Standing afar off (μακροθεν εστως). Second perfect active participle of ιστημ, intransitive like σταθεις above. But no ostentation…

Standing afar off. Far off from the temple. The place where prayer was offered in the temple was the court of women. The Pharisee…

The publican, standing afar off.—The words point to a sense of shame that kept the publican away from the crowd of worshi…

Would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

He makes no re…

St. Augustine of Hippo: Since faith is a gift not for the proud but for the humble, our Lord goes on to add a parable about humi…

The description speaks for itself. The tax collector (see comment on Mk 2:14) was one of the social outcasts so prominent in Luke as recipients of …

The publican standing at a distance.

Here Christ did not intend to lay down a general rule, as if it were necessary, whenever we pr…

And the publican standing afar off
Not at the outermost porch, or at the door; for "a man might not fix his place at…

This parable was to convince some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others. God sees with what disposition and design…