Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Luke
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 11:45 DSN -> Synopsis on 11:45 GEB -> Study Notes on 11:45 GSB -> Study Notes on 11:45 JFB -> Commentary on 11:45 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 11:45 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 11:45 PNT -> Commentary on 11:45 RWP -> Study Notes on 11:45 SRN -> Study Notes on 11:45 TFG -> Commentary on 11:45 TSK -> Commentary on 11:45 TSK -> Entry for 11:45 WEN -> Notes on 11:45 NTB -> Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Lawyer; Pharisees; Reproof; Satire; Self-Righteousness; Teachers WJD -> Devotional using 11:45 WJD -> Devotional using 11:45 11:45 - [In Context] One of the teachers of the law said to Jesus, "Teacher, when you say these things about the Pharisees, F211 you are criticizing our group too."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 11:46 DSN -> Synopsis on 11:46 GEB -> Study Notes on 11:46 GSB -> Study Notes on 11:46 JFB -> Commentary on 11:46 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 11:46 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 11:46 PNT -> Commentary on 11:46 RWP -> Study Notes on 11:46 TFG -> Commentary on 11:46 TSK -> Commentary on 11:46 TSK -> Entry for 11:46 WEN -> Notes on 11:46 NTB -> Burden; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Lawyer; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Reproof; Satire; Self-Righteousness; Teachers WJD -> Devotional using 11:46 WJD -> Devotional using 11:46 11:46 - [In Context] Jesus answered, "It will be bad for you, you teachers of the law! You make strict rules that are very hard for people to obey. F212 You try to force other people to obey those rules. But you yourselves don't even try to follow any of those rules.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 11:47 DSN -> Synopsis on 11:47 GEB -> Study Notes on 11:47 GSB -> Study Notes on 11:47 JFB -> Commentary on 11:47 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 11:47 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 11:47 PNT -> Commentary on 11:47 RWP -> Study Notes on 11:47 TFG -> Commentary on 11:47 TSK -> Commentary on 11:47 TSK -> Entry for 11:47 WEN -> Notes on 11:47 NTB -> Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Lawyer; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Reproof; Satire; Self-Righteousness; Teachers WJD -> Devotional using 11:47 WJD -> Devotional using 11:47 11:47 - [In Context] It will be bad for you, because you build tombs F213 for the prophets. F214 But these are the same prophets that your fathers F215 killed!
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 11:48 DSN -> Synopsis on 11:48 GEB -> Study Notes on 11:48 GSB -> Study Notes on 11:48 JFB -> Commentary on 11:48 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 11:48 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 11:48 PNT -> Commentary on 11:48 RWP -> Study Notes on 11:48 TFG -> Commentary on 11:48 TSK -> Commentary on 11:48 TSK -> Entry for 11:48 WEN -> Notes on 11:48 NTB -> Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Lawyer; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Reproof; Satire; Self-Righteousness; Teachers WJD -> Devotional using 11:48 WJD -> Devotional using 11:48 11:48 - [In Context] And now you show all people that you agree with what your fathers did. They killed the prophets, and you build tombs for the prophets!
