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Selected Verse: Luke 11:13 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 11:13 |
King James |
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the Holy Spirit--in Matthew (Mat 7:11), "good gifts"; the former, the Gift of gifts descending on the Church through Christ, and comprehending the latter. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
give
It is evident that none of the disciples, with the possible exception of Mary of Bethany, asked for the Spirit in the faith of this promise. It was a new and staggering thing to a Jew that, in advance of the fulfilment of (Joe 2:28); (Joe 2:29) all might receive the Spirit. Mary alone of the disciples understood Christ's repeated declaration concerning His own death and resurrection (Joh 12:3-7). Save Mary, not one of the disciples but Peter, and he only in the great confession (Mat 16:16) manifested a spark of spiritual intelligence till after the resurrection of Christ and the impartation of the Spirit; (Joh 20:22); (Act 2:1-4). To go back to the promise of (Luk 11:13); is to forget Pentecost, and to ignore the truth that now every believer has the indwelling Spirit; (Rom 8:9); (Rom 8:15); (Co1 6:19); (Gal 4:6); (Jo1 2:20); (Jo1 2:27).
(See Scofield) - (Act 2:4). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Being (ὑπάρχοντες)
See on Jam 2:15.
Heavenly Father
Lit., the Father, he who is from Heaven, |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| How much more shall your heavenly Father - How beautiful is the gradation! A friend: a father: God! Give the Holy Spirit - The best of gifts, and that which includes every good gift. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Holy Spirit - Or, as several MSS. have it, πνευμα αγαθον, the good spirit. See on Mat 7:11 (note). |
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?