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**ended** = completed, or finished.
**sayings.** Greek. p1. of *rhema.* Not the same word as in [Luke 6:47](../../../kjv/luke/6/47) . See note on [Mark 9:32](../../../kjv/mark/9/32) .
**in** = into. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**audience** = hearing. Greek. "ears". Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for hearing.
**into.** Greek. *eis.* *App-104* *.*
**Capernaum.** See App-169 .

**a certain centurion** : viz. the same that the Lord had blessed before ([Matthew 8:5-13](../../../kjv/matthew/8/5-13) ); i.e. before the calling of the twelve, [Matthew 10:1](../../../kjv/matthew/10/1) , &c. This second healing of the centurion's *bondman* took place *after* the calling of the twelve ([Luke 6:13-16](../../../kjv/luke/6/13-16) ). Note the different words and incidents. servant = bondman. Greek. *doulos,* not *"pais"* as in [Matthew 8:6](../../../kjv/matthew/8/6) ( App-108 .) and in [Luke 7:7](../../../kjv/luke/7/7) here, for the " *pais"* might be a *"doulos",* while the *"doulos"* need not be *a ' pais". "Pais"* relates to origin, " *doulos"* to condition, when used of the same person. dear = esteemed, or honoured. Not said of the "pais", and more suitable to " *doulos".*

**of** = about. Greek. *peri.* App-104 . Not the same word as in verses: [Luke 7:7](../../../kjv/luke/7/7) , [Luke 7:35](../../../kjv/luke/7/35); [Luke 7:35](../../../kjv/luke/7/35) .
**Jesus.** App-98 .
**sent** = sent away (the sender remaining behind). Greek. *apostello.* App-174 .
**unto.** Greek. *pros.* App-104 .
**the elders** = some of [the] elders.
**beseeching** = asking. Not the same word as in [Luke 7:4](../../../kjv/luke/7/4) . App-134 .

**to** . Greek. *pros.* App-104 .
**besought** . Stronger word than in [Luke 7:3](../../../kjv/luke/7/3) . App-134 .:6.
**instantly** = pressingly, or urgently.
**was** = is: giving the exact words.

**loveth.** Greek. *agapao.* App-135 .
**he** = he himself.
**us** = for us.
**a synagogue** = the synagogue. The Lord knew all the synagogues in Capernaum; so that this must have been some special synagogue, probably a new one, built since the event of [Matthew 8:5-13](../../../kjv/matthew/8/5-13) ,

**went** = was going.
**with** = in conjunction or fellowship with. Greek. *sun.* App-104 .
**not far.** In the former case, the Lord did not go; being prevented by the centurion.
**not** . Greek. *ou.* App-105 .
**from** . Greek. *apo.* App-104 .
**sent** . Greek. *pempo* ( App-174 .) = to send with; the envoy being accompanied by an, escort.
**saying.** He himself was present, and was the speaker.
**Lord** . App-98 . The Person of the Lord is the subject of this second period of His ministry. See App-119 .
**trouble not Thyself** . This second and similar address shows a greater depth of humility, probably grown since the former healing, of which the synagogue may have been a votive token. not. Greek. *me.* App-105 . Not the same word as in preceding and following clause,
**not worthy** . Greek. *ou* . As in first clause.
**under** . Greek. *hupo.* App-104 .
**my** . Emphatic by position in the sentence. Figure of speech *Hyperbaton.* App-6 .

**say in a word** = say by, or with a word. Dative case.
**servant** . Here, it is Greek. *pais.* App-108 . See note on [Luke 7:2](../../../kjv/luke/7/2) .

**I also am** , &c. = I also, a man, am appointed under (or, obedient to) authority.
**man** . Greek. *anthropos.* App-123 . set appointed.
**me** = myself.

**He marvelled** , &c. The only other instance of the Lord's marvelling is at their *unbelief* ([Mark 6:6](../../../kjv/mark/6/6) ).
**not. . . . no, not** = not even. Greek. *oude.*
**in.** Greek. *en.* App-104 .

**to** = unto. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**whole** = in good health. A medical word. See note on [Luke 5:31](../../../kjv/luke/5/31) . that had been sick. Omitted by L T Tr. [A] W EI R. Thusthe antecedents and consequents, andsubjects of the two miracles differ in important details.

