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**it came to pass.** A Hebraism.
**on.** Greek. *en.* App-104 . Not the same word as in [Luke 6:20](../../../kjv/luke/6/20) , [Luke 6:39](../../../kjv/luke/6/39) , [Luke 6:49](../../../kjv/luke/6/49) .
**the second sabbath after the first.** All this represents only one word in the Greek *(deuteroprotos),* i.e. the second-first. Occurs only here in the N.T. The first and second sabbaths can occur only in the week of the three great Feasts. The first day of these feasts is a Sabbath "high day "(Hebrew. *porn tov)),* and is the "first "or great sabbath, whatever day of the week it falls on (see [Leviticus 23:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/7) , [Leviticus 23:24](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/24) , [Leviticus 23:35](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/35) ), the weekly sabbath then becomes the "
**second.** This "second sabbath "was therefore the ordinary *weekly sabbath,* as is clear from [Matthew 12:1](../../../kjv/matthew/12/1) . Not seeing this the current Greek texts solve the difficulty by omitting the word altogether! L Trm. WI R.
**went** = was going.
**through.** Greek *dia.* App-104 .[Luke 6:1](../../../kjv/luke/6/1) .
**corn fields** . See [Matthew 12:1](../../../kjv/matthew/12/1) .
**did eat** = were eating.

**not.** Greek. *ou.* App-105 . Not the same word *as* in verses: [Luke 6:29](../../../kjv/luke/6/29) , [Luke 6:30](../../../kjv/luke/6/30) , [Luke 6:37](../../../kjv/luke/6/37) , Luk 29:39 , Luk 29:49 .

**Jesus.** App-98 .
**answering . . . said.** See note on [Deuteronomy 1:41](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/41) .
**them** = to (Greek. *pros.* App-104 ) them.
**Have ye not read.** See App-143 .
**not** = not so much as. Greek. *ouden,* compound of on. App-105 .
**what David did** . See notes on [Matthew 12:4](../../../kjv/matthew/12/4) .
**with** = in company with. Greek *meta.* App-104 .

**into** . Greek *eis.* App-104 .
**did take** . Peculiar to Luke.
**also to them** = to them also.

**the Son of man.** See App-98 .
**also of the sabbath** = of the sabbath also.

**also on another sabbath** = on another sabbath also. Compare [Matthew 12:9-14](../../../kjv/matthew/12/9-14) .[Mark 3:1-6](../../../kjv/mark/3/1-6) .
**man.** Greek *anthropos.* App-123 .
**whose right hand** = his hand, the right [one]. withered. See on [Mark 3:1](../../../kjv/mark/3/1) .

**watched** = kept watching. Imperf. Tense. Compare [Mark 3:2](../../../kjv/mark/3/2) .
**whether** = if, &c. Assuming the possibility of the condition. App-118 .
**heal.** See [Luke 6:18](../../../kjv/luke/6/18) .
**that** = in order that.
**find.** Peculiar to Luke.

**knew** = all along knew. Imperf. Tense. Greek *oida.* App-132 . Not the same word as in [Luke 6:44](../../../kjv/luke/6/44) .
**thoughts** = reasonings (p. [Matthew 15:19](../../../kjv/matthew/15/19) . [James 2:4](../../../kjv/james/2/4) ).
**in.** Greek. *eis.* App-104 . Not the same word as in [Luke 6:12](../../../kjv/luke/6/12) , [Luke 6:17](../../../kjv/luke/6/17) , [Luke 6:23](../../../kjv/luke/6/23) , [Luke 6:41](../../../kjv/luke/6/41) , [Luke 6:42](../../../kjv/luke/6/42) .

**unto.** Greek *pros.* App-104 . Not the same word as in [Luke 6:35](../../../kjv/luke/6/35) .
**I will ask** . All the texts read, "I ask", i.e. "I further ask".
**life** = a soul. See App-110 .

**looking round** , &c. Mark's Divine supplement is "with anger", &c.
**whole** = healed.
**other.** See App-124 .

**filled with** = filled of. See note on [Luke 5:26](../../../kjv/luke/5/26) .
**madness** = senseless rage.
**communed** = began to discuss.
**with** = [saying] one to. Greek. *pros.* App-104 .

