Answering (αποκριθεις). First aorist passive participle without the passive meaning. Jesus answered the thoughts of those mentione…

Jesus, answering. To answer, in the Scriptures, does not always imply, as it does for us, that anything had been said before. It …

To the lawyers.—See Note on Matthew 22:35. The teaching of our Lord is identical in substance, and nearly so in form, with that in…

St. Cyril of Alexandria: Although our Lord knew the malice of the Pharisees, He still became their guest so that He might bene…

Since this is the fourth time Luke records a controversy over the Sabbath (v.1), it is obvious that this was a major issue between Jesus and the re…

Is it lawful to cure on Sabbath? The meaning of this question is, ought the curing of a man to be considered among the works whic…

And Jesus answering, spoke unto the lawyers and
Pharisees
All the Oriental versions, …

This Pharisee, as well as others, seems to have had an ill design in entertaining Jesus at his house. But our Lord would not be hindered from heali…