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Selected Verse: Luke 18:10 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 18:10 |
Strong Concordance |
Two [1417] men [444] went up [305] into [1519] the temple [2411] to pray [4336]; the one [1520] a Pharisee [5330], and [2532] the other [2087] a publican [5057]. |
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King James |
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The temple - Into one of the courts of the temple - the court where prayer was commonly offered. See the notes at Mat 21:12.
A Pharisee - See the notes at Mat 3:7.
Publican - See the notes at Mat 5:46. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The other (ἕτερος)
With an implication of his being a different man. See on Mat 6:24.
Publican
See on Luk 3:12. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A Pharisee - For a description of the Pharisees and their tenets, see on Mat 16:1 (note).
Publican - See an account of these on Mat 5:46 (note). Both these persons went to the temple to pray, i.e. to worship God: they were probably both Jews, and felt themselves led by different motives to attend at the temple, at the hour of prayer: the one to return thanks for the mercies he had received; the other to implore that grace which alone could redeem him from his sins. |
46 For [1063] if [1437] ye love [25] them which [3588] love [25] you [5209], what [5101] reward [3408] have ye [2192]? do [4160] not [3780] even [2532] the publicans [5057] the same [846]?
7 But [1161] when he saw [1492] many [4183] of the Pharisees [5330] and [2532] Sadducees [4523] come [2064] to [1909] his [846] baptism [908], he said [2036] unto them [846], O generation [1081] of vipers [2191], who [5101] hath warned [5263] you [5213] to flee [5343] from [575] the wrath [3709] to come [3195]?
12 And [2532] Jesus [2424] went [1525] into [1519] the temple [2411] of God [2316], and [2532] cast out [1544] all them [3956] that sold [4453] and [2532] bought [59] in [1722] the temple [2411], and [2532] overthrew [2690] the tables [5132] of the moneychangers [2855], and [2532] the seats [2515] of them that sold [4453] doves [4058],
12 Then [1161] came [2064] also [2532] publicans [5057] to be baptized [907], and [2532] said [2036] unto [4314] him [846], Master [1320], what [5101] shall we do [4160]?
24 No man [3762] can [1410] serve [1398] two [1417] masters [2962]: for [1063] either [2228] he will hate [3404] the one [1520], and [2532] love [25] the other [2087]; or else [2228] he will hold [472] to the one [1520], and [2532] despise [2706] the other [2087]. Ye cannot [3756] [1410] serve [1398] God [2316] and [2532] mammon [3126].
46 For [1063] if [1437] ye love [25] them which [3588] love [25] you [5209], what [5101] reward [3408] have ye [2192]? do [4160] not [3780] even [2532] the publicans [5057] the same [846]?
1 The Pharisees [5330] also [2532] with the Sadducees [4523] came [4334], and [2532] tempting [3985] desired [1905] him [846] that he would shew [1925] them [846] a sign [4592] from [1537] heaven [3772].