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William Hendriksen · Citado em PreceptAustin
Lucas 6
Hendriksen adds that the twelve "included even the man who was going to become a traitor, in order that, without in any way canceling human responsibility, God’s counsel regarding the salvation of His people might be carried out. See Luke 22:22+; Acts 2:23+ (= Jesus "delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God")." (Borrow Exposition of the Gospel of Luke) Darrell Bock notes that "This text is one of several where Luke associates an event with prayer (Luke 1:13; Luke 2:37; Luke 3:21; Luke 5:16; Luke 6:12, Luke 6:28; Luke 9:18; Luke 11:1-2; Luke 18:1; Luke 22:41, Luke 22:45)." (Luke 5:1-6:16 The Gathering of Disciples) D.L. Moody said something that should convict us all - "I'd rather be able to pray than be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray." In His high, priestly prayer, Jesus mentions His original 12 disciples as a gift from God “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world (His 12 Apostles); they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. 7 “Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; 8 for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me. 9 “I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours; 10 and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11“I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. 12 “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. 13 “But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. 14 “I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 1 5“I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. 16 “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. 18 “As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19“For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. (John 17:6-19) Comment: As an aside it is worth noting that Jesus' prayer in John 17 is predominantly for His original apostles but does include prayer for all believers. His great prayer can be broken down as follows - (1) Jesus' prayer for Himself (John 17:1-5); 2) Jesus' prayer for the apostles (John 17:6-19); and 3) Jesus' prayer for all NT believers who will form the church (John 17:20-26). Oh, help me, Lord, to take the time To set all else aside, That in the secret place of prayer I may with You abide. —Anon. One secret of effective prayer is prayer in secret. Warren
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Hendriksen says "In order that a person may know at any moment how to conduct himself toward someone else, whether that other individual be man or woman, Jew or Gentile, bond or free, etc., Jesus now lays down a principle which, as it consists of measuring one’s duty by one’s self-love, is like a pocketknife or carpenter’s rule, always immediately at hand, ready to be used....In its negative form this principle is expressed in Tob. 4:15, “What you yourself hate do not do to anyone else.” The great Jewish teacher Hillel stated similarly, “What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor.” In one form or another the rule also appears in the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Isocrates, Seneca, etc." (Borrow Exposition of the Gospel of Luke) D A Carson adds that "The Golden Rule was not invented by Jesus; it is found in many forms in highly diverse settings. About A.D. 20, Rabbi Hillel, challenged by a Gentile to summarize the law in the short time the Gentile could stand on one leg, reportedly responded, ‘What is hateful to you, do not do to anyone else. This is the whole law; all the rest is commentary. Go and learn it.’ (b. Shabbath 31a). Apparently only Jesus phrased the rule positively.” (EBC) Let’s treat others as we would like to be treated, remembering that we don’t always know the burden they may be carrying. -- Cindy Hess Kasper Henry
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Hendriksen - Jesus makes a transition to a new subject. At first there may seem to be no connection at all with the preceding. Nevertheless there may well be one. The Master has been saying, “Blessed are you poor.… Woe to you who are rich.… Love your enemies … lend without expecting to get anything back.” All this was strange, startling, yet also thought-provoking. It was nourishing food for the soul. It contrasted sharply with the sickly, warmed-up stew that was being constantly ladled to them by their scribes. See Matt. 7:28; Mark 1:22. The people could not help noticing the difference. So Jesus now explains this contrast: these scribes are blind. They cannot shed light because, to a considerable extent, they do not honor the light. They resemble a blind guide who is trying to lead a blind man, with the result that both fall into a pit....The implication is that people should not follow those blind guides. (Borrow Exposition of the Gospel of Luke) J C
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Hendriksen adds that "Palestine’s rugged terrain was full of pits, holes into which people might fall and meet with very serious accidents. Note the many references to such pits in Scripture; Ps. 40:2; 57:6; Prov. 23:27; 26:27; 28:10; Eccles. 10:8; Matt. 12:11; Luke 14:5, etc. It is clear from these references that the term pit is frequently used in a figurative sense." (Borrow Exposition of the Gospel of Luke) Bothunos - 3x in the NT Matthew 12:11 Matthew 15:14 Luke 6:39 Bothunos - 12x in 9v in the Septuagint - 2 Sa 18:17 (refers to a grave for Absalom); 2 Ki. 3:16; Isa. 24:17-18 (refers to an animal trap); Isa 47:11; 51:1 ("rock" and "quarry" refer here to Abraham and Sarah, the progenitors of the nation); Jer. 48:28,43-44
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Hendriksen explains the for this way - "“For” makes excellent sense. The connection is close. Jesus is, as it were, saying, “Remove that beam of self-righteousness, for it is a very serious defect, showing that you are a spiritually sick person. You are not bearing good fruit.” Good fruit shows that the tree from which it came is healthy; bad fruit indicates that the tree from which it fell is sickly. Every tree—the term tree as here used includes what we call a “shrub”—is known by its fruit." (Borrow Exposition of the Gospel of Luke) Bruce Barton - With a couple of proverbs derived from the agricultural setting of ancient Israel, Jesus showed his audience why hypocritically judging others (Lk 6:41–42) is foolish. (LAC) Lk 6:43-44 is another agricultural allusion by Jesus, one which He knew everyone could understand. And He will apply this agricultural metaphor to human character and conduct (Lk 6:45) Walter Leifeld points out that "The thought of Lk 6:40 continues—like teacher, like student; like tree, like fruit. The parallel passage in Matthew 7:15–20+ refers to false prophets—a fact that supports a link between this verse (Lk 6:43) and Lk 6:39 about a blind leader. Throughout the preceding section and this one, the idea is that of consistency between source and product (cf. the teaching of John the Baptist (Lk 3:7–9). (Borrow the The Expositor's Bible Commentary - Luke)