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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. “He does not look like it, he has become a tax-gatherer for the Romans, he has oppressed his own countrymen. But he is a son of Abraham, and salvation has come to him.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. When our Lord was here, his personal mission as a soul-winner was to the Jews, to those who were of the house of Abraham; so he shows that however much despised this man might be, he came within the compass of the Christ’s immediate...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the son of man,.... Meaning himself, who was truly man, and the Messiah, and which was one of his names in the Old Testament: is come: from heaven, into this world, being sent by the Father, and with the full consent and good will of his own: to seek and save that which was lost: as all his elect were in Adam, and by their own actual...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. If, at this time, we ask our Lord Jesus, “Whither goest thou, Divine Master?” his answer still is, “I am come to seek and to save that which was lost.” “Art thou come after those who think themselves good enough without thee?” He shakes his head and says, “I am a Physician, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. Some of them dreamt of a temporal sovereignty with Christ at its head, so he taught them that his kingdom was...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And as they heard these things,.... What Zacchaeus said to Christ, and what Christ said to Zacchaeus; particularly, that salvation, or the Saviour was then come to his house, and that he was come to save lost persons: he added, and spake a parable; that is, as the Syriac version renders it, "he added a parable to the word", or to what he had said:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He said therefore,.... The following parable, with the above said design and view: a certain nobleman; the son of a great family, as the Syriac version renders it; of noble descent, of an illustrious extract; by whom is meant Jesus Christ, who was a "man", as he agreed to be, and was prophesied of as such; and who frequently appeared in an human...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. “Use these pounds on my account; be stewards of them for me until I return.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he called his ten servants,.... By whom are meant, not all mankind; for though these are all his servants of right, yet not in fact; nor the elect of God, who are called by grace; for though these are the servants of Christ, and are peculiarly his, yet all that received the pound were not such, for one of them was a wicked man; but the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But his citizens hated him,.... Not those who are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; whose citizenship is in heaven, and who are seeking the better country, and heavenly city; but the Jews, who were his own people and nation, among whom he was born, to whom he was sent and came, and had an undoubted right to the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And it came to pass that when he was returned,.... Which return was either in power to Jerusalem, in the destruction of that city; or which will be in person to this earth, at the end of the world; and will be local and visible, and in great glory, attended with the holy angels, and with all the saints: the time is fixed and certain, though...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then came the first,.... Who were set in the first place in the church, the apostles of Christ, and who had the greatest gifts, and laboured more abundantly, and were eminently useful; such an one was the Apostle Paul: saying, Lord; acknowledging the sovereignty and dominion of Christ over them, owning they were accountable to him, and that he had...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. The genuine servant, with due humility, puts himself in the background. It is not he who has “gained ten pounds;” it is his Lord’s pound that has done it. He is pleased to bring the ten pounds; yet he claims no credit for himself, but says, “Lord, thy pound hath gained ten...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto him, well, thou good servant,.... Signifying he had well done, and had approved himself to be an honest, diligent, and laborious servant; who, having the grace of God, which made him a good man, and gifts and abilities, which made him a good minister of Christ, he made a good use them, freely communicated the good things of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. Observe that, whatever the triumph of Christ is to be, his faithful servants are to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. There is no comparison between the servant’s work and the reward for its faithful performance. That ten pounds, if his Lord had given it all to him, would not have bought a house in a village, unless it had been a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the second came,.... He who was next, though less useful, yet equally diligent and active: saying, Lord; acknowledging also the power and authority of Christ over him: thy pound hath gained five pounds; is increased fivefold, or is turned to a fivefold account, to the interest of Christ, and good of immortal souls: the usefulness of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. How he must have opened his eyes, when he received authority over five cities!