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Selected Verse: Luke 23:10 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Lu 23:10 |
King James |
And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused 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] |
stood and vehemently accused him--no doubt both of treason before the king, and of blasphemy, for the king was a Jew. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Vehemently accused him - Violently or unjustly accused him, endeavoring to make it appear that he had been guilty of sedition in Herod's province. |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Vehemently (εὐτόνως)
Only here and Act 18:28, of the preaching of Apollos. Originally the word means well-strung; hence, in medical language, of a well-toned body. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The chief priests - vehemently accused him - Corrupt priests and teachers are generally the most implacable enemies of Christ and his truth. Evil passions betray those who are slaves to them. An affected moderation would have rendered these accusers less suspected, their accusations more probable, and the envy less visible than this vehemence: but envy seldom or never consults prudence: and God permits this to be so for the honor of truth and innocence. Quesnel. |
28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.