LUKE XVI. 26-31.-xvII. 1—4.

ὑμῶν χάσμα μέγα ἐστήρικται, ὅπως οἱ | instruction in righteousness, 9 Tim θέλοντες διαβῆναι ἐντεῦθεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς, μη iii. 16. δύνωνται, μηδὲ οἱ ἐκεῖθεν πρὸς ἡμᾶς διαπερώσιν.

a See on Matt. xxv. ver. 46. clause 1. is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

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LUKE XVII. 4-12.

Εἶπε δὲ ὁ Κύριος· Εἰ εἴχετε πίστιν ὡς κόκκον σινάπεως, ἐλέγετε ἂν τῇ συκαμίνω ταύτῃ· Ἐκριζώθητι, καὶ φυτεύθητι ἐν τῇ θαλάσση· καὶ ὑπήκουσεν ἂν ὑμῖν.

a And the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

* See on Matt. xvii. ver. 20.

VER. 7.

Τίς δὲ ἐξ ὑμῶν δοῦλον ἔχων ἀροτριῶντα, ἢ ποιμαίνοντα, ὃς εἰσελθόντι ἐκ τοῦ ἀγροῦ ἐρεῖ εὐθέως· Παρελθὼν ἀνάπεσαι;

But which of you, having a servant ploughing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

VER. 8.

̓Αλλ ̓ οὐχὶ ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ· Ετοίμασον τί δειπνήσω, καὶ περιζωσάμενος διακόνει μοι, ἕως φάγω καὶ πίω· καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα φάγεσαι καὶ πίεσαι σύ;

And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken, and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?

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done all those things which are command-
ed you, say, We are unprofitable servants:
we have done that which was our duty to do.

own,

a But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared, to build thee an house for thine holy thine 1 Chron. xxix. 14-16. name, cometh of thine hand, and is all Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? Job xxii. 2—4. Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? xxxv. 5 -7. Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things : to whom be glory for ever, Amen. Rom. xi. 35, 36. But by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me, 1 Cor. xv. 10.

VER. 11.

Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτὸν εἰς Ιερουσαλὴμ, καὶ αὐτὸς διήρχετο διὰ μέσ σου Σαμαρείας καὶ Γαλιλαίας.

And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.

VER. 12.

Καὶ εἰσερχομένου αὐτοῦ εἴς τινα κώμην, ἀπήντησαν αὐτῷ δέκα λεπροὶ ἄνδρες, οἱ ἔστησαν απόῤῥωθεν·

And as he entered into a certain vil

the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be, Matt. xxiv. 27.]

VER. 25.

Πρῶτον δὲ δεῖ αὐτὸν πολλὰ παθεῖν, καὶ ἀποδοκιμασθῆναι ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης·

a But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. a See on Matt. xvi, ver. 21.

VER. 26.

Καὶ καθὼς ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τοῦ Νῶε, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

a And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of

man.

[But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be, Matt. xxiv. 37.]

a See on Matt. xxiv. ver. $7.

VER. 27.

Ησθιον, ἔπινεν, ἐγάμουν, ἐξεγαμίζοντο, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας εἰσῆλθε Νῶς εἰς τὴν κιβωτὸν, καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ κατακλυσμὸς, καὶ ἀπώλεσεν ἅπαντας.

They did eat, they drank, they mar ried wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

[For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not, until the flood came and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be, Matt. xxiv. 38, 39.]

VER. 28.

Ομοίως καὶ ὡς ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Λώτ' ἤσθιον, ἔπινον, ηγόραζον, ἐπώλουν, ἐφύτευον, οἰκοδόμουν·

Likewise a also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

a And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. Then Lot chose

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him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot
journeyed east; and, they separated
themselves the one from the other.
Abram dwelled in the land of Ca-
naan, and Lot dwelled in the cities
of the plain, and pitched his tent to-
ward Sodom. But the men of Sodom
were wicked, and sinners before the
LORD exceedingly, Gen. xiii. 10-13.
And the LORD said, Because the cry
of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and
because their sin is very grievous;
I will go down now, and see whether
they have done altogether according
to the cry of it, which is come unto
me; and if not, I will know, xviii.
20, 21. And Abraham drew near,
and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
righteous with the wicked? Perad-
venture there be fifty righteous with-
in the city: wilt thou also destroy
and not spare the place for the fifty
righteous that are therein? That be
far from thee to do after this man-
ner; to slay the righteous with the
wicked : and that the righteous should
be as the wicked, that be far from
thee. Shall not the Judge of all the
earth do right? And the LORD said,
If I find in Sodom fifty righteous with-
in the city, then I will spare all the
place for their sakes. And Abraham
answered and said, Behold now, I
have taken upon me to speak unto
the LORD, which am but dust and
ashes. Peradventure there shall lack

five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five?
And he said, If I find there forty
and five, I will not destroy it. And
he spake unto him yet again, and
said, Peradventure there shall be
forty found there. And he said, I
will not do it for forty's sake. And
he said unto him, Oh let not the
LoRr be angry, and I will speak :
Peradventure there shall thirty be
found there. And he said, I will not
do it if I find thirty there. And he
said, Behold now, I have taken upon
me to speak unto the LORD: Perad-
venture there shall be twenty found
there. And he said, I will not de-
stroy it for twenty's sake. And he said,
Oh let not the LORD be angry, and
I will speak yet but this once: Per-
adventure ten shall be found there.
And he said, I will not destroy it for
ten's sake. And the LORD went his

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LUKE XVII. 28-31.

way, as soon as he had left commun- | ing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place, 23-33. And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom and Lot, seeing them, rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house : and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, and said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing: for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot unto the house to them, and shut to the door. they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great; so that they wearied themselves to find the door. And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: For we will destroy | this place, because the cry of them is waren great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to

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destroy it. And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get ye out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons-inlaw. And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city, xix. 1—15.

VER. 29.

Η δὲ ἡμέρᾳ ἐξῆλθε Λὼτ ἀπὸ Σοδόμων, έβρεξε πῦρ καὶ θεῖον απ' οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἀπώλεσεν ἅπαντας.

a But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

a Then the LORD rained upon Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground, Gen. xix. 24, 25. And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds :) 2 Pet. ii. 6-8. Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them, in like manner giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire, Jude 7.

VER. 30.

Κατὰ ταῦτα ἔσται ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου αποκαλύπτεται.

a Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

a See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 42.
VER. 31.

Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, ὃς ἔσται ἐπὶ τοῦ δώματος, καὶ τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ, μὴ καταβάτω ἆραι αὐτά· καὶ ὁ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, ὁμοίως μὴ ἐπιστρεψάτω εἰς τὰ iniow.