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10The thief comes only in order to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.The original thief is Satan. "The thief comes" VS "I have come"—since Jesus contrasts "the thief" with Himself, that thief is presumably Satan. Jesus calls him a murderer and a liar in John 8:44. A thief is usually a liar as well, and vice versa. I have come so that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

25Jesus answered them: "I did tell you, and you do not believe.Quite right. Their ‘suspense’ was pretended; they simply did not want to acknowledge Him. So they twist and squirm. The works that I do in my Father’s name—these testify concerning me.

35If He called them ‘gods’ to whom the Word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be brokenThe Lord inserts this as an aside, but it is an important statement in itself—Scripture cannot be broken. If we build our lives on God’s Word we have a secure foundation, one that cannot be shaken. (Your faith in that Word may be shaken, but not the Word itself.)—

17Then in answer Jesus said: "O faithless and perverse generation,Why "perverse"? To reject the truth and the evidence is to be perverse. This word was presumably directed to the disciples, who should have known better by now. So how about us—are we living on the basis of the truth and the evidence? Really? how long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me."

25He says, "Yes." So when they entered the house Jesus anticipated him saying: "Simon, what do you think? From whom do the kings of the earth take customs or poll tax, from their sons or from strangers?"

26Peter says to Him, "From the strangers." Jesus said to him: "Well then, the sons are free.

23God, from this man’s seed, according to promise, has broughtInstead of ‘brought’, some 25% of the Greek manuscripts have ‘raised up’, as in AV and NKJV. SalvationInstead of ‘Salvation’, some 15% of the Greek manuscripts have ‘a Savior, Jesus’, as in most versions. to Israel,

25Well, as John was fulfilling his course, he said: ‘Whom do you suppose me to be? No I am not—but indeed He comes after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’At first people speculated that John the Baptizer might be the Messiah, but John was quick to deny it.

33God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, when He raised up Jesus;The "raised up" here presumably refers to the incarnation; the resurrection comes in verse 34. as also it stands written in the second Psalm:‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’See Psalm 2:7.

12Now it happened, while He was in one of the towns—a man full of leprosy! Upon seeing Jesus he fell on his face and begged Him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can cleanse me!"

23Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you’, or to say, ‘Get up and walk!’?"Your sins are forgiven" is easier to say, because no one can see if it happened or not. If you say, "Get up and walk!" and he does not, it makes you look stupid.

24But that you may know that the Son of the ManThat is what the Text says, "the Son of the Man", which appears to be a phrase coined by the Lord Jesus to refer to Himself; the phrase does not make very good sense in English, at first glance, but if "the man" refers to pristine Adam and "the son" to an only pristine descendant, it makes great sense. It seems to indicate a perfect human prototype, like Adam was before the fall—the human side of the God-man. has authority on earth to forgive sins"—He said to the paralyzed man: "I say to you, get up! Take your cot and go to your house."

23so that all will honor the Son just as they honor the Father.Of course someone who does not honor the Father will not honor the Son either. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.I take it that the Lord Jesus is saying that monotheistic people (Jews, Muslims) who claim to honor the Father, but do not honor the Son, are not really doing so. (Perhaps that would not apply to those who have never heard about Jesus.)

30I am not able to do anything from myself. As I hear, I judge, and my judging is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the Father who sent me.

37"Further, the Father who sent me has Himself testified about me. You have neither heard His voice nor seen His form at any time.

43Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

49So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth and will separate the malignant out from among the righteous,

51Jesus says to them, "Did you understand all these things?" They say to Him, "Yes, Lord."Perhaps 2% of the Greek manuscripts, of inferior quality, omit ‘Lord’, to be followed by NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.

6Well they were expecting him to swell up, or suddenly fall down dead; but after waiting for quite a while and seeing nothing unusual happening to him, they changed their mind and started saying he was a god.

14where we found brothers who urged us to stay there seven daysThe seven days gave them time to send news on ahead so there would be a welcoming committee at Three Inns. The centurion evidently cooperated.—that was how we went toward Rome.

27because the heart of this people has become sluggish,and their ears are hard of hearing,and their eyes they have closed;in order that they not see with their eyes,nor hear with their ears,nor understand with their heart,nor turn back, so I could heal them.’See Isaiah 6:9-10. Here we have a chiastic structure: heart, ears, eyes; eyes, ears, heart.

26But what did you go out to see, a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.

34The Son of the Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Just look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

37But then, a woman in the town who was a sinner, when she found out that He was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster flask of perfume,

13Upon hearing it, Jesus departed from there by boat to a deserted place privately.From Mark we learn that Jesus and the disciples were under heavy pressure from the crowds—no time even to eat. So when He hears of John’s death, and under such ignominious circumstances, Jesus wants to get away so He can grieve and assimilate the news. But when the crowds heard it, they followed Him on foot from the towns.

