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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then drew near to him,.... To "Jesus", as the Persic and Ethiopic versions express it: this was on the sabbath day, and either when he was in the Pharisee's house, where he was invited to dinner, Lu 14:1 or rather when he came out of it, when the multitude, who could not come near him whilst there, took the opportunity of gathering about him; even...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
Evil manners, we say, beget good laws; so, in this chapter, the murmuring of the scribes and Pharisees at the grace of Christ, and the favour he showed to publicans and sinners, gave occasion for a more full discovery of that grace than perhaps otherwise we should have had in these three parables which we have in this chapter, the scope of all of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. The Pharisees and scribes formed the outside ring of Christ’s hearers, but the inner circle consisted of the guilty, the heavy-laden, and the lowly. They pressed as near to Christ...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. However sunken they might be, they knew their best Friend; they recognized their Benefactor, so they gathered around him. They knew who it was that smiled upon them, and who would fain uplift them; so they came clustering around him, like bees fly to the flowers: “Then drew...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then drew near unto him and the publicans and sinner, for to hear him, and the Pharisees, and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And he spake this parable unto them, The deepest feelings of our Saviour’s heart seem to have been brought out by the two classes of persons here mentioned, his pity and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured,.... When they saw the easy access these wicked men had to Christ; and that he stopped and stayed with them, and very freely imparted instructions to them: saying, this man receiveth sinners. The Persic version reads, "publicans and sinners", as in the preceding verse: the word "man" is not in the original...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. Where bees come, wasps often come, too. This murmuring of the Pharisees and scribes was after their nature; they were so proud, so wrapped up in themselves, they thought so contemptuously of everybody else, that they dared even to despise him whose...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he spake this parable unto them,.... To the Pharisees, for their conviction and confutation; and to the publicans and sinners for their encouragement; and in vindication of himself; and not only this, but the other two, concerning the lost piece of money, and the prodigal son, which were said at this time, and on the same occasion; saying, as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he spake this parable unto them, saying, There are three parables here; but, inasmuch as it is called “this parable”, it is really only one. It is a picture in three panels, representing the same scene from different points of view.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he spake this parable unto them, saying, This is really a picture in three panels,¾a parable with three variations.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Saying, what man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing: And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friend and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
What man of you having an hundred sheep,.... A flock of sheep, consisting of such a number; [See comments on Matthew 18:12], if he lose one of them, by straying from the flock, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, upon the common where they were feeding, and go after that which is lost until he find it? by which parable Christ...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? It has a new importance in his eyes, for it is lost. Before, it was only one of a hundred in the fold; but now it is one distinct and separate from all the rest, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he hath found it,.... In a sad plight and condition: so Christ finds his sheep in a most desolate one, in a pit, in the mire and clay of nature; in the paw of the roaring lion, Satan; helpless, hopeless, wretched, miserable, and naked; and not only starving, famishing, and dying, but even dead in trespasses and sins: and finding them with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. No doubt he was glad that the other sheep were not lost; but that joy was, for a while, quite eclipsed in the more striking and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he cometh home,.... The house, or home, to which Christ comes and brings thither his lost sheep on his shoulders when found, is either the church of God, which is Christ's house and home, and into which he himself comes; it is his by gift and purchase, and which he has built, and here comes and dwells as a son over it, as king in it, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be heaven,.... In the church below, and among the members of it; which is sometimes called heaven, especially in the book of the Revelations; or in heaven above, and among the angels there; see Lu 15:10 Over one sinner that repenteth; for the joy in heaven, is not over sinners as such; for as such, they are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. If such there be,¾and there are many who think that they belong to this class,¾they bring no joy to the great Shepherd; but you who have had to mourn over your lost estate set the bells of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Either what woman, having ten pieces of silver,.... Or "drachmas": a "drachma" was the fourth part of a shekel, and of the same value with a Roman penny; and was worth of our money, seven pence half penny; so that the ten pieces amounted to six shilling's, and three pence: the Ethiopic version renders it "ten rings": this parable is delivered,...