Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
Verse Takeaways
1
Faith for Forgiveness
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the apostles' plea, "Increase our faith," was a direct response to Jesus's demanding teaching on unlimited forgiveness. They recognized that forgiving others so radically was beyond their natural ability and required a supernatural increase of faith from God.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Luke
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
8
18th Century
Presbyterian
Increase our faith. This duty of forgiving offenses seemed so difficult to the disciples that they strongly felt the need for an increase …
Increase (προσθες). Second aorist active imperative of προστιθημ, to add to. Bruce thinks that this sounds much like the stereotyp…
19th Century
Anglican
The apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.—The form in which the fragment that thus begins is brought before us…
Consider supporting our work
Baptist
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
For this kind of patient forgiving seemed too much for them, unless they h…
The apostles may have felt that this kind of forgiveness would demand more faith than they had. The black mulberry tree grew quite large, to a heig…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the apostles said unto the Lord Either on account of what was now said by Christ concerning offences, and forgiving i…
Get curated content & updates
It is no reduction of the guilt of those by whom an offense comes, nor will the fact that offenses will come lessen their punishment.
Faith …