27But immediately Jesus spoke to them saying: "Courage! It is I; don’t be afraid!"

31And immediately Jesus reached out His hand and caught him and says to him: "You little-faith! Why did you doubt?"

12And as He entered a certain village, ten men met Him—being lepers they stood at a distance.

16then he fell on his face at His feet, thanking Him—and he was a Samaritan!

32Remember Lot’s wife!The Lord affirms the historicity of the pillar of salt.

1So he came to Derbe and Lystra. Well now, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was a Greek;

12and from there to Philippi, which is the foremost city of that part of Macedonia, a colony.A Roman colony—this conferred status and some privileges. We stayed some days in that city.

18She kept this up for many days!The ‘hour of prayer’ was observed every day by God-fearing Jews. So the apostles would pass at a predictable time each day. So Paul, becoming increasingly annoyed,But Paul, she was giving you free advertising! Evidently he didn’t want advertising from the enemy, and in this he followed the Lord’s example (Mark 3:11-12). turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out that very hour.

5Because many will come in my name saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will deceive many.

23Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, the Messiah is here!’ or ‘there!’ do not believe him.

30And then the sign of the Son of the Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mournLiterally, ‘beat the breast’—in Semitic cultures this action expresses strong emotion, involving some combination of grief, fear and despair. This will be the attitude of everyone who is wearing the ‘mark’.—they will see the Son of the Man coming on the clouds of the heaven with power and great glory.

23This night an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve stood by me

24and said: ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. Furthermore, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’

28They took a sounding and found twenty fathoms; going on a little they took a sounding again and found fifteen fathoms.

11You see, today,The shepherds were Jews, and their ‘day’ began at 6 p.m. The angel’s use of ‘today’ indicates that Jesus was born at night, since the angel delivered his message at night. in David’s city, a Savior was born to you, who is Lord Christ!

26(It had been revealed to him repeatedly by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he saw the Lord’s Messiah.The Greek Text has ‘Christ’, but the Holy Spirit presumably used Hebrew to communicate with Simeon. The man evidently lived in communion with God, and thus the Holy Spirit could guide him at any time—here He sends him into the temple at just the right moment.)

36Also there was a prophetess Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher—she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity

15So being aware, Jesus withdrew from there. And large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all.He did not go looking for sick people to cure, but He healed all who came to Him.

18"Behold my Servant whom I chose,my Beloved in whom my soul is well pleased!I will put my Spirit upon Him,and He will declare justice to the nations.

34Brood of vipers!At no time did the Lord make any effort to conciliate the Pharisees. They are ‘serpents’ because their father is a serpent (Revelation 12:10). How can you, being malignant, speak good things?Jesus appears to be saying that a malignant person is incapable of speaking good. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

49‘Heaven is my throne,while the earth is a footstool for my feet.What kind of house will you build me,’ says the Lord,‘or what place for my rest?

55But he, being full of Holy Spirit and looking intently into the heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus standingThere are several texts that have Jesus seated at the Father’s right, not standing. Apparently the Lord stood up to receive Stephen—he got a hero’s welcome. on God’s right,

56and said, "Wow! I see the heavens opened and the Son of the Man standing at God’s right!"

19—you must secure your souls by your endurance.)

26men fainting from fear and expectation of the things coming on the inhabited earth—because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.See Revelation 12:7-12.

37In the daytime He was teaching in the temple, but at night He went out and stayed on the mountain called ‘of Olives.’

8Well in Lystra a certain man with helpless feet was sitting (lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked).

10said with a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" And the man jumped up and began to walk!As in chapter 3, the miracle included his head, not just his limbs, since he had never learned to walk.

15and saying: "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, giving you good news, telling you to turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them;

4—upon seizing him he put him in prison, turning him over to sixteen soldiersWhy so many? Had he heard about Peter’s spiritual power? to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

8Then the angel said to him, "Fasten your belt and put on your sandals." So he did. Then he said to him, "Put on your cloak and follow me."

15But they said to her, "You’re crazy!" but she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, "It is his angel."

1The first account I prepared, Theophilus [God-lover],Since in addressing Luke to Theophilus the author added the honorific ‘honorable’ or ‘excellent’, this was presumably a specific man, but I would like to think that the two books are also addressed to all lovers of God. Actually, Luke 1:4 makes clear that he was a specific man. concerned all that Jesus began to do and to teachWhy "began"? Presumably because this book will relate what He continued to do and teach, through the Apostles. He is still at work in our world, through us.