericope.This incident happened somewhere close to the border between southern Galilee and northern Samaria. This accounts for the mixture of Jewish and Samaritan lepers in one group. Their common affliction had... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 17:11-19

3. The importance of gratitude 17:11-19Luke’s narration of this miracle focuses on the response of the Samaritan whom Jesus healed. It is not so much a story that he intended to demonstrate Jesus’ divine identity, though it does that. It is rather another lesson for the disciples on an important attitude that should characterize them."Not only is this narrative peculiar to Luke, but it also stresses several characteristically Lukan themes. Jerusalem is the goal of Jesus’ journey (cr. Luke 9:51;... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 17:14

Probably the lepers did not expect Jesus to respond as He did. Rather than touching them, or pronouncing them clean, He gave them a command. The command implied that by the time they reached the priest they would have experienced healing. Normally a command to show oneself to a priest followed a cure (Luke 5:14; cf. Leviticus 13:49; Leviticus 14:2-3). The priestly examination would result in the lepers resuming normal lives. However these lepers could have refused to go and could have repeated... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 17:15-16

The one leper who returned loudly gave God the glory for his healing. He thereby acknowledged that Jesus was God’s agent. His prostrate posture and his thanksgiving expressed his great gratitude to Jesus (cf. Luke 5:12; Luke 8:41; Luke 18:11; Luke 22:17; Luke 22:19; Acts 5:10; Acts 28:15). The fact that he was a Samaritan rather than a Jew is the key point in the incident. Luke’s mention of this fact set the stage for Jesus’ teaching that followed. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 17:17-19

Jesus’ questions highlighted the ingratitude of the nine other lepers who were Jews (Luke 17:18). They also made the point that Luke wanted to stress by recording this incident. The Jews had more knowledge about Messiah and His coming than foreigners. They should have recognized who Jesus was and expressed their gratitude as well. Their lack of responsiveness was typical of the Jews in Jesus’ day (cf. Luke 15:3-10). In closing, Jesus clarified that it was the man’s faith in Him that led to his... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 17:13

17:13 Master, (b-9) As ch. 5.5. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:1-37

Occasions of Offence. The Ten Lepers. The Second Advent1, 2. On causing others to sin. See on Matthew 18:6, Matthew 18:7.2, One of these little ones] An affectionate designation of the disciples, especially such as were beginners and easily led astray. Perhaps the converted publicans and sinners of Luke 15:1-2 are specially meant.3, 4. The duty of forgiveness. We are to forgive an unlimited number of times, yet we may rebuke in love: cp. Leviticus 19:17. See on Matthew 18:15, Matthew 18:21. 3.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 17:11

(11) And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem.—This is the first distinct note of time in St. Luke’s narrative since Luke 9:51. It appears to coincide with the journey of which we read in Matthew 19:1, Mark 10:1, and is the commencement of the last progress through the regions in which our Lord had already carried on His ministry. The fact, peculiar to St. Luke, that it led Him through Samaria, apparently through that part of it which lay on the borders of Galilee, is obviously reported in... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 17:12

(12) Ten men that were lepers.—On the general character of leprosy, see Notes on Matthew 8:2. As only one of these was a Samaritan, it seems probable that the unnamed village was, as has been said, on the border-land of the two provinces. It is, perhaps, significant that our Lord takes neither of the usual caravan roads—one of which passed through Samaria, the other through Peræa—but chooses one for Himself that led through the one district into the other. The herding together of those who were... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 17:13

(13) Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.—The Greek word for “Master” is again that which has been noticed as St. Luke’s usual equivalent for “Rabbi.” (See Note on Luke 5:5.) We may believe that the earlier instance of leprosy being cleansed (Matthew 8:2), possibly many such instances (Matthew 11:5), had in some way come to their knowledge. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 17:11-13

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 17:11-19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 17:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 17:15-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 17:17-19

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 17:13

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 17:1-37

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 17:11

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 17:12

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 17:13

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