**Verses 11-17** peculiar to Luke. Selected because it is connected with the Lord's Person as God-raiser of the dead; and as Man-full of compassion.
**And** . Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ), the "many ands" in these verses (11-17) emphasizing every detail. The "ands" in the English do not always agree with those in the Greek.
**it came to pass.** A Hebraism. See note on [Luke 1:8](../../../kjv/luke/1/8) .
**Nain.** Now, *Nein.* Occurs only here in N.T. The ruins are on the slope of Little Hermon, west of Endor.

**the gate** . All funerals were outside.
**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* *App-6* *.* To call attention to the two great crowds meeting.
**a dead man** . Greek *ho nekros.* App-139 .

**the Lord** . This Divine title more frequent in Luke than in any of the other Gospels. See verses: [Luke 7:19](../../../kjv/luke/7/19) , [Luke 7:31](../../../kjv/luke/7/31) , [Luke 7:1](../../../kjv/luke/7/1) ; [Luke 11:1](../../../kjv/luke/11/1) ; [Luke 12:42](../../../kjv/luke/12/42) ; [Luke 17:5](../../../kjv/luke/17/5) , [Luke 17:6](../../../kjv/luke/17/6) ; [Luke 19:8](../../../kjv/luke/19/8) ; [Luke 19:22](../../../kjv/luke/19/22) . a[Luke 19:1](../../../kjv/luke/19/1) . App-98 . A.
**saw** . Greek *eidon.* App-133 .:1. Not the same word as in [Luke 7:24](../../../kjv/luke/7/24) .
**compassion** . See on [Luke 7:11](../../../kjv/luke/7/11) the reason for the selection of this miracle, here.
**on.** *Greek. epi.* App-104 .
**not** . Greek. *me.* App-105 .

**came** = came up.
**touched** . Without defilement. Another remarkable fact, emphasized by the and".
**bier** . Probably of wicker-work.
**stood still** . Another remarkable particular. Young man. App-108 . Arise. App-178 .

**he that was dead** = the corpse. See App-139 . sat up. A medical word ([Colossians 4:14](../../../kjv/colossians/4/14) ). Greek *anakathizo.* Occurs only here and [Acts 9:40](../../../kjv/acts/9/40) . Common in medical writings; and found also in the Papyri, in a letter from a Christian servant to his absent master about the illness of his mistress (Milligan's *Selections,* p. 130).

**a great prophet** . See [Luke 9:8](../../../kjv/luke/9/8) , [Luke 9:19](../../../kjv/luke/9/19) .
**is risen up** . App-178 .
**among** . Greek *en.* App-104 .
**hath visited** . Compare [Luke 1:68](../../../kjv/luke/1/68) . [John 3:2](../../../kjv/john/3/2) .

**rumour** = report. Greek *logos.*
**throughout** = in. Greek. *en.* App-104 .

**shewed him** = brought word. This became the occasion of John's second mission. If the Lord could raise the dead, why was he languishing in prison?

**two** = a certain two. The mission in [Matthew 11:1](../../../kjv/matthew/11/1) , &c., was earlier than this. See notes on [Matthew 11:2](../../../kjv/matthew/11/2) . No number named there. See note on "two" there.
**Jesus.** All the texts read "the Lord". See note on [Luke 7:13](../../../kjv/luke/7/13) .
**He That should come** = the coming [Messiah].
**look we** = do we look.
**another** . Greek. *allos.* App-124 . But Tr. and WI read *"heteros".* App-124 .

**men** . Greek. Plural of *aner.* App-123 .

**same** . Omit. No equivalent in the Greek.
**cured** = healed.
**of** = from. App-104 .
**infirmities** = diseases (chronic).
**plagues** = scourges (acute). Medical terms ([Colossians 4:14](../../../kjv/colossians/4/14) ).
**evil** . Greek. *poneros.* App-128 .
**spirits** . See App-101 .