**in** . Greek. *en.* App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: [Luke 6:8](../../../kjv/luke/6/8) , [Luke 6:17](../../../kjv/luke/6/17) ; Luk 6:-23 .
**a** = the.
**to pray.** The third of seven such occasions in Luke. See note on [Luke 3:21](../../../kjv/luke/3/21) .
**continued all night** . Peculiar to Luke. A medical word. Compare [Matthew 14:23](../../../kjv/matthew/14/23) .
**prayer to God.** Greek. prayer of God. Genitive of Relation. App-17 .

**was** = became.
**of** = from. Greek. *apo.* App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: [Luke 6:34](../../../kjv/luke/6/34) , [Luke 6:44](../../../kjv/luke/6/44) , [Luke 6:45](../../../kjv/luke/6/45) . also
**He named apostles** = He named apostles also. Peculiar to Luke.

**also named** = named also. See App-141 .
**Bartholomew.** App-94 .

**Matthew and Thomas . . . Alphaeus.** All Aramaic. App-94 .

**also was the traitor** = became even a traitor.

**stood** = stopped.
**in** = on. Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**the plain** = a level [spot].
**the company** = a crowd.
**out of** = away from. Greek. *apo.* App-104 .
**healed.** Greek *iaomai.* Compare [Luke 5:17](../../../kjv/luke/5/17) .

**vexed** = beset.
**with** . Greek *hupo.* App-104 ., but the Texts read apo. spirits. Greek. *pneuma.* See App-101 . healed. Greek. *therapeuo.* Compare [Luke 5:15](../../../kjv/luke/5/15) .

**sought . . . went** , &c. Bothare the Imperf. Tense = all the while were seeking to touch Him, for virtue was going out, &c.
**virtue** = power. App-172 .
**out of** = from (beside). Greek. *para.* App-104 .

**And,** &c. Not "Luke's version" of "the Sermon on the Mount", but a repetition in a different form of certain parts of it on a subsequent occasion. Why create a "discrepancy "by supposing that our Lord never repeated any part of His discourses? Compare [Isaiah 28:9-13](../../../kjv/isaiah/28/9-13) .
**lifted up His eyes.** Peculiar to Luke.
**on** = unto. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**Blessed,** &c. = Happy. See note on [Matthew 5:3](../../../kjv/matthew/5/3) .
**the kingdom of God** . See App-114 .

**now.** In contrast with the future. In Divine reckoning the best always comes last. Peculiar to Luke.

**separate you** , &c. = cut you off.
**cast out** , &c. Compare [Deuteronomy 22:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/22/19) .
**evil.** Greek. *poneros.* App-128 .
**for** = on account of. Greek *heneka.*
**the Son of man** . See App-98 .

**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**heaven** = the heavens. Seenotes on [Matthew 6:9](../../../kjv/matthew/6/9) , [Matthew 6:10](../../../kjv/matthew/6/10) .
**in the like manner** = according to (Greek. *kata.* App-104 .) the same things. unto = to.

**But.** Greek. *plen.* Emphatic. woe. This is not a different and discrepant version of the Sermon on the Mount, but a varied repetition of parts of it.
**have received** = are receiving. Greek. *apecho.* The common word in the Papyri for a receipt. See note on [Matthew 6:2](../../../kjv/matthew/6/2) .
**consolation** . Greek *paraklesis = comfort.* Akin to "Comforter". [John 14:16](../../../kjv/john/14/16) , [John 14:26](../../../kjv/john/14/26)
**,** &c. Compare [Luke 2:25](../../../kjv/luke/2/25) .

**are full** = have been filled.

**the false prophets** . Compare [Jeremiah 5:31](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/31) . 1Ki 18:19 , [1 Kings 18:22](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/22) ; [1 Kings 22:11](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/11) .[Isaiah 30:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/30/10) .

**Love.** Greek. *agapao.* See App-135 .
**good** = well.

**Bless.** Not the same word as in verses: [Luke 6:20](../../../kjv/luke/6/20) , [Luke 6:21](../../../kjv/luke/6/21) , [Luke 6:22](../../../kjv/luke/6/22) . pray. See App-134 .
**for** = on behalf of. Greek. *huper.* App-104 .

