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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 18:31-34

Here is, I. The notice Christ gave to his disciples of his sufferings and death approaching, and of the glorious issue of them, which he himself had a perfect sight and foreknowledge of, and thought it necessary to give them warning of, that it might be the less surprise and terror to them. Two things here are which we had not in the other evangelists:?1. The sufferings of Christ are here spoken of as the fulfilling of the scriptures, with which consideration Christ reconciled himself to them,... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 18:31-34

18:31-34 Jesus took the Twelve and said to them, "Look you--we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that was written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be handed over to the gentiles; and he will be mocked and cruelly treated; and spat upon; and they will scourge him and kin him; and on the third day he will rise again." But they did not understand these things; this word was hidden from them; and they did not grasp what was being said. There are two... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 18:31

Then he took unto him the twelve ,.... His twelve disciples, as the Ethiopic version expresses it; he took them aside from the rest of the company, as they were travelling on the road, and privately delivered to them, what follows; see Matthew 20:17 and said unto them, behold, we go up to Jerusalem ; to the feast of the passover, which was drawing near, and the last Christ was to eat with his disciples, the time of his sufferings, and death, being now at hand; and of which he thought... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 18:32

For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles ,.... As he was by the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, to Pilate, the Roman governor, and by him to the soldiers: and shall be mocked ; as he was by the latter, when they crowned him with thorns, arrayed him in a purple robe, and put a reed into his hand, and bowed the knee to him, saying, hail king of the Jews; and likewise by the Jews when he hung upon the cross: and spitefully entreated . The Syriac and Persic versions leave out this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 18:33

And they shall scourge him ,.... As he was by Pilate's order, before he was crucified: and put him to death ; a shameful, and a painful one, the death of the cross: and the third day he shall rise again ; as he accordingly did. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 18:34

And they understood none of these things ,.... "Not one of them", as the Syriac and Persic versions render it; every article of his sufferings and death were unintelligible by them; they knew not how to understand him in any one point: or how to reconcile these things to the notions they had entertained of the temporal grandeur, and glory, of the Messiah, and his kingdom; and which shows their great ignorance of the prophecies of the Old Testament concerning these things. And this saying ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 18:31

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem - See the notes on this discourse, Matthew 20:17-19 ; (note), and Mark 10:32 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 18:33

And the third day he shall rise again - See Hosea 6:2 ; and let the reader observe that the passage should be read thus: In the third day he will raise Him up, ( יקמנו ) and we shall live before him: his resurrection shall be the pledge, token, and cause of ours. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 18:34

They understood none of these things - Notwithstanding all the information which Christ had given them concerning this awful subject, they could not as yet fully comprehend how the Messiah should suffer; or how their Master, whose power they knew was unlimited, should permit the Jews and Gentiles to torment and slay him as he here intimates they would. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 18:34

Verse 34 Luke 18:34.And they understood none of these things. What stupidity was this, not to understand what Christ said to them in a plain and familiar manner, on a subject not too lofty or intricate, but of which they had, at their own suggestion, entertained some suspicion! But it is proper also to bear in mind — what I have formerly observed — the reason why they were held in such gross ignorance, which was, that they had formed the expectation of a joyful and prosperous advancement, and... read more

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