Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 6:24-25
Luke 6:24-25. But wo, &c. Here we see that this discourse differs very materially from the sermon on the mount; there our Lord pronounced blessings only, here he denounces curses; or, to speak more properly, he compassionately bewails the condition of persons of a contrary character to that of those pronounced happy in the preceding verses. For, as Grotius justly observes, the expression, ουαι υμιν , wo unto you, “vox est dolentis, non irâ incensi,” is the expression of one... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 6:20
Luke 6:20. And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples The multitude that pressed to touch Jesus, in order to be healed, being at length rendered still and quiet, he turned to his disciples, and in their audience, and that of the multitude, repeated, standing on the plain, many remarkable passages of the sermon he had before delivered, sitting on the mount; which for the importance and variety of matter contained in it was, of all his sermons, the most proper to be remembered by the... read more