COMMENTARY:
: 11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. (3026 “idle tales” [leros] means nonsense, idle talk, empty talk, worthless finery, silly talk, trumpery, or twaddle.)
DEVOTION: Unbelief is a real problem in the lives of those who are followers of the LORD. The LORD didn’t … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 And they began to accuse him, saying, we found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar saying that he himself is Christ the King. (1294 “perverting” [diastrepho] means to distort, turn aside from the right path, or corrupt.)
DEVOTION: Today Christians are said to … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. (1525 “entered” [eiserchomai] means come in, go in, possession of a body, move into, or have part in.)
DEVOTION: Satan is walking around seeking those he can devour. He wants to squash the plan of God. … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. (5303 “penury” [husterema] means which is lacking, poverty, destitution, deficiency, need, want, or shortcoming.)
DEVOTION: Jesus used this word to describe the rich young … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither accept you the person of any, but teach the way of God truly (225 “truly” [aletheia] means verily, really, facts that correspond to reality, faithfully, dependability, or uprightness.)
DEVOTION: Watch out for people who are always … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come, to this house, for so much as he also is a son of Abraham. (4991 “salvation” [soteria] means deliverance, preservation, health, safety, or the sum of benefits and blessings which the Christians.)
DEVOTION: Again we meet a publican that wants to meet … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. (1573 “faint” [ekkakeo] means be weary, to be utterly spiritless, to be wearied out, exhausted, become discouraged, give up, lose heart, tired of, or lose enthusiasm.)
DEVOTION: A few years ago… Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. (4624 “offend” [skandalizo] means to put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, to entice to sin, to cause a person to begin … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 And he said also to HIS disciples, there was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused to him that he had wasted his goods. (1287 “wasted” [diaskorpizo] means scatter, disperse, to throw the grain a considerable distance, squander, to dissipate, or divide.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinner, and eats with them. (1234 “murmured” [diagogguzo] means always used of many indignantly complaining, to grumble, or to mutter.)
DEVOTION: One of their chief complaints against the LORD was that HE was not politically correct. Luke the author of this … Read More