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Selected Verse: Luke 18:23 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 18:23 |
King James |
And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| was very sorrowful--Matthew (Mat 19:22) more fully, "went away sorrowful"; Mark still more, "was sad" or "sullen" at that saying, and "went away grieved." Sorry he was, very sorry, to part with Christ; but to part with his riches would have cost him a pang more. When Riches or Heaven, on Christ's terms, were the alternative, the result showed to which side the balance inclined. Thus was he shown to lack the one all-comprehensive requirement of the law--the absolute subjection of the heart to God, and this want vitiated all his other obediences. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
He was very sorrowful
Rev., more correctly renders ἐγενήθη, he became. See on Mar 10:22.
Very rich.
The Greek order forms a climax: "rich exceedingly" |
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.