**Jesus** . Omit [LIT Tr. A WH R.
**seen and heard** . The evidence was not that they were miracles *(qua* miracles), but that the miracles were those that had been prophesied. See [Isaiah 29:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/29/18) ; Isa 85:4-6 ; [Isaiah 60:1-3](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/1-3) . Had the Lord worked miracles far more extraordinary they would have been no evidence at all as to His claims. the . . . the, &c. No articles in the Greek.
**see** are seeing again. App-133 .
**dead** = dead people.
**No Art** . See App-139 .
**to the poor the gospel is preached:** literally the poor ( App-127 .) are being
**evangelized** ( App-121 .4).

**blessed** = happy.
**not be offended** = find not (Greek. *me.* App-105 .) anything to stumble at.

**concerning.** Greek. *peri.* App-104 .
**went ye out** = have ye gone out (perfect tense). All the texts, however, read "went ye out" (aor.)
**for to see** = to look at. Greek *theaomai.* App-133 .
**with** = by. Greek. *hupo.* App-104 .
**wind** . Greek. *anemos.*

**for to see** = to see. Greek. *eidon.* App-133 . soft. See [Matthew 11:8](../../../kjv/matthew/11/8) . A contrast to "camel's hair".
**are** = are existing. Same word as "was" in [Romans 4:19](../../../kjv/romans/4/19) ; "being "in [Philippians 1:2](../../../kjv/philippians/1/2) , [Philippians 1:6](../../../kjv/philippians/1/6) ; and "is" in [Philippians 1:3](../../../kjv/philippians/1/3) , [Philippians 1:20](../../../kjv/philippians/1/20) .
**delicately** = luxuriously. The Herods were noted for this ([Acts 12:21](../../../kjv/acts/12/21) .[Mark 6:21](../../../kjv/mark/6/21) . Josephus, Bel. [Jude 1:20](../../../kjv/jude/1/20) . § 3 ; Ant. xix. 8. 2).
**kings' courts** = royal palaces. Greek. Plural of *basileion.* Occurs only here in N.T.

**A prophet.** See App-49 . One who spoke *for God.* Not necessarily beforehand. Compare [Exodus 4:16](../../../kjv/exodus/4/16) ; [Exodus 7:1](../../../kjv/exodus/7/1) .

**it is written** = it standeth written. Quoted from [Malachi 3:1](../../../kjv/malachi/3/1) . See App-107 .
**before** . Greek. *pro.* App-104 .
**prepare** . See note on [Luke 1:17](../../../kjv/luke/1/17) .
**before** . Greek. *emprosthen =* in the presence of.

**born** = brought into the world. Greek *gennao,* used of the mother. See note on [Matthew 1:2](../../../kjv/matthew/1/2) .
**not.** Greek. *oudeis* = no one. Compare [Luke 5:36](../../../kjv/luke/5/36) .
**least.** See note on [Matthew 11:11](../../../kjv/matthew/11/11) . John only proclaimed it. But had the nation then accepted the Lord, it would have been realized.
**the kingdom** ***of*** **God** . See App-114 .

**publicans** = toll collectors. See on [Matthew 5:46](../../../kjv/matthew/5/46) .
**justified God** . A Hebraism = declared God to be just, by submitting to John's baptism.

**rejected** = set aside, or annulled, by the interpretation they put upon it. Compare [Galatians 1:2](../../../kjv/galatians/1/2) , [Galatians 1:21](../../../kjv/galatians/1/21) .[Proverbs 1:24](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/24) .
**counsel.** Greek. *boule.* See App-102 ., and p. [Ephesians 1:9](../../../kjv/ephesians/1/9) , [Ephesians 1:11](../../../kjv/ephesians/1/11) . See also [Acts 2:23](../../../kjv/acts/2/23) ; [Acts 4:28](../../../kjv/acts/4/28) , &c.
**against** = as to. Greek. *eis.* App-104 .
**of** = by. Greek. *hupo.* App-104 .

**And the Lord said** . All the texts omit these words. this generation. See note on [Matthew 11:16](../../../kjv/matthew/11/16) .

**children** = little children. App-108 .
**the** = a.
**We have piped** = We piped: i.e. played at being at a wedding.
**have not danced** = danced not.
**we have mourned** = we mourned: i.e. we played at being at a funeral.
**have not wept** = wept not. Compare [Luke 6:21](../../../kjv/luke/6/21) .

