Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
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Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
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Then shall ye begin to say, We haue eaten and drunke in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streetes.
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Passages linked to Luke 13:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.
- Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God, but by their deeds they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
- 2 Timothy 3:5 holding a form of godliness, but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He is in vain in the Church, which is…
He is in vain in the Church, which is not of the Church, which thing the cleanness of life showeth.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have…
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
Ver. 26. We have eaten and drunk, &c.] These pretenders to Christ perish by catching at their own catch, hanging on their own fancy, making a bridge of their own shadow, &c.; they verily believe that Christ is their sweet Saviour, &c., when it is no such matter; they trust to Christ, as the apricot tree that leans against the wall, but is fast rooted in the earth: so are these in the world, &c.
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We have eaten and drunk in thy presence] Even at thy table, but it became a snare to them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But he shall say, &c. The Persic version adds,…
But he shall say, &c. The Persic version adds, "be gone from my sight, and be far from my door"; expressing indignation at them, an abhorrence of them, as not being able to bear them in his sight, or near unto him:
I tell you, I know you not whence you are; this is repeated, and with a strong asseveration, to denote the certainty of the truth expressed, and to cast off all hope in them, of ever succeeding by their entreaties and importunity:
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depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; or "of a lie", as the Syriac and Persic versions render it: for they were deceitful workers, they professed what they did not from the heart believe; they said they were Christians, but were not, and now are found liars; they only attended on the word and ordinances in an hypocritical way, and trusted in, and depended upon, their outward profession of religion, and subjection to ordinances; and by so doing, instead of working righteousness, wrought iniquity; and so as they did not submit to Christ and his righteousness, they are bid to depart from him, as wicked and unrighteous men, as they were: the word "all" is here used, which is not in Mat 7:23 which agrees with Psa 6:8 to which there seems to be a reference, though it is omitted here, in the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions; See Gill on Mat 7:23.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain We have eaten ... - Compare Mat 7:22-23. To…
We have eaten ... - Compare Mat 7:22-23. To have eaten with one is evidence of acquaintanceship or friendship. So the sinner may allege that he was a professed follower of Jesus, and had some evidence that Jesus was his friend. There is no allusion here, however, to the sacrament. The figure is taken from the customs of people, and means simply that they had professed attachment, and perhaps supposed that Jesus was their friend.
In thy presence - With thee - as one friend does with another.
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Thou hast taught - Thou didst favor us, as though thou didst love us. Thou didst not turn away from us, and we did not drive thee away. All this is alleged as proof of friendship. It shows us:
On how slight evidence people will suppose themselves ready to die. How slender is the preparation which even many professed friends of Jesus have for death! How easily they are satisfied about their own piety! A profession of religion, attendance on the preaching of the word or at the sacraments, or a decent external life, is all they have and all they seek. With this they go quietly on to eternity - go to disappointment, wretchedness, and woe! None of these things will avail in the day of judgment. It will be only true love to God, a real change of heart, and a life of piety, that can save the soul from death. And oh! how important it is that all should search themselves and see what is the real foundation of their hope that they shall enter into heaven!
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain These words are addressed particularly to the Jews, because…
These words are addressed particularly to the Jews, because Christ was born of them according to the flesh, eat and drank with them, and taught publicly in their streets; but they apply to us Christians also, for we eat the body of Christ, and drink his blood, when each day we approach the mystical table, and hear him teaching us in the streets of our souls. (Theophylactus) --- Many very fervent at the beginning afterwards grow lukewarm; and many, though at first frozen, have suddenly glowed with virtue; many, who in this world were contemned, have received glory in the next; while others, in honour amongst men, have passed to eternal torments. (Ven. Bede)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain See on the similar passage (Mat 7:22-23).
See on the similar passage (Mat 7:22-23).
eaten and drunk, &c.--We have sat with Thee at the same table. (See on Mat 7:22).
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taught in our streets--Do we not remember listening in our own streets to Thy teaching? Surely we are not to be denied admittance?
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. We have eaten and drunk—They had perhaps partaken…
26. We have eaten and drunk—They had perhaps partaken of his miraculous feedings with the five thousand.
In thy presence—At the same table, so as to be acquaintances.
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Taught in our streets—We have heard thee preach. Our Lord here slightly changes the man from householder to preacher; that is, from his parabolic to his real self.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. then shall ye begin to say] All excuse…
26. then shall ye begin to say] All excuse shall be cut short at once, Luk_3:8.
thou hast taught in our streets] Here again (see Luk_13:28) we see how our Lord discouraged all notions of any privilege derived from fleshly privileges, or even proximity to Himself. Rom_2:17-20.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) We have eaten and drunk . . .—Better,…
(26) We have eaten and drunk . . .—Better, we ate and drank . . ., and Thou didst teach. The words differ slightly from those in Mat_7:22, which put higher claims into the mouths of the speakers, “Did we not prophecy in Thy name . . .?” They are, i.e., the representatives of those who hold office in the Church of God, yet have not truly submitted themselves to the guidance of the Divine Teacher. Here the words clearly point to actual companionship, to the hopes that men were building on the fact that they had once sat at meat, in the house of Publican or Pharisee, with the Prophet whom they acknowledged as the Christ. In its wider application it, of course, includes all who in any sense eat and drink with Him now in visible fellowship with His Church, and who rest their hopes of eternal life on that outward communion.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 26, 27. Then shall ye begin to say,…
Vers. 26, 27. Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. A very stern declaration on the part of Jesus that in the day of judgment no special favour would be granted to the souls of the chosen people. It was part of the reply to the question respecting the "fewness of the saved." The inquirer wished to know the opinion of the great Teacher on the exclusive right of Israel to salvation in the world to come, and this statement, describing salvation as something independent of all questions as to race, was the Master"s reply.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 26, 27. We did eat and drink in thy…
26, 27. We did eat and drink in thy presence. Compare with Matt. 7:22, where see notes.
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