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Selected Verse: Luke 18:10 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Lu 18:10 |
King James |
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The temple - Into one of the courts of the temple - the court where prayer was commonly offered. See the notes at Mat 21:12.
A Pharisee - See the notes at Mat 3:7.
Publican - See the notes at Mat 5:46. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The other (ἕτερος)
With an implication of his being a different man. See on Mat 6:24.
Publican
See on Luk 3:12. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A Pharisee - For a description of the Pharisees and their tenets, see on Mat 16:1 (note).
Publican - See an account of these on Mat 5:46 (note). Both these persons went to the temple to pray, i.e. to worship God: they were probably both Jews, and felt themselves led by different motives to attend at the temple, at the hour of prayer: the one to return thanks for the mercies he had received; the other to implore that grace which alone could redeem him from his sins. |
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.