Luke 5:22-33 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 5:17-26

Here is, I. A general account of Christ's preaching and miracles, Luke 5:17. 1. He was teaching on a certain day, not on the sabbath day, then he would have said so, but on a week-day; six days shalt thou labour, not only for the world, but for the soul, and the welfare of that. Preaching and hearing the word of God are good works, if they be done well, any day in the week, as well as on sabbath days. It was not in the synagogue, but in a private house; for even there where we ordinarily... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 5:27-35

All this, except the last verse, we had before in Matthew and Mark; it is not the story of any miracle in nature wrought by our Lord Jesus, but it is an account of some of the wonders of his grace, which, to those who understand things aright, are no less cogent proofs of Christ's being sent of God than the other. I. It was a wonder of his grace that he would call a publican, from the receipt of custom, to be his disciple and follower, Luke 5:27. It was wonderful condescension that he should... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:18-26

5:18-26 Now--look you--there came men bearing on a bed a man who was paralysed, and they were trying to carry him in and to lay him before Jesus. When they could find no way to carry him in because of the crowd they climbed up on to the roof and they let him down, bed and all, through the tiles right into the middle of them in front of Jesus. When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Man, your sins are forgiven you." The scribes and Pharisees began to raise questions. "Who," they said, "is this... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:27-32

5:27-32 After that Jesus went out, and he saw a tax-collector, called Levi, sitting at his tax-collector's table. He said to him, "Follow me!" He left everything and rose and followed him. And Levi made a great feast for him in his house; and a great crowd of tax-collectors and others who were their friends sat down at table with them. The Pharisees and scribes complained at this, and said to the disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax-collectors and sinners?" Jesus answered, "Those who... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:33-35

5:33-35 They said to him, "John's disciples fast frequently and pray. So do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples eat and drink." Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the children of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them. But the days will come--and when the bridegroom is taken away from them in those days they will fast." What amazed and shocked the scribes and the Pharisees was the normality of the followers of Jesus. Collie Knox tells how once a well-loved... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:22

But when Jesus perceived their thoughts ,.... Being God omniscient; he answering said unto them, what reason ye in your hearts ? This he said, not as being ignorant what their reasonings were, for it is before said he perceived their thoughts, but to expose the wickedness of them; in one exemplar of Beza's it is added, "evil things", as in Matthew 9:4 . See Gill on Matthew 9:4 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:23

Whether is it easier to say ,.... Mark adds, "to the sick of the palsy"; to whom Christ had said that his sins were forgiven him, which had given offence to the Scribes and Pharisees, imagining that he had assumed too much to himself: wherefore he proposes the following case to them, which they thought was most easy for man, or more proper and peculiar to God to say, thy sins be forgiven thee, or to say, rise up and walk ? Neither of them could be said by a mere man, with effect, so as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:24

But that ye may know, that the son of man ,.... Whom the Scribes and Pharisees took for a mere man, in which they were mistaken; for though he was really a man, and the son of man, yet he was God as well as man; he was God manifest in the flesh: hath power upon earth to forgive sins ; even in the days of his flesh, whilst he was in his humble form on earth; for he did not cease to be God by becoming man, nor lose any branch of his power, not this of forgiving sin, by appearing in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:25

And immediately he rose up before them ,.... As soon as ever these words were spoken by Christ, the man, before sick of the palsy, finding himself perfectly well, got off of his couch, and stood up on his feet before the Scribes and Pharisees, and all the people: and took up that whereon he lay ; his couch, or bed: and departed to his own house; with it upon his back: "and went to his business", as the Persic version renders it: glorifying God ; both for the healing of his body, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:26

And they were all amazed, and they glorified God ,.... Not the Pharisees, and doctors of the law, but the common people: and were filled with fear ; of the Divine Being, whose presence and power they were sensible must be in this case: saying, we have seen strange things today ; paradoxes, things wonderful, unthought of, unexpected, and incredible by carnal reason, and what were never seen, nor known before; as that a man, who was so enfeebled by the palsy, that he was obliged to be... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 5:17-26

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 5:27-35

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:18-26

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:27-32

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 5:33-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 5:26

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