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Selected Verse: Luke 4:27 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 4:27 |
King James |
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Many lepers - For an account of the leprosy see the notes at Mat 8:1.
Time of Eliseus - Time of Elisha. The word "Eliseus" is the Greek way of writing the word Elisha, as Elias is of Elijah.
Saving Naaman the Syrian - The account of his cure is contained in 2 Kings 5. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Lepers
Wyc. renders meselis, the middle-English word for a leper, and derived from misellus, a diminutive of the Latin miser, wretched. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Kg2 5:14. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| None of them was cleansed - This verse is to be understood as the 26th; for Naaman, being a Syrian, was no leper in Israel. The meaning of these verses is, God dispenses his benefits when, where, and to whom he pleases. No person can complain of his conduct in these respects, because no person deserves any good from his hand. God never punishes any but those who deserve it; but he blesses incessantly those who deserve it not. The reason is evident: justice depends on certain rules; but beneficence is free. Beneficence can bless both the good and the evil; justice can punish the latter only. Those who do not make this distinction must have a very confused notion of the conduct of Divine Providence among men. |
1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.