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Selected Verse: Luke 6:38 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 6:38 |
Strong Concordance |
Give [1325], and [2532] it shall be given [1325] unto you [5213]; good [2570] measure [3358], pressed down [4085], and [2532] shaken together [4531], and [2532] running over [5240], shall men give [1325] into [1519] your [5216] bosom [2859]. For [1063] with the same [846] measure [3358] that [3739] ye mete withal [3354] it shall be measured [488] to you [5213] again [488]. |
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King James |
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Give
See (Pro 28:27).
(See Scofield) - (Co2 8:1). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Pressed down (πεπιεσμένον)
Only here in New Testament. A common medical term for pressing strongly on a part of the body, and opposed to ψαύειν, to touch gently.
Shaken together, running over
Bengel says, "Pressed down, as dry articles; shaken together, as soft goods; running over, as liquids." But this is fanciful and incorrect. The allusion in every case is to a dry measure; and the climax in the three participles would be destroyed by Bengel's interpretation.
Bosom (τὸν κόλπον)
The gathered fold of the wide upper garment, bound together with the girdle, and thus forming a pouch. In the Eastern markets at this day vendors may be seen pouring the contents of a measure into the bosom of a purchaser. In Rut 3:15, Boaz says to Ruth, "Bring the vail (the mantle, so Rev., Old Testament), that thou hast upon thee, and hold it (hold it open): and he measured six measures of barley into it." Compare Isa 65:7, "I will measure their former work into their bosom; also Jer 32:18. In Act 27:39, the word is used of a bay in a beach, forming a bend in the land like the hollow of a robe. Similarly, the Latin sinus means both the hanging, baggy bosom of a robe and a bay. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Into your bosom - Alluding to the mantles the Jews wore, into which a large quantity of corn might be received. With the same measure that ye mete with, it shall be measured to you again - Amazing goodness! So we are permitted even to carve for ourselves! We ourselves are, as it were, to tell God how much mercy he shall show us! And can we be content with less than the very largest measure? Give then to man, what thou designest to receive of God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Give, and it shall be given - "Christian charity will make no difficulty in giving that which eternal truth promises to restore. Let us give, neither out of mere human generosity, nor out of vanity, nor from interest, but for the sake of God, if we would have him place it to account. There is no such thing as true unmixed generosity but in God only; because there is none but him who receives no advantage from his gifts, and because he engages himself to pay these debts of his creatures with an excessive interest. So great is the goodness of God, that, when he might have absolutely commanded us to give to our neighbor, he vouchsafes to invite us to this duty by the prospect of a reward, and to impute that to us as a desert which he has a right to exact of us by the title of his sovereignty over our persons and estates."
Men live in such a state of social union as renders mutual help necessary; and, as self-interest, pride, and other corrupt passions mingle themselves ordinarily in their commerce, they cannot fail of offending one another. In civil society men must, in order to taste a little tranquillity, resolve to bear something from their neighbors; they must suffer, pardon, and give up many things; without doing which they must live in such a state of continual agitation as will render life itself insupportable. Without this giving and forgiving spirit there will be nothing in civil society, and even in Christian congregations, but divisions, evil surmisings, injurious discourses, outrages, anger, vengeance, and, in a word, a total dissolution of the mystical body of Christ. Thus our interest in both worlds calls loudly upon us to Give and to Forgive.
Bosom - Κολπον, or lap. Almost all ancient nations wore long, wide, and loose garments; and when about to carry any thing which their hands could not contain, they used a fold of their robe in nearly the same way as women here use their aprons. The phrase is continually occurring in the best and purest Greek writers. The following example from Herodotus, b. vi., may suffice to show the propriety of the interpretation given above, and to expose the ridiculous nature of covetousness. "When Croesus had promised to Alcmaeon as much gold as he could carry about his body at once, in order to improve the king's liberality to the best advantage, he put on a very wide tunic, (κιθωνα μεγαν), leaving a great space in the Bosom, κολπον βαθυν, and drew on the largest buskins he could find. Being conducted to the treasury, he sat down on a great heap of gold, and first filled the buskins about his legs with as much gold as they could contain, and, having filled his whole Bosom, κολπον, loaded his hair with ingots, and put several pieces in his mouth, he walked out of the treasury, etc." What a ridiculous figure must this poor sinner have cut, thus heavy laden with gold, and the love of money! See many other examples in Kypke and Raphelius. See also Psa 129:7; Pro 6:27; Pro 17:23.
The same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again - The same words we find in the Jerusalem Targum on Gen 38:26. Our Lord therefore lays down a maxim which themselves allowed. |
1 Moreover [1161], brethren [80], we do [1107] you [5213] to wit [1107] of the grace [5485] of God [2316] bestowed [1325] on [1722] the churches [1577] of Macedonia [3109];
27 He that giveth [05414] unto the poor [07326] shall not lack [04270]: but he that hideth [05956] his eyes [05869] shall have many [07227] a curse [03994].
39 And [1161] when [3753] it was [1096] day [2250], they knew [1921] not [3756] the land [1093]: but [1161] they discovered [2657] a certain [5100] creek [2859] with [2192] a shore [123], into [1519] the which [3739] they were minded [1011], if [1487] it were possible [1410], to thrust in [1856] the ship [4143].
18 Thou shewest [06213] lovingkindness [02617] unto thousands [0505], and recompensest [07999] the iniquity [05771] of the fathers [01] into the bosom [02436] of their children [01121] after [0310] them: the Great [01419], the Mighty [01368] God [0410], the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], is his name [08034],
7 Your iniquities [05771], and the iniquities [05771] of your fathers [01] together [03162], saith [0559] the LORD [03068], which have burned incense [06999] upon the mountains [02022], and blasphemed [02778] me upon the hills [01389]: therefore will I measure [04058] their former [07223] work [06468] into their bosom [02436].
15 Also he said [0559], Bring [03051] the vail [04304] that thou hast upon thee, and hold [0270] it. And when she held [0270] it, he measured [04058] six [08337] measures of barley [08184], and laid [07896] it on her: and she went [0935] into the city [05892].
26 And Judah [03063] acknowledged [05234] them, and said [0559], She hath been more righteous [06663] than I; because that I gave [05414] her not to Shelah [07956] my son [01121]. And he knew her [03045] again [03254] no more.
23 A wicked [07563] man taketh [03947] a gift [07810] out of the bosom [02436] to pervert [05186] the ways [0734] of judgment [04941].
27 Can a man [0376] take [02846] fire [0784] in his bosom [02436], and his clothes [0899] not be burned [08313]?
7 Wherewith the mower [07114] filleth [04390] not his hand [03709]; nor he that bindeth sheaves [06014] his bosom [02683].