**on** . Greek. *epi.* App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: [Luke 6:1](../../../kjv/luke/6/1) , [Luke 6:2](../../../kjv/luke/6/2) , [Luke 6:6](../../../kjv/luke/6/6) , [Luke 1:7](../../../kjv/luke/1/7) , [Luke 1:20](../../../kjv/luke/1/20) .
**cheek** = jaw.
**also the other** = the other also.
**other** . See App-124 .
**cloke** = mantle. See [Matthew 5:40](../../../kjv/matthew/5/40) .
**not.** Greek *me.* App-105 .
**coat** = tunic. See [Matthew 5:40](../../../kjv/matthew/5/40) .

**as** = according
**as would** = desire. Greek *thelo.* See App-102 .

**For** = And.
**if.** Assuming the hypothesis. App-118 .
**what** = what kind of.
**thank.** Greek. *charis.* occurs more than 150 times; eight in Luke, here: [Luke 6:33](../../../kjv/luke/6/33) , [Luke 6:34](../../../kjv/luke/6/34) , [Luke 6:30](../../../kjv/luke/6/30) ; [Luke 2:40](../../../kjv/luke/2/40) , [Luke 2:32](../../../kjv/luke/2/32) ; [Luke 4:22](../../../kjv/luke/4/22) ; [Luke 17:9](../../../kjv/luke/17/9) ; not one in Matthew or Mark; generally translated "grace". App-184 .

**if ye do good** . The condition being quite uncertain, where experience will decide. App-118 .

***of*** *=* from. Greek. *para.* App-104 .
**as much again** = the like.

**great.** Emph. by Figure of speech *Hyperbaton.* App-6 .
**children** = sons.
App-108 .
**the Highest** . Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct) for Him Who is on high. See note on [Luke 1:32](../../../kjv/luke/1/32) .
**unto** . Greek. *epi.* App-104 .

**Be ye** = Become ye.
**merciful** = compassionate. Greek. *oiktirmon.* Occurs only here and [James 5:11](../../../kjv/james/5/11) .

**not.** Greek *ou me.* App-105 .

**men** = [they] the professional measurers. mete. Anglo-Saxon = to measure.

**Can the blind . . . ?** = Is a blind [man] able to lea, a blind [man]?
**shall** = will.

**above.** Greek *huper.* App-104 .
**master** = teacher. Greek. *didaskalos.* App-98 .
**perfect** = set to rights (by his instruction being complete). See App-125 .

**beholdest.** See App-133 .
**mote . . . beam.** See notes on [Matthew 7:3](../../../kjv/matthew/7/3) .

**canst thou . . . ?** = art thou able?
**out of.** Greek. *ek.* App-104 . Not the same word a in verses: [Luke 17:19](../../../kjv/luke/17/19) .

**is known** = gets to be known. Greek *ginosko.* App-132 . by. Greek. *ek.* App-104 .
**his** = its.
**of** = from. Greek. *ek.* App-104 .
**bramble bush.** Greek. *batos.* Occurs outside Lake and Acts only in [Mark 12:26](../../../kjv/mark/12/26) . It is the same word in [Exodus 3:2-4](../../../kjv/exodus/3/2-4) (Septuagint).

**of** = out of. Greek. *ek.* App-104 . Compare [Isaiah 32:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/32/6) .

**Lord, Lord.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis (* *App-6* *),* for emphasis App-98 . B. a.

**Whosoever** = Every one. Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Genus), App-6 . Put for those only who come. to. Greek. *pros.* App-104 .
**sayings** = words. Plural of *logos.* Not the same word a in [Luke 7:1](../../../kjv/luke/7/1) . See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .
**I will shew . . . is like** . Peculiar to Luke.

**digged deep** . Greek. digged and deepened. Figure of speech *Hendiadys* ( App-6 ), for emphasis: i.e. he dug-yea, he dug deep.
**a** = the. rock. Greek *petra. As* in [Matthew 16:18](../../../kjv/matthew/16/18) .
**flood, or inundation** . Greek *plemmura.* Only here in N. T
**stream** = river. Greek. *potamos.*
**beat vehemently** = burst or brake. A medical term for a rupture.
**for,** &c. All the texts read "on account of *(Greek. dia* ) its being well built".
**upon** . Greek. *epi.* App-104 .

**doeth not** . The Negative expresses the feeling = doth not wish to do them.
**it fell.** All the texts read *sunepesen* for *epesen,* i.e. it collapsed.
**ruin** = breaking up. Another medical word.

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