**eating . . . drinking.** Hebrew idiom for ordinary living. Compare [Luke 1:15](../../../kjv/luke/1/15) .[Matthew 3:4](../../../kjv/matthew/3/4) .
**Bread. . . wine.** Peculiar to Luke.
**devil** = demon. Later, they said the same of the Lord. [John 7:20](../../../kjv/john/7/20) ; [John 10:20](../../../kjv/john/10/20) .

**The Son of man** . See App-98 .
**is** = has.

**But** = And yet.
**wisdom** . See note on [Matthew 11:19](../../../kjv/matthew/11/19) .
**children:** i.e. those produced by her. See App-108 .

**And one** , &c. Verses 36-50 peculiar to Luke. Not to be identified with Simon ([Mark 14:3](../../../kjv/mark/14/3) ). All the circumstances are different.
**Simon** was one of the commonest names. There are nine mentioned in the N.T., and two among the Twelve.
**desired** = asked, or invited. App-134 .
**with** = in company
**with.** Greek. *meta.* App-104 .
**sat down to meat** = reclined [at table].

**a woman.** Not to be identified with Mary Magdalene: it is a libel on her to do so, and quite arbitrary. Compare [Matthew 21:32](../../../kjv/matthew/21/32) .
**the city.** That it was Magdala is a pure assumption.
**which** = who: i.e. reference to a class.
**was,** &c. All the texts read "which was in the city, a sinner".
**when she knew** = having got to know. Greek. *ginosko.* App-132 .
**Jesus** = He. alabaster. See [Matthew 26:7](../../../kjv/matthew/26/7) . [Mark 14:3](../../../kjv/mark/14/3) .

**And.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton.* App-6 .
**at** = beside. Greek. *para.* App-104 .
**wash** = bedew.
**did wipe** = was wiping.
**kissed** = was ardently kissing. Compare [Acts 20:37](../../../kjv/acts/20/37) .

**bidden** = invited.
**within.** Greek. *en = in.* App-104 .
**if,** &c. Assuming and believing the fact. App-118 .
**known** = got to know, as in [Luke 7:36](../../../kjv/luke/7/36) .
**that.** Same as "which" in [Luke 7:36](../../../kjv/luke/7/36) .

**answering** : i.e. his secret doubt.
**Simon** . See note on [Luke 7:36](../../../kjv/luke/7/36) .
**say unto thee** . You have been condemning Me!
**Master** = Teacher. App-98 .
**say on** = say it.

**There was** , &c. Greek. "There were two debtors to a certain money-lender".
**pence** = denarii. See App-51 .
**other** = a different one. Greek. *heteros.* See App-124 .

**when they had nothing** = not (Greek. *me* as in [Luke 7:13](../../../kjv/luke/7/13) ) having anything.
**most** = more.

**I suppose** = I take it. Greek. *hupolambano,* used only by Luke; here, [Luke 10:30](../../../kjv/luke/10/30) . [Acts 1:9](../../../kjv/acts/1/9) ; [Acts 2:15](../../../kjv/acts/2/15) . Medical use, to check (a disease).
**judged.** App-122 .

**Seest thou** = Host thou mark. Greek. *blepo.* App-133 . The Lord calls Simon's attention to *her works,* but He calls the woman's attention ([Luke 7:47](../../../kjv/luke/7/47) ) to *His own grace* towards her.
**thou gavest,** &c. Op. [Genesis 18:4](../../../kjv/genesis/18/4) ; [Genesis 19:2](../../../kjv/genesis/19/2) .[Judges 19:21](../../../kjv/judges/19/21) . [1 Timothy 5:10](../../../kjv/1-timothy/5/10) . no. Greek. *ou.* App-105 .
**for** = upon. Greek. *epi.* App-104 .
**she.** Emphatic.

**this woman** = she (emph.)
**since the time** = from (Greek. *apo)* the time when.
**ceased** = been intermittent. A medical word. Occurs only here in N.T.

**Wherefore** = for which cause, or because her sins are forgiven. sins. App-128 .
**for** = that. This could be seen; and was the sign, not the cause or consequence.

**unto her** . Note the change.

**began** . Noting the uprising of the thought.
**Who is This . . . ?** This incident chosen because it sets forth the Lord's Person as God. The subject of this Second Period of His ministry. See App-119 .

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