Luke 6:38

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 6:1-49

Chapter 6Now it came to pass on the second Sabbath ( Luke 6:1 )Now He is going to deal with a couple of instances on the Sabbath day. We've been introduced now to the Pharisees; they're beginning to really get into it and trying to find fault with Jesus and condemn Him for the things He is doing. And they condemned Him for eating with the publicans. He, of course, spoke out against their condemnation, telling them, "Hey, you guys belong in the old skins, and so I am just going not try and give... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 6:1-49

Luke 6:1 . On the second sabbath after the first. The Hebrew law is, Leviticus 23:11, on the morrow after the sabbath, the priest shall wave the sheaf east and west, north and south, to denote the universal gratitude which all the earth should pay to heaven for the gift of the harvest. “The Baithuseans,” says Dr. Lightfoot, “contend that the first day of the passover should be on the sabbath, that the offering of the sheaf might fall on the first day of the week. And likewise, that the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 6:38

Luke 6:38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed downOn Christian givingI.GET, GATHER. Are there not many persona of a very careless and prodigal disposition? II. GIVE. Begin to give as soon as you begin to get. That will prevent the danger of a growing covetousness. III. THE GIVING SHOULD BE IN SOME PROPORTION TO THE INCOME. I do not presume to fix the proportion. But I the more insist on the principle of a fair and just proportion, and on the duty o! the individual to turn... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 6:38

38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Ver. 38. Into your bosom ] The Jews wore large and loose garments, so that they could bear away much in their bosoms. Hence this expression. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 6:38

and it: Luke 6:30, Deuteronomy 15:10, Ezra 7:27, Ezra 7:28, Job 31:16-Proverbs :, Job 42:11, Proverbs 3:9, Proverbs 3:10, Proverbs 10:22, Proverbs 19:17, Proverbs 22:9, Ecclesiastes 11:1, Ecclesiastes 11:2, Matthew 10:42, 2 Corinthians 8:14, 2 Corinthians 8:15, 2 Corinthians 9:6-Ruth :, Philippians 4:17-Psalms : bosom: Psalms 79:12 with: Deuteronomy 19:16-Ecclesiastes :, Judges 1:7, Esther 7:10, Esther 9:25, Psalms 18:25, Psalms 18:26, Psalms 41:1, Psalms 41:2, Matthew 7:2, Mark 4:24, James... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Luke 6:38

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.Into your bosom — Alluding to the mantles the Jews wore, into which a large quantity of corn might be received.With the same measure that ye mete with, it shall be measured to you again — Amazing goodness! So we are permitted even to carve for ourselves! We ourselves are, as it... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:20-49

§ 36. SERMON ON THE MOUNT, Luke 6:20-49 . Matthew 5:1 Luke 7:29. We assume without doubt, what Dr. Nast has at length well proved, that Luke here furnishes the same Sermon on the Mount with Matthew, being a briefer report and less nearly verbatim. The slight difference in arrangement of some of the parts is doubtless owing to the variation in the particular original oral tradition, which Luke may have for the first time reduced to writing, or have received in authentic written form. In order... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 6:27-38

27-38. Christian laws of conciliation and benevolence. Matthew 5:38-48. read more

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