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Selected Verse: Luke 11:46 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 11:46 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] he said [2036], Woe [3759] unto you [5213] also [2532], ye lawyers [3544]! for [3754] ye lade [5412] men [444] with burdens [5413] grievous to be borne [1419], and [2532] ye yourselves [846] touch [4379] not [3756] the burdens [5413] with one [1520] of your [5216] fingers [1147]. |
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King James |
And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. |
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] |
| burdens grievous, &c.--referring not so much to the irksomeness of the legal rites (though they were irksome, Act 15:10), as to the heartless rigor with which they were enforced, and by men of shameless inconsistency. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| See the notes at Mat 23:4. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Also (καὶ)
Emphatic. "Even or also unto you lawyers, woe." Note the article as in the address to the Pharisees (Luk 11:43): You, the lawyers.
Ye lade
Compare heavy laden, Mat 11:28.
Grievous to be borne (δυσβάστακτα)
Only here and Mat 23:4.
Touch (προσψαύετε)
Only here in New Testament. A technical term in medicine for feeling gently a sore part of the body, or the pulse. Mat 23:4, has κινῆσαι, move. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Ye lade men with burdens - By insisting on the observance of the traditions of the elders, to which it appears, by the way, they paid no great attention themselves. See on Mat 23:4 (note). |
10 Now [3568] therefore [3767] why [5101] tempt ye [3985] God [2316], to put [2007] a yoke [2218] upon [1909] the neck [5137] of the disciples [3101], which [3739] neither [3777] our [2257] fathers [3962] nor [3777] we [2249] were able [2480] to bear [941]?
4 For [1063] they bind [1195] heavy [926] burdens [5413] and [2532] grievous to be borne [1419], and [2532] lay [2007] them on [1909] men's [444] shoulders [5606]; but [1161] they themselves will [2309] not [3756] move [2795] them [846] with one of their [846] fingers [1147].
4 For [1063] they bind [1195] heavy [926] burdens [5413] and [2532] grievous to be borne [1419], and [2532] lay [2007] them on [1909] men's [444] shoulders [5606]; but [1161] they themselves will [2309] not [3756] move [2795] them [846] with one of their [846] fingers [1147].
4 For [1063] they bind [1195] heavy [926] burdens [5413] and [2532] grievous to be borne [1419], and [2532] lay [2007] them on [1909] men's [444] shoulders [5606]; but [1161] they themselves will [2309] not [3756] move [2795] them [846] with one of their [846] fingers [1147].
28 Come [1205] unto [4314] me [3165], all [3956] ye that labour [2872] and [2532] are heavy laden [5412], and I [2504] will give [373] you [5209] rest [373].
43 Woe [3759] unto you [5213], Pharisees [5330]! for [3754] ye love [25] the uppermost seats [4410] in [1722] the synagogues [4864], and [2532] greetings [783] in [1722] the markets [58].
4 For [1063] they bind [1195] heavy [926] burdens [5413] and [2532] grievous to be borne [1419], and [2532] lay [2007] them on [1909] men's [444] shoulders [5606]; but [1161] they themselves will [2309] not [3756] move [2795] them [846] with one of their [846] fingers [1147].