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 11:49 DSN -> Synopsis on 11:49 GEB -> Study Notes on 11:49 GSB -> Study Notes on 11:49 JFB -> Commentary on 11:49 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 11:49 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 11:49 PNT -> Commentary on 11:49 RWP -> Study Notes on 11:49 TFG -> Commentary on 11:49 TSK -> Commentary on 11:49 TSK -> Entry for 11:49 WEN -> Notes on 11:49 NTB -> Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Judgment; Lawyer; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Reproof; Responsibility; Satire; Self-Righteousness; Teachers WJD -> Devotional using 11:49 WJD -> Devotional using 11:49 11:49 - [In Context] This is why the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send prophets and apostles F216 to them. Some of my prophets and apostles will be killed by evil men. Others will be treated badly.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 11:50 DSN -> Synopsis on 11:50 GEB -> Study Notes on 11:50 GSB -> Study Notes on 11:50 JFB -> Commentary on 11:50 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 11:50 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 11:50 PNT -> Commentary on 11:50 RWP -> Study Notes on 11:50 TSK -> Commentary on 11:50 TSK -> Entry for 11:50 WEN -> Notes on 11:50 NTB -> Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Judgment; Lawyer; Martyrdom; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Reproof; Responsibility; Satire; Self-Righteousness; Teachers TTT -> Martyrdom; Prophets WJD -> Devotional using 11:50 WJD -> Devotional using 11:50 11:50 - [In Context] So you people that live now will be punished for the deaths of all the prophets that were killed since the beginning of the world.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 11:51 DSN -> Synopsis on 11:51 GEB -> Study Notes on 11:51 GSB -> Study Notes on 11:51 JFB -> Commentary on 11:51 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 11:51 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 11:51 PNT -> Commentary on 11:51 RWP -> Study Notes on 11:51 TFG -> Commentary on 11:51 TSK -> Commentary on 11:51 TSK -> Entry for 11:51 WEN -> Notes on 11:51 NTB -> Abel; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Judgment; Lawyer; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Reproof; Responsibility; Satire; Self-Righteousness; Teachers; Zacharias (Zechariah); Zechariah (Zecharias) TTT -> Martyrdom EBD -> Chronicles, Books of; Zacharias; Zechariah WJD -> Devotional using 11:51 WJD -> Devotional using 11:51 11:51 - [In Context] You will be punished for the killing of Abel. F217 And you will be punished for the killing of Zechariah. F218 Zechariah was killed between the altar and the temple. F219 Yes, I tell you that you people that live now will be punished for them all.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 11:52 DSN -> Synopsis on 11:52 GEB -> Study Notes on 11:52 GSB -> Study Notes on 11:52 JFB -> Commentary on 11:52 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 11:52 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 11:52 PNT -> Commentary on 11:52 RWP -> Study Notes on 11:52 TFG -> Commentary on 11:52 TSK -> Commentary on 11:52 TSK -> Entry for 11:52 WEN -> Notes on 11:52 NTB -> Blindness; Hypocrisy; Jesus, The Christ; Key; Knowledge; Lawyer; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Reproof; Satire; Science; Self-Righteousness; Stumbling; Teachers EBD -> Key WJD -> Devotional using 11:52 WJD -> Devotional using 11:52 11:52 - [In Context] "It will be bad for you, you teachers of the law. You have taken away the key to learning about God. You yourselves would not learn, and you stopped others from learning, too."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 11:53 DSN -> Synopsis on 11:53 GEB -> Study Notes on 11:53 GSB -> Study Notes on 11:53 JFB -> Commentary on 11:53 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 11:53 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 11:53 PNT -> Commentary on 11:53 RWP -> Study Notes on 11:53 TFG -> Commentary on 11:53 TSK -> Commentary on 11:53 TSK -> Entry for 11:53 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Malice; Persecution; Pharisees; Reproof; Satire; Self-Righteousness TTT -> Hatred to Christ WJD -> Devotional using 11:53 WJD -> Devotional using 11:53 11:53 - [In Context] When Jesus was leaving, the teachers of the law and the Pharisees F220 began to give him much trouble. They tried to make Jesus answer questions about many things.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 11:54 DSN -> Synopsis on 11:54 GEB -> Study Notes on 11:54 JFB -> Commentary on 11:54 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 11:54 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 11:54 PNT -> Commentary on 11:54 RWP -> Study Notes on 11:54 TFG -> Commentary on 11:54 TSK -> Commentary on 11:54 TSK -> Entry for 11:54 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Malice; Persecution; Pharisees; Reproof; Satire; Self-Righteousness TTT -> Hatred to Christ; Malice WJD -> Devotional using 11:54 WJD -> Devotional using 11:54 11:54 - [In Context] They were trying to find a way to catch Jesus saying something wrong.
FOOTNOTES: F211: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F212: You make … obey   Literally, "You put heavy burdens on people that are hard for them to carry." F213: tombs   Small buildings made to show respect for important persons that had died. F214: prophets   People that spoke for God in Old Testament times. F215: fathers   Important ancestors of the Jews, especially the leaders of the twelve Jewish family groups. F216: prophets and apostles   People chosen by God to tell his Good News to the world. F217: Abel, Zechariah   In the Hebrew Old Testament, the first and last men to be murdered. F218: Abel, Zechariah   In the Hebrew Old Testament, the first and last men to be murdered. F219: altar … temple   This altar was the place where sacrifices were offered to God outside the temple, the building in Jerusalem for Jewish worship. F220: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.