Luke 13:27

Luk 13:27. Λέγω ὑμῖν, I say unto you, I tell you) He repeats the same words: His sentence stands fast and unchangeable; but in repeating them, He does so with emphasis.—ἀδικίας, of iniquity, of unrighteousness) Therefore the righteous shall enter the kingdom. See Mat 5:20.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Luk 13:27 . οὐκ οἶδα , etc.: the same answer, iteration cum emphasi (Bengel). ἀπόστητε , etc.: nearly as in Mat 7:23 . This answer goes entirely out of the parable into the moral sphere. In the parable exclusion is due to arriving too late; in the spiritual sphere to character. ἀδικίας , Mt. has ἀνομίαν , lawlessness. Against the tendency-criticism Schanz remarks: “ ἀνομία in Mt. is Jewish-Christian but not anti-Pauline, ἀδικία Pauline but not anti-Jewish”.

The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Mark 7:23; Mark 25:41; Ps. 6:8

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

But he shall say, &c.--(See on Mat 7:23). No nearness of external communion with Christ will avail at the great day, in place of that holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. Observe the style which Christ intimates that He will then assume, that of absolute Disposer of men's eternal destinies, and contrast it with His "despised and rejected" condition at that time.

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27. I know you not depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity]

2Ti_2:19, “The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”

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There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth,.... See Gill on Mat 8:12. This will be upon hearing the above sentence and character, "depart from me", &c. and will be increased,

when ye shall see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: whose offspring they were, and to whom they stood related according to the flesh; and of descent, from whom they boasted, and even trusted in it, thinking themselves the favourites of heaven, and expecting to be admitted into the kingdom of God, on account of it: sad will be the disappointment of such persons; a being born of religious parents, will neither give right unto, nor meetness for eternal glory; regeneration is not of blood:

and all the prophets in the kingdom of God; whose prophecies were transmitted to them, and whose books they had in their hands, and read; and who desired to see and hear what they did, and which they now plead, and yet they did not enjoy, but were nevertheless happy: and

you yourselves thrust out: with indignation and contempt, with shame and "ignominy", as the Persic version adds; not suffered to go in with them, though their sons and successors; but bid to depart, and ordered to be for ever separated from them, as only fit company for devils and damned spirits.

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27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

Ver. 27. See Mat 7:23; Mat 25:40. {See Trapp on "Mat 7:23"} {See Trapp on "Mat 25:40"}

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See the notes at Mat 7:23.

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27. Workers of iniquity—The word workers here signifies hired operatives. He charges them, therefore, with being the paid fabricators and labourers of wickedness. The householder has entirely disappeared; and in the following verse the house has become a kingdom, the kingdom of heaven.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matt. vii, 23.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

27. οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς … ἀπόστητε ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ πάντες ἐργάται ἀδικίας. ‘You think yourselves safe as children of Abraham, but I know not whence you are.’ 2Ti 2:19, “The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are His. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”

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27. ἐργάται ἀδικ.] This unusual expression seems to mean, persons engaged in the hire and receiving the wages of unrighteousness: see Mat 7:23, where οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι τ. ἀνομίαν answers to it. This meaning of ἐργάτης is peculiar: see reff.

28,

Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

I know not whence. "The sentence is fixed, but it is repeated with emphasis" (Bengel).

Shall sit down [ανακλιθησονται] . Sit down at table. Jesus casts his thought into a familiar Jewish image. According to the Jewish idea, one of the main elements of the happiness of the Messianic kingdom was the privilege of participating in splendid festive entertainments along with the patriarchs of the nation. With this accords ver. 30, in allusion to places at the banquet. Compare ch. 14 7 - 9; Mt 23:6.

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