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Selected Verse: Luke 18:9 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 18:9 |
King James |
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Unto certain - Unto some.
Which trusted in themselves - Who confided in themselves, or who supposed that they were righteous. They did not trust to God or the Messiah for righteousness, but to their own works. They vainly supposed they had themselves complied with the demands of the law of God.
Despised others - Others who were not as externally righteous as themselves. This was the character of the Pharisees. They trusted in their outward conformity to the ceremonies of the law. They considered all who did not do that as sinners. This, moreover, is the true character of self-righteousness. Men of that stamp always despise all others. They think they are far above them in holiness, and are disposed to say to them, Stand by thyself, for I am holier than thou, Isa 65:5. True religion, on the contrary, is humble. Those who trust in Christ for righteousness feel that "they" are, in themselves, poor, and miserable, and guilty, and they are willing to admit that others may be much better than themselves. Certain it is, they "despise" no one. They love all people; they regard them, however vile, as the creatures of God and as going to eternity, and are disposed to treat them well, and to aid them in their journey toward another world. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
righteous
(See Scofield) - (Rom 10:3). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Despised (ἐξουθενοῦντας)
Lit., made nothing of. Rev., set at nought.
Others (τοὺς λοιποὺς)
The expression is stronger. Lit., the rest. They threw all others beside themselves into one class. Rev., correctly, all others. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| He spake this parable - Not to hypocrites; the Pharisee here mentioned was no hypocrite, no more than an outward adulterer: but he sincerely trusted in himself that he was righteous, and accordingly told God so, in the prayer which none but God heard. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Despised - Εξουθενουντας, Disdained, made nothing of others, treated them with sovereign contempt. Our Lord grants that the Pharisees made clean the outside: but, alas! what pride, vain glory, and contempt for others, were lodged within! |
5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.