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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 18:10

The temple - Into one of the courts of the temple - the court where prayer was commonly offered. See the notes at Matthew 21:12.A Pharisee - See the notes at Matthew 3:7.Publican - See the notes at Matthew 5:46. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 18:11

Stood and prayed thus with himself - Some have proposed to render this, “stood by himself” and prayed. In this way it would be characteristic of the sect of the Pharisees, who dreaded the contact of others as polluting, and who were disposed to say to all, Stand by yourselves. The Syraic so renders it, but it is doubtful whether the Greek will allow this construction. If not, it means, he said over to himself what he had done, and what was the ground on which he expected the favour of God.God,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 18:12

I fast twice ... - This was probably the Jewish custom. The Pharisees are said to have fasted regularly on the second and fifth days of every week in private. This was “in addition” to the public days of fasting required in the law of Moses, and they, therefore, made more a matter of “merit” of it because it was voluntary.I give tithes - A tithe means the tenth part of a thing. A tenth part of the possessions of the Jews was required for the support of the Levites, Numbers 18:21. In addition to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 18:13

Standing afar off - Afar off from the “temple.” The place where prayer was offered in the temple was the court of women. The Pharisee advanced to the side of the court nearest to the temple, or near as he could; the publican stood on the other side of the same court if he was a Jew, or in the court of the Gentiles if he was a pagan, as far as possible from the temple, being conscious of his unworthiness to approach the sacred place where God had his holy habitation.So much as his eyes ... -... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 18:14

I tell you - The Pharisees would have said that the first man here was approved. Jesus assures them that they judged erroneously. God judges of this differently from people.Justified - Accepted or approved of God. The word “justify” means to declare or treat as righteous. In this case it means that in their prayers the one was approved and the other not; the one went down with the favor of God in answer to his petitions, the other not.For every one ... - See the notes at Luke 14:11. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Luke 18:15-30

See the notes at Matthew 19:13-30. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 18:6-8

Luke 18:6-8. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith “If the repeated, importunate cries of the afflicted do at length make an impression on the hearts even of men so wicked as to glory in their impiety, injustice, and barbarity, they will much more be regarded by God; most gracious, who is ever ready to bestow his choicest blessings, when he sees his creatures fit to receive them. Arguments of this kind, taken from the feeling goodness, or even from the imperfections of men, to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 18:9-10

Luke 18:9-10. And he spake this parable Having in the preceding parable guarded his disciples against faintness and weariness in prayer, he here guards them against the contrary extreme of self-confidence: unto certain For the conviction of certain persons in his train; who trusted in themselves that they were righteous Who had a high opinion of their own piety, and on that account despised others as greatly inferior to them, both in holiness and in the favour of God. Observe, reader,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 18:11-12

Luke 18:11-12. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself The original clause, σταθεις προς εαυτον ταυτα προσηυχετο , it seems, should rather be rendered, standing by himself prayed these things. Read thus, it is characteristical of the sect, who always affected to dread pollution from the touch of those whom they considered as their inferiors in piety. Thus this Pharisee kept himself at as great a distance as he could from the miserable sinner who had entered the temple with him, as... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 18:13-14

Luke 18:13-14. And the publican, standing afar off 1st, Under a sense of his being unworthy to be permitted to draw near to God, or to go up among his people into the court of Israel, though probably a Jew, he stood at a distance in the court of the Gentiles, probably without the stone wall, termed by the apostle, the middle wall of partition, which Gentiles and unclean Israelites were not permitted to pass. Or, if it seem more probable, from the Pharisee’s mentioning him in his prayer,... read more

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